All Saint’s Sunday Children Sermon

Scripture

John 11:32-44

Script:

Pastor: Good morning boys and girls! Welcome! Let’s say good morning to our friend Sammy and see if she is there. Ready? One, two, three: Good morning, Sammy!

Sammy: Good morning, everyone! Pastor, this story from the Gospel reading today is a spooky one.

 

Pastor: Is it?

 

Sammy: Yes! A mummy came out from a tomb!

 

Pastor: Sammy, that’s not what happened!

 

Sammy: Yes it is! I was listening. This guy named Lazarus died and Jesus told some men to roll the stone away from the cave. And then a mummy came out!

 

Pastor: Sammy, we are going to talk about what really happened. I think you still have Halloween on your mind. That’s different from the Gospel reading.

 

Sammy: I did eat a lot of candy. Boys and girls, did you get a lot of treats for Halloween?

 

[Allow time for responses]

 

Pastor: Back to our Gospel for today. Jesus was really good friends with a man named Lazarus. He wasn’t old. He was a young man, like Jesus. Do you have a best friend?

 

[Allow time for responses]

 

Sammy: My best friend is you, Pastor.

 

Pastor: You’re my best friend, too, Sammy. Jesus’s friend Lazarus got sick and he died before Jesus could get to him to heal him.

 

Sammy: Oh no!

 

Pastor: It’s okay, Sammy. Death is not the end. Jesus is the end. He’s the beginning and the end.

 

Sammy: Amen, Pastor!

 

Pastor: When Jesus arrived at Lazarus’s house, he saw Mary and Martha there. They are Lazarus’s sisters. And they were crying. Jesus cried, too.

 

Sammy: Jesus cries? Why did he cry?

 

Pastor: Jesus is fully God and fully man. He is just like us. Boys and girls, can you think of a time when you cried?

 

[Allow time for responses]

 

Pastor: Jesus went to the tomb and asked the people to roll the stone away. He said a prayer and then told Lazarus to come out—

 

Sammy: And that’s when the mummy came out!

 

Pastor: No, Sammy. That’s when a living, breathing, fully alive Lazarus walked out.

 

Sammy: Wow!

 

Pastor: I want each of us to remember that Jesus is the resurrection and the life. We get to live forever because of Jesus. We do not have to be afraid because Jesus loves us. He cries with us and is with us everywhere we go. Let’s pray: Dear Jesus, Thank you for the gift of eternal life. Thank you for your love. Thank you for helping us when we are sad. Amen.

 

Sammy: Bye, everyone!

 

Pastor: Bye, Sammy!