Children’s Sunday Sermon
September 6, 2026
Good morning boys and girls. Have you ever had an argument with someone?
Maybe your brother or sister took something that belonged to you. Maybe a friend said something that hurt your feelings. Maybe somebody got angry with you, and you got angry right back.
What happens next?
We might stop talking to that person. We might tell them how mean they were. We might even try to get our other friends to be angry with them, too.
But in today’s Bible lesson, Jesus gives us another idea. He says that when someone has done something wrong to you, go and talk to that person.
That sounds simple, doesn’t it? But sometimes it takes a lot of courage.
Suppose your friend hurt your feelings. Instead of telling five other people what happened, you might say, “What you said hurt my feelings.” And then you have to do something else that can be even harder.
You have to listen.
Maybe your friend didn’t understand how much those words hurt. Maybe there is something you don’t know. Maybe your friend is sorry. Maybe you are both a little bit wrong.
Talking does not fix every disagreement. Sometimes we need help from a parent, teacher or another grown-up we trust. But Jesus does not want us to give up on one another. He wants us to try to make things better.
And making things better usually takes two things: talking and listening.
So, the next time you have an argument, before you stay angry, before you tell everybody else what happened, and before you decide that person will never be your friend again, remember what Jesus taught us.
Talk to each other. Listen to each other.
Sometimes that is how two people who have who are upset with each other can work their way back to being friends again.
Children’s Sunday Sermon
September 13, 2026
Good morning boys and girls. Today I want us to talk about a word we hear a lot in church:
Forgiveness.
One of Jesus’ followers asked Jesus a question about forgiveness. He wanted to know how many times he had to forgive someone who did something wrong to him. Was seven times enough?
Jesus gave him an answer that we can think of this way: Don’t keep count.
That can be hard.
What if someone breaks your favorite toy and says, “I’m sorry.” You might forgive them. But what if that same person does something that makes you angry again? You might start remembering everything else that person has ever done.
We are very good at keeping score.
You did this to me yesterday.
And you did that last week.
And remember what you did last month?
Pretty soon we have a whole list.
Jesus tells His followers that forgiveness doesn’t work very well if we spend our lives keeping score. That doesn’t mean it is all right for people to hurt us. It doesn’t mean we should pretend something bad never happened. And if someone is hurting you or frightening you, you should always tell a grown-up you trust.
Forgiveness means we do not let anger become something we carry around forever.
And there is another reason Jesus wants us to learn to forgive. Every one of us sometimes needs forgiveness, too. We make mistakes. We hurt people’s feelings. We say things we wish we could take back. We need people to give us another chance, just like they sometimes need another chance from us.
So how many times should we forgive?
Jesus tells us: Stop counting.
God doesn’t want us spending our lives keeping score.
Children’s Sunday Sermon
September 20, 2026
Good morning boys and girls. Suppose I offered you a cucumber.
Would you like one?
Now suppose you said yes, and I gave you a cucumber. But then I gave the person sitting next to you a candy bar.
Would that cucumber still look as good?
Probably not!
Today Jesus tells a story about some people who went to work in a vineyard. Some started early in the morning and worked all day. Other workers started much later.
At the end of the day, the owner paid the workers who came late the same amount he paid the people who had worked all day.
Do you think the people who worked all day were happy about that?
They were not!
They thought, “That’s not fair!”
And we can understand why. We care a lot about fairness. If your brother gets a bigger piece of cake, you notice. If your friend gets something you wanted, you notice that, too.
But Jesus’ story asks us to think about something else. Sometimes we become so busy comparing what we have with what somebody else has that we forget what we should be thankful for.
The workers who came early received exactly what the owner had promised them. Nothing was taken away from them. Their problem began when they saw what somebody else received.
We can do the same thing.
Why did she get that?
Why does he have more?
Why didn’t I get one?
Jesus teaches us that God’s goodness is not something we need to compete for. God can be generous to someone else without loving you any less.
So, if somebody else gets the candy, you don’t have to throw away your cucumber.
There is enough of God’s goodness for everyone.
Children’s Sunday Sermon
September 27, 2026
Good morning boys and girls. Today Jesus tells us about a father who had two sons.
The father asked the first son to go out and work in the vineyard.
The son said, “No.”
That sounds like the wrong answer, doesn’t it?
But later the son thought about it. He changed his mind, got up and went to work.
Then the father asked his other son to go.
This son gave the perfect answer: “Yes, sir.”
But he never went.
So, Jesus asks a question: Which son did what his father wanted?
The first one.
That is interesting because the first son started with the wrong answer. But he changed his mind.
There is a word we sometimes use in church for that kind of change: repentance.
Repentance means more than saying, “I’m sorry.” Saying you are sorry is important, but it is the beginning. Repentance means recognizing that something needs to change and then trying to make that change.
Suppose you have been unkind to someone. You can say you are sorry. But what comes next?
You try to be kind.
Suppose you told a lie. You can say you are sorry. But what comes next?
You tell the truth.
Sometimes changing begins in your mind. You realize, “I shouldn’t have done that.”
Then something happens in your heart. You really want to do better.
But there is still one more step.
Your feet have to take you there.
That first son changed his mind. Then his heart followed. And finally, so did his feet.
Jesus teaches us something important in that little story. You may have made a wrong choice yesterday. You may even make one today.
But it does not have to be your last choice.
You can change your mind, change your heart—and then get your feet moving.
