Childrens Sermon Service

Teachers: Today's Gospel lesson mentions the hometown people's surprise as Jesus speaks to them, not with ordinary ideas, but with new and special ideas. The object is an egg and it is used to demonstrate ordinary and special by talking about recipes using eggs. We all feel ordinary but have the potential to be special and unique if we are open to opportunities that come our way. Included here are two recipes that are unusual using eggs. Have a lunch or a breakfast (or just pass out the recipes for parents to try at home if time or space is not available). The "Spitzzerinktum" has six eggs, four and one-half cups cranberry juice, one and one-half cups orange juice, two-thirds of a cup of honey, and one-third of a cup of lemon juice. Mix the ingredients with a blender or mixer and then chill. You can add orange or lemon slices, if desired. This recipe makes eight cups of punch. The pizza eggs are a little hard to make and you may want helpers. Toast and butter one English muffin for each two children. Fry one egg per child (or you may want to mix up the eggs for scrambled eggs and cook in greased muffin tins in the oven or microwave for a circular shape). Put one egg on top of each muffin half. Spoon two tablespoons of hot pizza sauce over each egg and top with one tablespoon of grated cheese (mozzarella or parmesan). Adjust the recipes for the number of children. As you are cooking and eating, try to discuss how each of us is special and unique and that God's love makes us that way.

Parents: Look through your cookbooks for unusual egg recipes for children. Let them help you pick something new, special, and unique! It may become a family favorite!