The Children’s Word is a weekly Sunday bulletin for Orthodox Christian young people. Each issue includes a message on the Sunday Gospel lesson and on one of the saints for the week. You’ll also find a coloring page and other activities. It is designed for an 8.5 x 14 page, and it can be downloaded and printed.
Do you like birds? Do you ever wonder how they find food to survive the winter? Or how they can fly thousands of miles to get to their summer homes? Or what they are doing when it’s raining or windy or snowing or very cold or hot? In today’s Gospel Read more
Have you ever been very busy at something—maybe building something with Legos, maybe writing a letter. Then, all of a sudden, your mother or father says, “It’s time for dinner!” or “We have to leave right now!” It’s hard to stop what we’re doing and start something else. But in Read more
Have you ever looked up into the sky on a very dark night? Did you ever try to count how many stars are up there? Maybe you did…but you probably lost count! There are billions of stars up there. Today is All Saints Sunday. That’s the day we remember and Read more
Can you count how many things in your house use electricity? The lights, the air conditioner, the oven, and so many other things. And don’t forget all the things that use batteries too. We can’t see electricity, but it’s hard to live without it! Today is the great feast of Pentecost. Today Read more
Do you listen to your parents? Always? Do you do what they want you to do? Always? Do you always try to make them happy? Always? Well, sometimes it’s hard to always listen to your mother and father, to always do what they ask, to always make the happy. But in Read more
How many times have you heard that you should “Love your enemies”? Well, probably lots. Our Lord Jesus Christ told us to love our enemies, and we read about it in the Bible. When we love our enemies, we show how much we love God. After all, God made everyone, even Read more
Jesus says, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. The water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Of course, our Lord isn’t really Read more
Our Lord wants to help us! Have you ever tried to avoid somebody or something? Maybe it was a kid at school who bugs you sometimes. Or maybe it was a classmate, who had a sneezy, sniffly nose! Whatever it was, you tried to stay away. Today at Church, we Read more
Jesus’s most loyal friends Jesus’s most loyal friends Do you have a loyal friend? You know, somebody who will be your friend all the time, even when other people decide not to be? Maybe you’ve had a friend who was not loyal…somebody who ignored you when he or she felt Read more
Have you ever seen a t-shirt that says something like, “Soccer is life” or “Basketball is life” or maybe “Dancing is life”? Maybe you even have one yourself? Usually, the person wearing it doesn’t really believe basketball or soccer is the most important thing in the world, but still, it Read more
Have you ever tried to find something in the dark? Have you walked around in pitch black? Maybe you stumbled into things. Maybe you tripped and fell. Maybe you tried to hold onto something that would help you find your way. It’s hard to find our way when we don’t Read more
How many times have you heard the story of Holy Week? Five times? Ten times? Even more? Maybe you’ve heard something that you didn’t understand, but then, the next time you heard it, you did understand! Join myOCN Interactive Virtual Community will be offering 30 minute virtual crafting activities for Read more