Lectionary Links: Trinity Sunday, June 3, 2012

Trinity Sunday Year B:  June 3, 2012 First Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 The Precious Gift by Ellen Jackson (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!” In using this text with children, [...]

Lectionary Links: Pentecost, May 27, 2012

Pentecost Year B:  May 27, 2012 First Reading:  Acts 2:1-21 We Are One by Ysaye M. Barnwell (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: On Pentecost we celebrate the birth of the church and the pouring out of God’s Spirit upon a diverse body of believers. According to Donald K. McKim, “[realizing] that ‘all flesh,’ all people, receive the [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, May 20, 2012

7th Sunday of Easter Year B:  May 20, 2012 First Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 What Will You Be, Sara Mee? by Kate Aver Avraham (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: We use a variety of methods to try and discern what God is calling us to do with our lives. We see this in the church when we [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, May 13, 2012

6th Sunday of Easter Year B:  May 13, 2012 First Reading: Acts 10:44-48 We All Sing with the Same Voice by J. Philip Miller and Sheppard M. Greene (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Jeffery D. Peterson-Davis calls this reading from Acts “an important text for the church today… [because] we continue to continue to propagate [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, May 6, 2012

5th Sunday of Easter Year B:  May 6, 2012 First Reading: Acts 8:26-40 Metropolitan Cow by Tim Egan (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Barbara Brown Taylor refers to this text as a story of “radical inclusion that will characterize the early church community.” (Feasting on the Word, Year B, Volume 2, p. 255) How does a message of [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, April 29, 2012

4th Sunday of Easter Year B:  April 29, 2012 First Reading: Acts 4:5-12 Weslandia by Paul Fleischman (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.’” A cornerstone is set as a reference point for determining the setting of all other stones in a structure. [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, April 15, 2012

2nd Sunday of Easter Year B:  April 15, 2012 First Reading:  Acts 4:32-35 What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street by Elsa Okon Rael (Written for ages 7-11) Comment: “There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold… and it was [...]

Lectionary Links: Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter Sunday Year B:  April 8, 2012 First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-9 The Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Written for ages 9-14) Comment: In this text there is a vision of the hope that sustains us when we are journeying through a valley full of suffering and death.  The Conch Bearer, is a moving tale [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, April 1, 2012

6th Sunday in Lent Year B:  April 1 2012 The 6th Sunday in Lent offers a plethora of scripture choices, for additional ideas, check out the Lectionary Links from last year’s post. First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9a A Voice from the Wilderness: The Story of Anna Howard Shaw by Don Brown (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “Through the servant, [...]

Lectionary Links: Sunday, March 25, 2012

5th Sunday in Lent Year B:  March 25, 2012 First Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34 The Invisible String by Patrice Karst (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: “I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” What does it mean to have the [...]