Emphasis Preaching Journal
Karen led her fifth-grade...
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Karen led her fifth-grade Sunday school class into the empty sanctuary and read Matthew
17:1-9. She said, "We'll be in here for worship soon. I want to prepare you for
Transfiguration Sunday.
"Look on the east side of the sanctuary, up at the stained-glass windows. Do you know who those people are?" The children read the names engraved under each window, "Jesus, Paul, and Peter."
"Notice how the light changes them as the sun rises? At Jesus' transfiguration, he was changed into glowing light in front of his disciples, a little like his window is now, and so
"Look on the east side of the sanctuary, up at the stained-glass windows. Do you know who those people are?" The children read the names engraved under each window, "Jesus, Paul, and Peter."
"Notice how the light changes them as the sun rises? At Jesus' transfiguration, he was changed into glowing light in front of his disciples, a little like his window is now, and so