“Your friend Lazarus is very sick!” the messenger said. One time when Jesus was out in the desert with his friends, a messenger came. (By the way, if you’d like to see my regular Monday Meditation on this text, you’ll find it through this link.) A Children’s Sermon on John 11:1-45 The Raising of Lazarus Rather it puts us in a position of holy wonder, where we can listen to God. Hearing the stories of Jesus is not about getting clear and direct answers to everything. They start out as bedtime stories for my own kids, so in this time when so many services are cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are all cooped up in our houses, I hope it gives you some good family moments, focused on Christ.īut however you use it (and I know some readers enjoy these as part of their own personal meditations), please be sure to include the wondering questions at the end. You are, of course, welcome to use this, either as a children’s sermon or as a bedtime story. Watching the way Jesus deals with his friends when they have suffered a deep loss is a lovely thing. The death of a family member is a great fear for many children, and it comes to pass far too often. I’m going to focus on the part that I think kids can connect with most easily. However there is a lot of story I can’t include every twist and turn. That’s because there is much more action in the story of the raising of Lazarus, as well as much more emotion. However writing a children’s sermon on John 11:1-45 the Raising of Lazarus is much easier than it was on Nicodemus, the woman at the well, or the healing of the man born blind. This is the fourth lectionary Gospel in a row that is a very long encounter with Christ from John. Here’s a children’s sermon on John 11:1-45.
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