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Sunday: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year A

Text: Matthew 21:23-32, Philippians 2:1-13

Dollar Store Item: Battery and Flashlight.

The Take Away: We have been given God’s love, Source of healing and goodness, and we get to use it to share it with the world.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Genesis 37:3-8, 17b-22, 26-34; 50:15-21

Dollar Store Item: First Aid Kit, or the Gaps in the Text

The Take Away: God is present with us through all things.

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Sunday: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year A

Text: Matthew 20:1-16

Dollar Store Item: Boomerang Optical Illusion

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The Take Away: God loves each one of us the same!

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Genesis 15:1-6

Dollar Store Item: Bag of Sand

The Take Away: God’s promises are so great, we can’t even count them!

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Sunday: Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year A

Text: Matthew 18:21-35

Dollar Store Item: Phone with a Calculator or a pile of M&Ms. – you get to eat them!

The Take Away: We are called to forgive and not keep score, which is really hard.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-17; 3:1-8

Dollar Store Item: Superhero – Orign Story

The Take Away: We are created by God, and we need God.

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Sunday: Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year A

Text: Matthew 18:15-20, Romans 13:8-14

Dollar Store Item: Halloween Mask, or None (Facing away from the camera).

The Take Away: To listen, we are called to face one another, and live in love, and forgive/love/be Christ for each other. When we put on our mask, we act like that character. So when we put on Jesus, let us love like Jesus.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: None. Overview of the Year

Dollar Store Item: A connect the dots puzzle.

The Take Away: We are connecting the dots of Scripture to help tell the full story.

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Sunday: Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year A

Text: Romans 12:9-21

Dollar Store Item: Make a running number.

The Take Away: We are in a race to out serve, to out love, to show the world how much God loves them.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Luke 11:2-4

Dollar Store Item: A thaumatrope.

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The Take Away: God’s kingdom has been revealed in Jesus. Is God’s kingdom here or is it still to come? Yes!! Both together help us see the kingdom fully! And we get to be part of it.

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Sunday: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year A

Text: Matthew 16:13-20 or Romans 12:1-8

Dollar Store Item: Pair of Gloves, or a Puzzle/Legos

The Take Away: Jesus is the Messiah! or We need all of us to make up the full picture of what it means to be the Church, Christ in the world!

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Luke 11:2-4

Dollar Store Item: Sign that marks something – Welcome, Yard Sale, etc.

The Take Away: We are holy because God, through the Spirit has set us apart as holy. It is gift.

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Sunday: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year A

Text: Psalm 67:1-7 or Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28

Dollar Store Item: Flashcards, Memory Game, Repeat after Me… If I’ve said it once… or for Matthew 15… some sticks and stones.

The Take Away: God’s love is worthy to be repeated! Or The words that come out of our mouth can heal or hurt.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Luke 11:2-4

Dollar Store Item: Picture of a teacher, or something you have taught someone because you know how to do it.

The Take Away: God has us forgive, so we might know what it feels like to be forgiven. Forgiveness is tied to forgiving.

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Sunday: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year A

Text: Matthew 14:22-33, Psalm 85:8-13, Romans 10:5-15

Dollar Store Item: Paper Cups on a String. Zoom on Mute/Unmute. Funnel as a hearing aid.

The Take Away: We listen to the voice of Jesus, and are called to respond, even when it is scary. But Jesus is there with us. We are given help by friends, family and God to listen and hear the voice of Jesus. And then we are called to respond!!

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Dollar Store Item: Coins, a Plate, M&Ms

The Take Away: We are called to give out of our abundance. God’s love for us is overflowing, and the offering we give is a gift of thanks for all the blessings God has given us.

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Sunday: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year A

Text: Matthew 14:13-21

Dollar Store Item: Protest Sign, Blessing Bag, Gift Card to the local grocery store.

The Take Away: God, in Christ, has compassion for us, and feeds those who are gathered in a miraculous way. We, like the disciples, are called to distribute, pass out, share that compassion with those we meet.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: 2 Corinthians 5:1-21 (I am suggesting John 1:1-14 as the connecting Gospel)

Dollar Store Item: A tent made out of sheets.

The Take Away: Christ tented among us, and through Christ God pours out God’s love for us and the world.

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