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April 21, 2024: Boundaries
Posted by Jennifer Adams on 4/20/24
I need some kids to come up and help me with the homily. [I invite kids to hold the large rope which creates a loop/fence around me]. Ok, pretend I am a sheep [I put on a sheep hat]. Kids, you are creating a fence that keeps me ... Read More »
April 14, 2024: It's a Puzzle...
Posted by Jennifer Adams on 4/12/24
You know, life can be like a puzzle [show a puzzle piece]. We have all these pieces in our lives that somehow must fit together, but it’s hard to figure it all out.
Sometimes the pieces fit perfectly, and life goes smoothly. At other times, we ... Read More »
April 7, 2024: Second Sunday of Easter
Posted by Jennifer Adams on 4/12/24
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024: Easter Magic
Posted by Jennifer Adams on 3/30/24
[Invite kids to come and sit in sanctuary] Do you believe in magic? Watch this . . . [Demonstrate the cloth that turns colors] Now, to many people Jesus dying on the cross and rising three days later seems like a bit of magic. A cloth changing colors ... Read More »
Good Friday, March 29, 2024: Forgiveness at the Cross
Posted by Jennifer Adams on 3/29/24
All of us have been wounded. No one gets through life with their hearts fully intact. Some wounds are small, some are huge (traumatic). We all share this in common . . . that we have all been treated unfairly, violated, hurt, ignored, not properly honored, taken for ... Read More »
Holy Thursday, March 28: Be Honest
Posted by Jennifer Adams on 3/28/24
I want to talk about something that was not in the readings tonight, but something that occurred after Jesus celebrated his last meal with the disciples. That is, his time in the Garden of Gethsemane. Now, that garden still exists in Jerusalem. I’ve been there quite a few times.
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Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024: Which character are you?
Posted by Jennifer Adams on 3/22/24
How will you enter Holy Week this year? We invite you to not only attend our services, but to make this entire week a time of retreat. That is, to enter into the rituals, prayers and especially the scripture of what happened to Jesus. The gospel reading is ... Read More »
March 17, 2024: From Spectators to Players
Posted by Jennifer Adams on 3/18/24
How many of you watched the State Hockey Tournament? Very exciting time for all – even when your team isn’t playing…. I have to do a shout out to Cathedral HS who won the state championship! But indeed it’s a dream for any hockey player in the state ... Read More »
March 10, 2024: Broken Vessels
Posted by Jennifer Adams on 3/11/24
<Invite a volunteer - one who loves chocolote - to come forward and choose from: a large candy bar, a chocolate truffle and a smashed chocolate truffle.>
Most of us would choose the large candy bar. But luckily, that’s not how God does things. God doesn’t choose that ... Read More »
March 3, 2024: Spring House Cleaning
Posted by Jennifer Adams on 3/02/24