Children’s Ministry

Jesus died on Friday late afternoon.  Saturday was the Sabbath.  Now it is Sunday, the first day of the week, and very early in the morning, Jesus is already risen.  What should follow should be stories of joy and power.  Jesus defeated death!  He is…

It is Good Friday.  It is the day that Jesus died.  We learned about Good Friday last Sunday, and we read this whole chapter with the children.  The children got to hear the full story of Jesus’ trial and execution.  A lot of times, we…

We read the passage about Jesus praying in place called Gethsemane.  This prayer seems quite different from his prayer yesterday.  This prayer is full of sorrow and dread. It is quite distressing to read Jesus being so stressed.  Also quite surprising is that he doesn’t…

After washing the disciples’ feet and sharing in the Passover meal, Jesus prays.  He prays for himself, then he prays for his disciples, and lastly prays for all believers.  This intercessory prayer is commonly called Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer.   The high priest is a…

Jesus washing the disciples feet was only recorded in the book of John.  In the rest of the Gospels, Jesus’s last Passover meal is recorded before his arrest.  Today, we are reading Luke’s passage of the Last Supper.   We start the passage with a…

We are now in Holy Week and the last week of Lent. Instead of following each corresponding day with the events in the Bible, we will be focusing on the last 24 hours before Jesus’s death.  So we are reading a passage that happened on…

Day 35 - John 13:1-17 & 34-35 - Jesus Washes Disciple’s Feet(Short version - John 13:1-11 & 34-35) It is one day before Jesus’s death.  He is sharing his last evening with them.  Day 36 - Luke 22:7-20 - The Last Supper Along with washing…

We are now in the final week of Jesus’s mission.  After all of the miracles, healing and sermons he is now heading towards the end.  The end of his ministry and the purpose of his coming is to suffer and die for us.  Jesus goes…

We start this well known parable by reading why Jesus even told it in the first place. It is because Pharisees were complaining that Jesus was hanging out with tax collectors.  Pharisee represents seemingly “good” and “righteous” people, while tax collectors represents seemingly “bad” and…