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Welcome to CSSPlus, the original Children Sermon Service. This Lectionary-based Children Sermon Service or CSSPlus is a subscription service which provides two NEW children's sermons (one based on the Gospel and one based on the Second Reading of the lectionary) and an activity for each week. The activity is perfect for use in Sunday school or at home during the week.
Besides the new material, there are 15 to 20 additional timeless children's sermons and children's activities in the archive for each Sunday of the lectionary year.
You'll never be at a loss for a relevant, relatable children's sermon again....
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Children's Sermons for Proper 18 | OT 23 | Pentecost 15
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Going away | Philemon 1-21 | Children's sermon
Object: an airplane ticket
How many of you have ever gone on a long trip? (allow answers) Where did you go? (allow answers) When we go on long trips, we have to leave our homes behind. Sometimes we have to leave our friends or family behind. How did it make you feel to leave behind people you care about? (allow answers) Sometimes when we are separated from people we love, we spend our time moping and wishing we weren't apart....
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Seeking answers | Luke 14:25-33 | Activity
Materials: List of items to find, Pencils, Bibles (alternative version)
Directions: 1. Create a scavenger hunt of items that can be found around the church. Alternately, create a scavenger hunt of people or stories to find in the Bible. Have children write down the book, chapter, and verse in which they found that person or story.....
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What is CSS Plus?
CSS Plus (Children Sermon Service) offers great children.s sermons for lectionary and non-lectionary users. CSSPlus (Children Sermon Service) is a subscription service of children's sermon which provide two children's sermons per week for each Sunday of the year, one based on the lectionary Gospel and one based on the second reading of the lectionary. In addition to the children’s sermons, each week includes a children’s activity which is perfect for use in Sunday school or at home during the week.
Lectionary users will find this children’s sermon site useful because every entry is referenced and searchable by lectionary day.
Non-lectionary users will find this children’s sermon site equally useful because every entry is also referenced and searchable by scripture reference and keyword.
So, whether you are a lectionary user or a non-lectionary user, this children’s sermon site will provide you a vast selection of great children's sermons from a first-rate communicator with children, and you'll quickly find just what you are looking for.
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Leah Thompson
New issues of CSS Plus! are written by Leah Thompson, a
professional writing student at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. After graduating Leah plans to start a career in publishing. In her free time, Leah is a
trumpet teacher and a pianist. She is a member of Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Convoy, Ohio.
Wesley T. Runk
Wesley T. Runk, founder of CSS Publishing Co. and the author of over 40 books of children's sermons, brings over 40 years of experience as a Lutheran pastor and a unique ability to relate to children.
From Paint to Publishing: The CSS Story
On a warm summer day in 1968, a paint salesman in Lima, Ohio visited his pastor, Wesley T. Runk, and announced that he had been sharing Runk's children's sermons with his customers, who were sharing them with their pastors. A few began to inquire if the messages could be obtained in a written form. The salesman had a vision: "Pastor, you write the children's sermons a couple of weeks ahead of time and mail them out to other ministers. They will pay for them; it will be like a magazine subscription." After sending some samples to pastors in his synod and receiving positive replies, Runk sensed that perhaps the paint salesman was on to something. So in October of 1968 the Children's Sermon Service was launched by a team of two Lutheran pastors (Runk and Tom Lentz) and a Christian education director (Jean Hines) who took care of mailing lists and performed office duties.
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