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Transfiguration Sunday
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"While he was still
speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and
from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved;
with him I am well pleased; listen to him!" Matthew 17:5
(image art by
Alfredo da Silva) |
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Children's Messages:
Excerpt:
 Smiley
Faces
mainly based on Exodus 34:29-35
by Rev. Frank Schaefer
Props: piece of paper on a sturdy piece
of cardboard or a clipboard and a marker
Good morning my dear
little friends. Today, I want to share my great artistic gift with
you. I'm going to draw something on this canvas (piece of paper) and
then we'll see if you can tell me what it is. (Draw a simple smiley
face).
Well, what is it? That's
right, it's a smiley face. What does it make you feel when you look
at it? (happy? giddy? smile right back?...) That's good, isn't it?
It doesn't seem to take much to make you guys happy. When you see
someone smiling at you in real life, like in Sunday School or on the
play ground, how does that make you feel? (demonstrate by smiling at
them).
Why do we smile? (if
they don't answer ask: when we win in a softball/soccer game? How
about when someone gives us a present?...)
Did you ever go to
school with that big smile on your face after something nice happened
to you and people asked you: "what are you smiling about?"
Well that happened to
Moses, too. Moses came down from the mountain and he was all
smiles--his face looked just like this smiley face I think. And you
know why? Because he had a meeting with God on the mountain.
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manuscript and all other sermons and resources
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Sermons:
On the Mountain Top,
Matthew 17:1-9 & Exodus 24:12-18
by Rev.
Richard Gehring
The Touch That Gives Life,
Matthew 17:1-9
by Rev. Rick Thompson
When God Speaks Unexpectedly, Matthew 17:1-9
by Rev.
Frank Schaefer
Thin Places
a sermon for Transfiguration Sunday
by Barbara Brown Taylor
Sandals flying in all directions
Exodus 24:12-24, Matthew 17:1-18
by Rev. Thomas Hall
Transfiguration Drama, Matthew 17:1-9, anonymous
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Sermon Excerpt
Touching the King
Isaiah 58:1-12
Nail-Bender in NC When I was a young boy I had a great aspiration --
More than anything I wanted to grow up and be a fireman I think this desire started
while I was on a field trip with Ms. Delecroy's kindergarten class We went down to the
oldest firehouse in Macon, Ga., which is also one of the oldest in the nation It contained
just about everything there was to engage a young boy's imagination There were the bright
red gleaming fire engines into which we were able to climb The large hook and ladder truck
with axes and polished equipment attached to its sides There were the lockers with all the
fire-fighter's coats and helmets There was all sorts of other equipment, each item having
some fascinating use for a small and wonder filled boy
But most of all, there were just the grandest things Two gleaming fire poles which
disappeared through the second floor and extended all the way to the third floor sleeping
quarters And I was certainly just going to bust with joy and excitement when we were
allowed to slide down them, through the floor, into the engine room And I could just
imagine the ringing of the bells, jumping into my big coat and shiny red helmet, and
flying down those poles -- Certainly life could be no better than that ... certainly, to
be a fireman would have just about been the best thing ever
Well, the years go by and life seems to sometimes unfold in ways which we could never
imagine as young children
Yet today, if I am honest, there are times when I sometimes wished I had pursued that
childhood dream I still think it would be an exciting occupation and one to which I might
have been fairly adept
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