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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 113 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 FIRST READING: Amos 8:4-7 4Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, 5saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; and the sabbath, so […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 1 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33 FIRST READING: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. 16If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Proverbs 25:6-7 Psalm 112 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 FIRST READING: Proverbs 25:6-7 6Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great; 7for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Isaiah 58:9b-14 Psalm 103:1-8 Hebrews 12:18-29 Luke 13:10-17 FIRST READING: Isaiah 58:9b-14 If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, 10if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Jeremiah 23:23-29 Psalm 82 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56 FIRST READING: Jeremiah 23:23-29 23Am I a God near by, says the Lord, and not a God far off? 24Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 Psalm 49:1-12 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 FIRST READING: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 2Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 12I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem, 13applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Genesis 18:20-32 Psalm 138 Colossians 2:6-15 Luke 11:1-13 FIRST READING: Genesis 18:20-32 20Then the Lord said, “How great is the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah and how very grave their sin! 21I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Deuteronomy 30:9-14 Psalm 25:1-10 Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37 FIRST READING: Deuteronomy 30:9-14 9and the Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all your undertakings, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your soil. For the Lord will again take […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Isaiah 66:10-14 Psalm 66:1-9 Galatians 6:7-16 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 FIRST READING: Isaiah 66:10-14 10Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in joy, all you who mourn over her— 11that you may nurse and be satisfied from her consoling breast; […]

Holy Trinity Sunday

Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Psalm 8 Romans 5:1-5 Luke 7:36-8:3 FIRST READING: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 8 1Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? 2On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; 3beside the gates in front of the town, at […]

Pentecost Sunday

Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17   FIRST READING: Acts 2:1-21 1When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire […]

Ascension Sunday

Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 1:15-23 Ephesians 1:15-23 FIRST READING: Acts 1:1-11 1In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning 2until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the […]

Memorial Day Sunday

Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29 FIRST READING: Acts 16:9-15 9During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’10When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 FIRST READING: Acts 11:1-18 1Now the apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also accepted the word of God. 2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him, 3saying, ‘Why did you go to […]

Maundy Thursday

TODAY’S READINGS Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14 Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 FIRST READING: Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14 1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. 3Tell the whole congregation of Israel that […]

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8 FIRST READING: Isaiah 43:16-21 16 Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, 17who brings out chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like […]

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 FIRST READING: Joshua 5:9-12 9The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.’ And so that place is called Gilgal to this day. 10While the Israelites were encamped in Gilgal they kept the […]

Third Sunday of Lent

Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 FIRST READING: Isaiah 55:1-9 1Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is […]

Second Sunday of Lent

Sermon Correction: During the sermon, Pr. Justin misspoke by saying that the Herod seeking to kill Jesus in today’s Gospel text is the same Herod who arrests and kills John the Baptist and is also the same Herod who killed all the male children ages two and younger in the territory following Jesus birth. The […]

First Sunday of Lent

Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 FIRST READING: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 1When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, 2you shall take some of the first of all […]

Ash Wednesday

TODAY’S READINGS Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 51:1-17 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 FIRST READING: Isaiah 58:1-12 58 1Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my […]

Transfiguration Sunday

Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-43a FIRST READING: Exodus 34:29-35 29Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Genesis 45:3-11, 15 Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 Luke 6:27-38 FIRST READING: Genesis 45:3-11, 15 3Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?’ But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence. 4Then Joseph said […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Jeremiah 17:5-10 Psalm 1 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Luke 6:12-26 FIRST READING: Jeremiah 17:5-10 5Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord. 6They shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 138 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 FIRST READING: Isaiah 6:1-8 1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-16 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 FIRST READING: Jeremiah 1:4-10 4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 5‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’ 6Then I […]

Scout Sunday

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Luke 4:14-21 FIRST READING: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 1all the people gathered together into the square before the Water Gate. They told the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had given to […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Isaiah 43:1-7 Psalm 29 Acts 8:14-17 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 FIRST READING: Isaiah 43:1-7 1But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. 2When you pass through […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 FIRST READING: Isaiah 60:1-6 1Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 2For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will appear […]

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TODAY’S READINGS Isaiah 9:2-7 1 John 4:7-12 Luke 2:1-20 FIRST READING: Isaiah 9:2-7 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined. 3 You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Micah 5:2-5a Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-55 FIRST READING:  Micah 5:2-5a 2But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. 3Therefore […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Zephaniah 3:14-20 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 1:26-38 FIRST READING:  Zephaniah 3:14-20 14 Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! 15 The Lord has taken away the judgements against you, he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Malachi 3:1-4 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-18 FIRST READING:  Malachi 3:1-4 1See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says […]

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Click to listen to Children’s Sermon TODAY’S READINGS Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 FIRST READING:  Jeremiah 33:14-16 14The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfil the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous […]