Children’s Sermon, September 4, 2025
Scripture:
Luke 14:25-33
Pastor: Good morning boys and girls! Welcome! Let’s say good morning to our friend Sammy. Ready? One, two, three: Good morning, Sammy!
Sammy: Good morning! Pastor, I’ll be over right after church.
Pastor: Why’s that, Sammy?
Sammy: I’m going to help you with your garage sale.
Pastor: Garage sale?
Sammy: Yes! You are having a garage sale.
Pastor: That’s news to me, Sammy. Boys and girls, what is a garage sale?
[Allow time for responses]
Sammy: Exactly.
Pastor: So you want me to have a garage sale? Why, Sammy?
Sammy: Jesus commanded you to have a garage sale. Plus, I’ve seen your house, Pastor. You have a lot of extra stuff.
Pastor: Sammy, a lot of us have extra stuff.
Sammy: Not me. I just have my special blankie, my teddy bear, my clothes, my shoes, my straw bed, my night light, my–
Pastor: See what I mean?
Sammy: I guess I can bring all of that stuff to the garage sale you’re having.
Pastor: You know, Sammy, Jesus isn’t mad at us for having stuff—he just doesn’t want us to be attached to our belongings.
Sammy: What do you mean?
Pastor: Jesus wants us to value him and our work for him more than we value our stuff. We don’t get to take our stuff with us to heaven, and storing up our stuff on earth isn’t the same as storing treasures in heaven.
Sammy: I can have treasures in heaven?! Are there garage sales in heaven too?
Pastor: I don’t know about that, Sammy. I do know that Jesus wants us to love God and to love and serve each other. That’s how we store up treasures in heaven.
Sammy: I think I can do that.
Pastor: I know you can do that.
Sammy: So no garage sale, then?
Pastor: Not today, Sammy. But we can pray together. Boys and girls, will you please fold your hands, bow your heads, and repeat after me? Dear Jesus, thank you for helping us store up treasures in heaven. Please let our focus be on you and serving each other. Help us to love as you love us. Amen.
Sammy: Bye, everyone!
Pastor: Bye, Sammy!