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Sunday: Epiphany Sunday or 2nd Sunday of Christmas

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Matthew 2:1-12, John 1:[1-9] 10-18

Dollar Store Item: Neon Star Burst, Star Puppet, Signs with arrows.

The Take Away: God leads us to Jesus, found in the people that God brings into our life.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Luke 2:41-52

Dollar Store Item: Story of when you were a teenager, and how Jesus gets us all!!

The Take Away: God knows what we go through, because God went through it.

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Sunday: 1st Sunday of Christmas

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 2:41-52, Colossians 3:12-17

Dollar Store Item: Gift Box, Picture of you as a kid, Piece of clothing that doesn’t fit anymore (a baby sock).

The Take Away: Jesus was once the age of the kids! He knows what they go through. We are given gifts of the Spirit: Faith, Love, Hope, Peace. We are told to cloth ourselves… with love and forgiveness. These things we never outgrow, like this sock.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Luke 2:21-38

Dollar Store Item: A Name Tag, Something with your name on it, a Baptismal Candle.

The Take Away: Jesus is named. We are given a name: Child of God! Holy and set apart.

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Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Advent

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 1:39-45 [46-55]

Dollar Store Item: A favorite song, Birth Annoucement

The Take Away: This is one of the greatest songs we have has Christians – Mary’s Song! God is active, for us!

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Luke 1:39-45 [46-55]

Dollar Store Item: A favorite song, Birth Annoucement

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Sunday: Third Sunday of Advent

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 3:7-18, Philippians 4:4-7

Dollar Store Item:Advent Candle, “Don’t make me Repeat Myself…”, the Power of a good Question

The Take Away: 3rd Candle is Joy (or Shepherds), Rejoice, again I say… Rejoice.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Isaiah 61:1-11

Dollar Store Item: 3rd Candle.. Joy. Angels bring, “Good News.” Food Barrel. Someone from the Witness or Helping committee.

The Take Away: As people who make up the body of Christ, we are called to take care of the oppressed, the Widow, the poor.

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Sunday: Second Sunday of Advent

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 3:1-6, Philippians 1:3-11, Malachi

Dollar Store Item: Advent Candle, Things to prepare for a visitor (Tube of Toothpaste, Towel, Extra Food, Tea, Coffee, Juice), How do we prepare for a guest at the Lord’s Table? How do we make one feel welcome? Letters, Greeting Cards (for all the kids).

The Take Away: Teaching the 2nd candle of the Advent Wreath means, “Peace.” How do we prepare for a visitor to come? How might we prepare for Jesus?

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Joel 2:12-13, 28-29

Dollar Store Item: Piece of String, “All” of something – Congregation

The Take Away: You will show that All means All…

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Sunday: First Sunday of Advent

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Jeremiah 33:14-16, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13, Luke 21:25-36

Dollar Store Item: Church Directory, Alarm Clock, Advent Candles, Christmas Lights

The Take Away: We see all the ways that we know Christmas is coming, and Jesus reminds us to be awake and alert to the ways Jesus comes to us. We help Jesus be seen in this world with how we love one another, and the world. Church Directory for the 2nd Reading, and how we give thanks for all those who bring us joy!

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Narrative Lectionary – Daniel’s Hope in God

Text: Daniel 6:6-27

Dollar Store Item: First Advent Candle

The Take Away: We light the First Advent Candle which is “Hope.” Daniel hoped in God’s deliverance, and we have hope in our God for the coming of Jesus.

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Sunday: Christ the King Sunday

Revised Common Lectionary – Year B

Text: John 18:33-37

Dollar Store Item: A gift from a good friend, a sibling of choice.

The Take Away: We will talk about Kin-dom, vs. Kingdom. About how we are called as siblings in Christ, part of the larger Kin-Dom, living out the love and reign of Christ.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-28; then 31:31-34

Dollar Store Item: Frixon Pen, Frozen Ice Pack, Wash Cloth.

The Take Away: We are called to tell God’s story again and again, even when loving is hard.

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Sunday: Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year B

Text: Mark 13:1-8

Dollar Store Item: “The Monster at the End of the Book”.

The Take Away: Jesus promises to be with us, and walk with us, especially when we are afraid.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Isaiah 6:1-8

Dollar Store Item: Monster at the End of the Book, Fake Call App, Pendulum, “That Esculated Quickly.” (GRIN).

The Take Away: We are called by God, and at first that can seem scary. But God goes with us! Here I am!

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Sunday: Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year B

Text: Mark 12:38-44

Dollar Store Item: Oldest Member of the Congregation, “All” of Something, Cans of Food, Asking a kid what is important about church (role reversal).

The Take Away: All we have is God’s and we are called to care for all around us.

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Narrative Lectionary

The week got away from me, so I am giving a link to the Jonah DSCS from 4 years ago, and then one from 2016. I believe they still work really well.

November 8th, 2020 – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday: All Saints Sunday or 24 Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year B

Text: John 11:32-44, Mark 12:28-34

Dollar Store Item: Paper Towel Roll, Fan, Jumprope, Papercups and String.

The Take Away: Jesus calls first, the Spirit blows on all of us! Two commandments sum up the law and help us hear and see God in this world.

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(I mentioned a DSCS using a paper bag magic trick… I looked and couldn’t find it… so here is a response to someone (Thanks, Josh) that asked about it:

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Hey Josh! Took me a while to find it, but here is the link that shows you how to make the bag…

But I can’t find the sermon for All Saints Sunday that I used it with. So I will briefly go over it now.

First the link to the making the bag (if you have questions about it, ask me please):

So, after you make the bag…. Inside the main compartment, you have slips of paper that you have printed a star on each slip (folded up into quarters)… but every single one of them has a star on it, and are folded up and put in the main compartment. You do not show the kids the inside of the bag.

You have outside of the bag in a little bowl other slips of paper that are blank… except for one. You show the one that has the star… fold that into quarters, and put it in the main compartment. You then show that the others are blank. You put these into the hidden compartment (which will make sense when you watch the video).

So you have essentially taken all the blank slips of paper out of play.

You then say, “For this, I am going to need the help of one special person… and you are going to reach in and grab a slip of paper. You are not going to look at it yet.”

Everyone takes a slip of paper.

“Now you are going to look at your paper secretly, and you aren’t going to say whether your paper has a star on it or not…”. (Every single one has a star on it).

“Ok, on the count of three, the person that has the star is going to put their hand in the air and say, “It’s ME!!!!”

1, 2… 3… And every single kid says, “It’s Me!!!”

“You are right…. YOU all are Saints!!!”

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: 1 Kings 17:1-16 [17-24]

Dollar Store Item: Spool of Thread, Needle

The Take Away: God’s abundance is overflowing.

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