The Answer is Always Jesus: 74 Children's Sermons for All Occasions
ABOUT THE BOOK The book contains seventy-four children's sermons for all occasions. Pastors, homeschoolers, parents who often lead family devotions, or other storytellers will find these stories, along with comments about props and how to prepare and present them, to be an invaluable asset in reconnecting with the simplest, most profound truths of Scripture, and then to envision how best to communicate these so even a child can understand them. A great gift for holidays, birthdays, or special events. FROM THE BOOK In "The Clockmaker" chapter, Aram describes bringing to the sermon the pieces of a clock in a shoebox, and then shaking it long and hard to see if the clock could put itself together. When it didn't, he proposed shaking it harder, and longer. But the kids told him the clock needed a person to put it together. "Oh!" he said. "So what you're telling me is that in order to have a clock, you need a clockmaker, right? Okay, so let me ask you this. How did this beautiful world come into existence? Did it 'just happen' by chance?" [No!, they shouted.] "Of course not! Just as a clock tells us that there must have been a clockmaker, so the world tells us that Someone must have made this - that it couldn't have just 'happened by chance.' Who made the world? That's right - the answer to every children's sermon: JESUS!" ABOUT THE COVER The author with one of his favorite Palm Sunday "props," "Firecracker," who carried Aram down the aisle many times, to the delight of children and adults, alike. FROM THE AUTHOR The purpose of these sermons is to embrace the incredible mystery and paradox of the Gospel ("For whoever desires to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it" Luke 9:24). Ironically, children are more able to grasp these concepts than are we adults. Yet, we think we need to try to explain to them every mystery and paradox of God - and that this will adequately equip their minds. But all the while - just like us - they're longing to be captivated in their hearts by something bigger. They want to encounter Someone who can't be reduced to a set of principles, Someone who promises to fulfill their young hearts' desire for adventure and wonder.
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The Answer is Always Jesus: 74 Children's Sermons for All Occasions
ABOUT THE BOOK The book contains seventy-four children's sermons for all occasions. Pastors, homeschoolers, parents who often lead family devotions, or other storytellers will find these stories, along with comments about props and how to prepare and present them, to be an invaluable asset in reconnecting with the simplest, most profound truths of Scripture, and then to envision how best to communicate these so even a child can understand them. A great gift for holidays, birthdays, or special events. FROM THE BOOK In "The Clockmaker" chapter, Aram describes bringing to the sermon the pieces of a clock in a shoebox, and then shaking it long and hard to see if the clock could put itself together. When it didn't, he proposed shaking it harder, and longer. But the kids told him the clock needed a person to put it together. "Oh!" he said. "So what you're telling me is that in order to have a clock, you need a clockmaker, right? Okay, so let me ask you this. How did this beautiful world come into existence? Did it 'just happen' by chance?" [No!, they shouted.] "Of course not! Just as a clock tells us that there must have been a clockmaker, so the world tells us that Someone must have made this - that it couldn't have just 'happened by chance.' Who made the world? That's right - the answer to every children's sermon: JESUS!" ABOUT THE COVER The author with one of his favorite Palm Sunday "props," "Firecracker," who carried Aram down the aisle many times, to the delight of children and adults, alike. FROM THE AUTHOR The purpose of these sermons is to embrace the incredible mystery and paradox of the Gospel ("For whoever desires to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it" Luke 9:24). Ironically, children are more able to grasp these concepts than are we adults. Yet, we think we need to try to explain to them every mystery and paradox of God - and that this will adequately equip their minds. But all the while - just like us - they're longing to be captivated in their hearts by something bigger. They want to encounter Someone who can't be reduced to a set of principles, Someone who promises to fulfill their young hearts' desire for adventure and wonder.
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The Answer is Always Jesus: 74 Children's Sermons for All Occasions

The Answer is Always Jesus: 74 Children's Sermons for All Occasions

by Aram Haroutunian
The Answer is Always Jesus: 74 Children's Sermons for All Occasions

The Answer is Always Jesus: 74 Children's Sermons for All Occasions

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ABOUT THE BOOK The book contains seventy-four children's sermons for all occasions. Pastors, homeschoolers, parents who often lead family devotions, or other storytellers will find these stories, along with comments about props and how to prepare and present them, to be an invaluable asset in reconnecting with the simplest, most profound truths of Scripture, and then to envision how best to communicate these so even a child can understand them. A great gift for holidays, birthdays, or special events. FROM THE BOOK In "The Clockmaker" chapter, Aram describes bringing to the sermon the pieces of a clock in a shoebox, and then shaking it long and hard to see if the clock could put itself together. When it didn't, he proposed shaking it harder, and longer. But the kids told him the clock needed a person to put it together. "Oh!" he said. "So what you're telling me is that in order to have a clock, you need a clockmaker, right? Okay, so let me ask you this. How did this beautiful world come into existence? Did it 'just happen' by chance?" [No!, they shouted.] "Of course not! Just as a clock tells us that there must have been a clockmaker, so the world tells us that Someone must have made this - that it couldn't have just 'happened by chance.' Who made the world? That's right - the answer to every children's sermon: JESUS!" ABOUT THE COVER The author with one of his favorite Palm Sunday "props," "Firecracker," who carried Aram down the aisle many times, to the delight of children and adults, alike. FROM THE AUTHOR The purpose of these sermons is to embrace the incredible mystery and paradox of the Gospel ("For whoever desires to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it" Luke 9:24). Ironically, children are more able to grasp these concepts than are we adults. Yet, we think we need to try to explain to them every mystery and paradox of God - and that this will adequately equip their minds. But all the while - just like us - they're longing to be captivated in their hearts by something bigger. They want to encounter Someone who can't be reduced to a set of principles, Someone who promises to fulfill their young hearts' desire for adventure and wonder.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781939267009
Publisher: Healthy Life Press, LLC
Publication date: 12/27/2013
Pages: 217
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aram earned a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary (1987) and an MABC from Colorado Christian University (1994). Over fifteen years at a large church in Golden, Colorado, Rev. Haroutunian presented well over 500 children's sermons in all. This book contains seventy-four of his most unforgettable presentations-due to the children's responses. He and his wife, Ellen, have been married since 1982, and they are the parents of two grown children. His previous writings, on topics ranging from the arts to theology, have appeared in The Mars Hill Review. They live in Colorado.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

1 Advent Week 1 - Prophecy Candle 8

2 Advent Week 2 - Bethlehem Candle 10

3 Advent Week 3 - Shepherds' Candle 12

4 Advent Week 4 - Angels' Candle 14

5 Advent Week 5 - Christ's Candle 16

6 All Saints' Day I 18

7 All Saints' Day II 20

8 Arms of Love 22

9 Ash Wednesday 24

10 Bad News - Good News 26

11 Broken Vessels 28

12 Chocolate Milk Gospel 30

13 Church of Many Hats 32

14 Clay 36

15 Clockmaker 38

16 Connected Body Parts 40

17 Couch Potato 42

18 Covering 44

19 Cracked Pots for Christ 46

20 Easter Hope 48

21 Exposed in the Light 52

22 Extreme Love 56

23 Eye of the Hurricane 58

24 Father's Day 62

25 Fear and Love 64

26 Feeder Fish 68

27 Fruitfulness 70

28 Fruitful Seeds 74

29 Gimbals and Orientation 76

30 God on the Cell Phone 78

31 Good For Nothing Worship 80

32 Grapes of Wrath 82

33 Human Yellow Highlighters 86

34 Hummingbirds and Rainbows (Thankfulness) 88

35 Independence Day 90

36 Inhale and Exhale (Worship) 92

37 Jesus' Christmas List 94

38 Labor Day (The Greatest Labor of Love) 96

39 Left Behind 100

40 Let's Build a Chicken 104

41 Light in Darkness 108

42 Living by the Sword 112

43 Lord of the Dance 116

44 Loving with Integrity - 1 John 4:7-8 118

45 Lucy's Dying (Leaning into Suffering) 120

46 Making Space for Others 122

47 Memorial Day 124

48 Mother's Day Riddle I 126

49 Mother's Day Riddle II 130

50 Mouse Trap 134

51 Palm Sunday: The Way of Peace 138

52 Passion Fruit 142

53 Pass the Ball 144

54 Pentecost 148

55 People and Purpose 152

56 Pickled 156

57 Red Rover 158

58 Ruler Reality 162

59 Saint Patrick's Day Prayer 164

60 Shout! 168

61 Signs 172

62 Tabasco I: Fire and Thirst 174

63 Tabasco II: Faith that Works 176

64 Tape Measure Job 178

65 Thanksgiving: Five Kernels of Corn 182

66 The Law Kills 186

67 The Sometimes Bitter Taste of Love 190

68 The Weight of Unforgiveness 192

69 The Wind Blows Where it Wills 194

70 Trinitarian Plan 196

71 St. Valentine's Day 198

72 Voiceless 202

73 Where Do You Bring Your Wounds? 206

74 Who Defines You? 210

Appendix 212-215

The Strategy of the Children's Sermon

The Role of the Children

The Role of the Adults

The Creative Process

Preparation and Coordination

The Role of Humor

The Role of Objects and Props

The Format

Healthy Life Press Resources 220

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