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ightmare with the rope a couple weeks ago what a great tool for the tool bag you are rockin it reply cyndi deluca april 18 2021 at 11 17 am i used the lego plate springboard for the children s message that went out today our congregation at first congregational church of kent connecticut is using youtube to broadcast our services the response has been wonderful so many children and adults have heard and loved the word this way thank you for your inspiration you are helping us to rock it god bless you reply john stevens april 18 2021 at 11 52 am cyndi thank you so much for this note made my day john reply fr andrew johnson october 29 2021 at 3 12 pm hi john i have been listening to your sermons over quite some time and have given me huge inspiration for preaching in our anglo catholic church to the young congregation at our sunday morning services thank you so much for all that you do for the church it is so much appreciated by many i know i just i wanted to thank you so much for your massive input that i have found very inspiring i am a self supporting priest in the diocese of exeter u k during the week i make and restore stained glass i have listed my website below may god bless you for all that you do to forward the church of god amen john stevens october 29 2021 at 3 17 pm andrew thank you so much i appreciate you and your kindness john john stevens october 29 2021 at 3 18 pm btw your stained glass is beautiful joanne tyne november 6 2020 at 4 44 pm thank you for your ideas my favorite from this summer was the sower and the seed parable i thought you might enjoy seeing how we used your ideas https fb watch 1bfi2t2zau we publish weekly on facebook as liturgy of the word for children jmt productions god bless you and may god continue to inspire you reply jennifer cormack september 14 2020 at 11 53 am i am interested in learning the rope trick you did for the lesson on september 20 3 different size ropes become the same length not sure where to ask that so i am asking it here thank you for your dedication to ministry i appreciate you effort to share reply john stevens september 14 2020 at 12 36 pm hey jennifer if you e mail me at pj zionlutheranelca org i can send you a tutorial i just filmed it s rough but should help reply jeff gantz april 1 2020 at 12 52 pm love your palm sunday idea for a virtual procession i watched your video and said duh of course why didn t i think of that thank you for sharing your creativity i pray blessings on your ministry and family this week pastor jeff reply shannon hanley march 2 2020 at 5 57 pm love these springboards i enjoy your ministry so much i was looking for something to use for international women s day and didn t find anything maybe i missed it or maybe its an idea for your future use thank you for all you do reply john stevens march 2 2020 at 6 42 pm no you didn t miss it since i primarily do lectionary texts i missed it however this is what i m thinking one idea for a springboard i would use a spool of thread i have the spool in my shirt pocket and i use a needle and getting a small end of the thread to stick out of my alb it s best if it s an odd color and it stands out it comes from the old practical joke where you have a piece of thread on the back of your jacket or shirt and someone tries to help you and they pull in the thread just keeps coming and coming and coming you down and notice the thread and pick at it so it starts to thread through you know this reminds me of today many people forget how important women are through the bible but if we follow the thread you see they hold it all together the heroines of the faith each pull name a woman of the faith and start to work in local women saints of the faith i hope that helps some thank you so much for your kind words john reply shannon hanley march 2 2020 at 6 49 pm we normally follow the rcl as well but this felt like a good week to think outside the box i just did the thread thing the kiddo was shocked when i had her pull at it love the idea of thread and being woven into the stories springboarded thank you john stevens march 2 2020 at 6 53 pm yay ️ blessings and peace shannon hanley march 2 2020 at 6 53 pm we normally follow the rcl as well but this felt like a good week to think outside the box i just did the thread thing the nearest kiddo was shocked when i had her pull at it i do love the idea of thread and being woven into the stories properly springboarded thank you so much you are too good shannon on mon mar 2 2020 at 9 42 pm dollar store children sermons wrote john stevens commented no you didn t miss it since i primarily do lectionary texts i missed it however this is what i m thinking one idea for a springboard i would use a spool of thread i have the spool in my shirt pocket and i use a needle and getting a small end of shannon hanley march 2 2020 at 6 49 pm we normally follow the rcl as well but this felt like a good week to think outside the box i just did the thread thing the kiddo was shocked when i had her pull at it love the idea of thread and being woven into the stories springboarded thank you reply andy campbell october 29 2018 at 6 53 am while we have someone else in the congregation who works tirelessly for the children s sermon on a sunday i am tasked with having a chapel service for our preschool children every monday morning i cannot begin to tell you how often i have either used your ideas or found inspiration in them blessings on this wonderful ministry of yours reply john stevens october 29 2018 at 8 19 am thank you so much reply richard deschamps november 17 2017 at 8 55 am pastor john i have been serving two small congregations in central montana for the last year as an lay pastoral assistant lpa where i lead worship and preach your ideas for children sermons have been a god send for me thank you dick deschamps lpa montana synod reply saul stensvaag march 29 2017 at 12 35 pm love the little tissue pack idea for this sunday jesus wept why d they have to go and lengthen the shortest verse in the bible thanks for all the good ideas i find here blessings saul stensvaag reply john stevens march 29 2017 at 1 11 pm saul thank you and thanks for the donation i appreciate it greatly john reply andy july 7 2016 at 9 26 am just wanted to add a big thank you for helping to get the creative juices flowing hope you have a blessed week too andy reply john stevens july 7 2016 at 9 30 am always love to hear this reply steve march 5 2016 at 1 36 pm john i love your site and look at it all the time always finding some good ideas i did notice that when i listened to the selection for the regular lectionary this sunday february 28 2016 4th in lent you said the gospel was the good samaritan and even referred to jesus asking who is your neighbor but the text is actually luke 15 the prodigal son i ve made the same slip myself recently confusing those two most famous parables of jesus but i thought you might want to correct your video god bless your life and ministry in every way reply john stevens march 5 2016 at 1 38 pm steve thanks for the note and i will go back and make an annotation i have added an idea in the comments section of the blog about the prodigal son reply john stevens november 12 2015 at 12 55 pm thom thanks for the post would love to chat with you more about this john reply thom bower november 12 2015 at 5 12 pm other than through here what s the best way to chat thom reply wesley september 27 2015 at 6 07 am your very creative work to relate a children s sermon to an inexpensive object is very good we have no children in our old church yet i do a children s story every sunday for two reasons first because it is always tied to the scripture passage and message coming soon after so it gives the adults a visual image and a summary to remember which they say they appreciate and because it is one way to create some buzz in the community that might help attract families with children regarding sept 27 are you sure salt never looses it s flavor apparently at some point it s only good for paving roads for ox carts and chariots another approach is that both air fresheners and salt can loose their aroma yet salt having lost it s taste can still kill plants air fresheners fade salt fades yet remains lethal but god s love never loses it s aroma and never looses it s compassion mercy and forgiveness god s love goes the distance all the way to reconcile us to god for eternity thanks again reply john stevens september 27 2015 at 1 11 pm thanks i will have to go back and check how i said it i didn t mean to say it doesn t loose its flavor but rather that salt is salt us salt that it can t not be salt that being said i like your take on it thank you very much john reply judy e williams september 4 2015 at 2 53 pm fantastic idea in addition to listing the sermons according to the lectionary i would love to see a list of texts and then the ds children s message you created our pastors use sermon themes and choose scripture references i e do not follow the lectionary therefore i search for resources for creating children s messages that connect went with a particular scripture reference you might think about this judy e williams reply john stevens september 5 2015 at 1 55 pm judy thanks for the comment and the suggestion that is a good idea and one that i will look into at this time you can search for particular texts in the text book helps if you search with quotes john 3 16 and will come up with children sermons based on that text if there are any but i do like the idea of being able to see it all there thanks john reply pastor jan marvar june 10 2014 at 1 02 pm where is june 2014 i would like to see what you do with the concept of the trinity i have used my shamrock plant already to talk about st patrick reply john stevens june 10 2014 at 3 22 pm jan they are there just a little lower on the page here is a direct link to the page https dskidsermons com 2014 05 19 june 15th 2014 photo frame w family photo reply pam may 3 2014 at 8 00 am in search for a children s sermon i came upon your blog as a retired k teacher i love your ideas i do have a suggestion that may be helpful for those looking for a specific sermon or idea could you please post the objective or lesson that you will be trying to relay to the children this would be beneficial when someone is looking and searching thanks so much for your help and your willingness to share your thoughts and ideas our children need to know god s love and this is a special way in which to share god bless reply john stevens may 3 2014 at 12 06 pm pam i will look into doing that i have been working on tagging them better but by adding the objective i can see the benefit will try and incorporate that reply john stevens june 10 2014 at 9 51 pm pam i am now adding in the written section what i am calling the take away and hope this does sine of what you were looking for i like your suggestion a lot reply chris september 28 2013 at 6 12 pm hi there as the lay person responsible for the children s sermon every week at our tiny 14 pews country church i truly enjoy your site even if i don t do exactly the same thing it s easy to adapt an inspired idea to our small group of kids and given their age ranges from 1 to about 4th grade but mostly pre k and that is saying something better yet the kids go home and talk about what i did and remember it that in turn helps the parents to be able to reinforce the message during the week they still talk about the magic tricks they think i m awesome when i do these and interestingly enough i adapted one of your ideas the magnetic erase tablet to a small dry erase board and spent a few minutes with them writing down all of the things i did wrong said a bad word lost my temper dinner was late etc etc it was a good list and the kids were amazed that a grown up would admit to doing that many things wrong i told them i was having a bad week grin anyway then i took the eraser and told them that with forgiveness god gives them a clean slate every day we get to erase all of the bad stuff and we get left gleaming white and clean for about 3 weeks every time i ran into one of the kids in town they d look at whoever they were with and share she said a bad word laughing yes but i got forgiven for it that s the important part that s the important part too funny so sorry this is so long but i just wanted to share how much fun i have getting inspired by your messages this week the ladies deviated from the lectionary and are doing matthew 25 35 40 i am using the mission message of sharing and my prop is a bag of chips ahoy you can guarantee they are going to want me to share those blessings chris reply revjohn29 september 28 2013 at 6 25 pm that is really great thanks for sharing reply chris september 28 2013 at 9 37 pm it s all about the ripples amen debbie june 10 2013 at 7 56 am thx for all the great sermons my pastor asked if i was following the lectionary because i always read the same bible verse he has in bulletin i told him about your site he thinks its awesome i wondered if u r going to continue i certainly hope so god bless you your ministry debbie kcmo gracemor christian church reply revjohn29 june 10 2013 at 8 01 am thank you so much yes i most assuredly will continue i will be videoing the next 6 to 7 sundays tomorrow hope to get this sundays up today reply allan wilson june 6 2013 at 4 28 am hi john you are providing a wonderful collection of ideas and resources and for that i want to say thanks and encourage you in this ministry i have found that your ideas are engaging the whole church family and not just the younger folks every blessing reply revjohn29 june 6 2013 at 9 12 am thank you so much reply larry sydow pastor may 28 2013 at 3 26 pm love the ideas i d like to find your blog reply marie february 25 2013 at 11 34 am hi john i just discovered your blot and shared it with our children s homilists i m a member of mission of the atonement in beaverton and my dad many aunts and uncles and roommate from plu all attended zion lutheran back in the day thanks so much for doing this great blog it s a wonderful idea reply marie february 25 2013 at 11 34 am whoops blog not blot reply revjohn29 march 20 2013 at 4 32 pm thanks so much reply sheryl erickson february 4 2013 at 8 20 am great creative ideas thanks for serving as a wonderful resource sheryl reply jeff gantz january 26 2013 at 7 59 am keep up the great work i love your ideas this blog is a much needed resource for us all jeff reply jen paterson january 15 2013 at 12 03 pm love your blog great creative ideas reply revjohn29 january 20 2013 at 5 47 am thank you jen reply revjohn29 january 20 2013 at 5 56 am thanks reply leave a comment cancel reply δ search for recent posts august 23rd 2026 13th sunday after pentecost asking for a friend august 16th 2026 12th sunday after pentecost august 9th 2026 11th sunday after pentecost august 2nd 2026 10th sunday after 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