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Welcome to CSSPlus, the original Children Sermon Service. CSSPlus is a subscription service which provides 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. In addition to the sermon, each week includes an activity which is perfect for use in Sunday school or at home during the week....
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Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 | 8th Sunday after Pentecost
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Pretending good things | Romans 7:15-25a | Children's sermon
Object: toy guns and knives
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you like to play with toy guns or knives? (show them the guns and knives and let them answer) When I was a boy, I liked to pretend I was a cowboy or a detective or someone who needed a gun to shoot the person I was trying to catch and make them pay for their crime....
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Connected to Jesus | Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 | Children's sermon
Object: a small belt you can fix around the right leg of one child and the left leg of the other child
Good morning, boys and girls. Do you like to do things with someone else? (let them answer) Do you wash the dishes together, help each other clean your room, take the dog for a walk together, or feed your pets together? (let them answer) I brought with me a little belt that we are going to use to connect two people's legs so they can learn how to be a team....
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Connected to Jesus | Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 | Activity
Materials: Preprinted memory verses, 9-inch paper plates, 8-inch circle pattern, Construction paper, Brads, Scissors, Glue, Permanent markers Directions: 1. Before students arrive, printout four memory verses in small enough print to fit on 1/4 of the paper plate. Make a circular pattern that is about one inch...
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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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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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