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Sunday: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 21:5-19, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Dollar Store Item: A clock – Getting Darker earlier… We are called to love not matter what today looks like.

The Take Away: God is with us before the hour change and after the hour change. Even if we don’t know what is going on around us, we are called to love our neighbors, and do the work of love!

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Isaiah 9:1-7

Dollar Store Item: A clock, watch, iPhone (Cellphone)…

The Take Away: Things change, but God’s love is alway secure. We hear the promise that stays the same before time changed, and after time changed.

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Sunday: 22nd Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 20:27-38

Dollar Store Item: “Relic” of a Saint that you love. (For me, its a poem that was given to me by my grandmother.” or Fake Flower… in Christ we are REALLY alive!!

The Take Away: Those we love are alive in Christ!!

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Amos 1:1-2; 5:14-15, 21-24

Dollar Store Item: None – Using our hands for Hide and Seek. – Peek a Boo

The Take Away: We are called to seek the good!!

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Sunday: All Saints Sunday or 21st Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 6:20-31

Dollar Store Item: Twine/String/Straws/Stirring Straws. Something from a beloved relative.

The Take Away: Remembering a Saint of the Congregation, in your home, in your life… because of their love. Or you draw straws to see which gathered is the Saint (they all get the long straw).

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Here is a link for the Luke 19:1-10 story, and athough it uses Reformation Sunday as a springboard, it still holds up if you aren’t doing All Saints Sunday.

October 30th, 2016 – Reformation Sunday / 24th Sunday after Pentecost

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: 1 Kings 19:1-18

Dollar Store Item: Handclappers, Congregation making the sound of thunder by clapping their hands on their knees.

The Take Away: You call feel the power of the silence, and that is where Elijah meets God. Sometimes, in the noise of the world, we need silence to hear.

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Sunday: Reformation Sunday or Twenthieth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: John 8:31-36, Luke 18:9-14

Dollar Store Item: Backpack full of Rocks.

The Take Away: The Truth is we are loved because of who God is, and not what we have done. And when we live into that Good News, we are set free from shame and feeling unlovable.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:1-13

Dollar Store Item: Deck of Cards

The Take Away: If this was God’s house, it could fall like a house of cards. God, however, makes God’s home with us. We are God’s house!!

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Sunday: Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 18:1-8

Dollar Store Item: Deck of Playing Card, a basket ball

The Take Away: Practice throwing the playing cards into a hat. Practice throwing free throws. We are called to be persistent in our prayers to God. I think not because it takes us asking God again and again, but that we get used to approaching God with our needs.

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Another video that holds up well:

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 51:10-14

Dollar Store Item: Frixion Pen, Medicine, a Band-aid, a short blessing.

The Take Away: We might be small, but we are mighty. God sees our heart.

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Sunday: Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 17:11-19

Dollar Store Item: Thank you cards, Wordless Grace, Thanksgiving Items, Who cleans the church?

The Take Away: Learning to say and give thanks!

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Dollar Store Item: Two Cups and a String, Fake Call App, someone who calls to you from the side, someone who can make an animal call, or animal sounds.

The Take Away: God’s call sounds differently to different people. God calls us, either directly, like Samuel, or from others, like pastors, teachers, parents, friends.

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Sunday: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 17:5-10

Dollar Store Item: Magic Towel, Yeast, An Acorn, Walnut… something small that grow HUGE!! Clock (Wind Up if you have one), any wall clock, or even iPad with a large clock display.

The Take Away: The smallest act can make HUGE changes. We are prepared for what “ought” to happen, but what does happen changes everything!

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Exodus 16:1-18

Dollar Store Item: Communion Bread, Wafers. Box with a Mirror.

The Take Away: Manna, translated, “What is this?” – trusting in God to feed us.

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Sunday: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 16:19-31, 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Dollar Store Item: Bag of Rice Flour, Almond Flour, etc.

The Take Away: How we use what we have is important! With flour, you can spread it all over the floor, or you can make a cake. We have gifts that are best when used for those who need them… like the poor, and those who are oppressed.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-15; 4:10-17

Dollar Store Item: A picture of your family, with multiple generation.

The Take Away: God is the God of our ancestors of the Faith.

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A Big Ask

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Sunday: Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Luke 16:1-13

Dollar Store Item: To Do List; Prayer Beads; Candles

The Take Away: We are called to pray for all people.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Genesis 27:1-4, 15-23; 28:10-17

Dollar Store Item: Weird stories; Weirdest item that you can find at the Dollar Tree; A magic trick.

The Take Away: God can work through anything we put forth… not that God causes it, but God can use it on the other side for good.

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A Big Ask

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Sunday: Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Revised Common Lectionary – Year C

Text: Luke 15:1-10

Dollar Store Item: Magnifying Glass, Where is Waldo, Hiding Sunday School Teacher

The Take Away: God stops at nothing to find us, even becoming human, in Jesus.

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Narrative Lectionary

Text: Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14 – John 1:29

Dollar Store Item: Magic Eraser

The Take Away: Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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