Sermon and Worship Resources for Transfiguration Sunday Texts & Discussion: 2 Kings 2:1-12 Psalm 50:1-6 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9       Call to Worship L: Let’s go up the mountain. To the place of voices and conversations, to the place of listening. P: To the place of meeting, to the place of mists, L: Let’s go up to the place where the land meets the sky where the earth touches the heavens, P: to the place of meeting, to the place of mists, All: Let’s go up the mountain to worship Christ the King   Subscribers:  click here to access many more prayers based on this week's texts       Download the Featured Sermons and Children's Messages Instant Download for  $2.95  Subscribers: Click here for all resources Sermons God of Possibilities, 2 Kings 2: 1-15 by Rev. Frank Schaefer                    (see excerpt below)   The Double Portion 2 Kings 2:1-14 Randy L Quinn          Another Step on the Journey? Mark 9:1-9 by Rev. Brian T. Flory    Children's Messages God's Hot Rod a children's sermon based on 2 Kings 2:1-12 by Rev. Frank Schaefer  (see excerpt below)     Our God is an Awesome God, Ex 24:12-18 and Mat 17:1-9 by Rev. Frank Schaefer    The Alleluia Box a children's sermon on the meaning of Lent/Transfiguration/ Easter by an anonymous DPSer ______________________________ Sermon Excerpt: God of Possibilities a sermon based on 2 Kings 2: 1-15 by Rev. Frank Schaefer ....           It gets even worse for Elisha, for after they reached the river, his teacher asks him to stay back and go home, “ministry’s over.”  This great man of God, the great visionary Elijah doesn’t have enough vision for his associate Elisha to continue it?  Did he just merely think of him as an assistant? Did he not believe in his student? And what does Elisha do?  Well, he may have been scared, he may have been intimidated by the thought that his teacher is being taken away from him, but he was adamant about one thing: God had called him, and he was not going to give up on that calling.  And so he tells his teacher: “Sorry, teacher, but I’m not staying back! I’m coming along with you.  Because, even when his own peers and his own master did not have faith in him and his calling, he believed in God’s possibilities for him .           And so Elijah rolls up his mantle, strikes the water and the river Jordan dries up.  And after they cross the river, it says in Verse 9, the teacher asks his student: “What is it?”  “What do you want?”  “What do you expect?”  “Do you really think you can carry my torch?”  Sometimes even the greatest leaders cannot clearly see the potential and the calling of others.           All the more astonishing that Elisha holds on to his calling, he is really the character in the story who demonstrates the most faith; because he knew that with God all things are possible he answers with conviction: “I want to inherit a double portion of your Spirit!” .... Subscribers: Click here for the full manuscript of this and the other sermons based on the texts for this week. Not a subscriber yet?  Click here to subscribe now and gain instant access to these resources plus an ENTIRE YEAR of weekly resources for only 39.95!! Children's Sermon Excerpt: God's Hot Rod a children's sermon based on 2 Kings 2:1-12 by Rev. Frank Schaefer Props:  a couple of matchbox sports cars (and/or a Barbie sports car) Welcome, my little friends, today I brought some really cool toy cars.  Do any of you collect cars like that?  What do you call this type of car?  Sports cars?   Hot rods?  Race cars? The thing about these cars is that they are the fastest cars around.  Some of them reach speeds of over 200 miles per hour ( 300 km).  Of course, you couldn't drive that fast on any of our roads--unless maybe if you live in Germany and you can drive on the Autobahn. In our bible lesson this morning we read about the ancient hot rod.  Back then, the fastest vehicle they had was a so called chariot.  It was a small card that was pulled by several horses.  Those chariots were the sports car of their days. The story is about a prophet by the name of Elijah.  This man was a faithful believer in God and because of his faithfulness God rewarded him with a special ride in an especially hot "hot rod." subscribers: click here to see all children's sermons Not a subscriber yet?  Click here to subscribe now and gain instant access to these resources plus an ENTIRE YEAR of weekly resources for only 39.95!! Download the sermons of the week plus children's messages for $2.95: