Revised Common Lectionary: Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 Narrative Lectionary: Good Samaritan, Luke 10:25-42 (Psalm 15) The first covenant God makes is after the great flood in Genesis 9:8-17. The covenant is not just for humanity, but for all of creation, that God will never again destroy the earth by flood. […]
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Worship Resources for February 17th, 2021—Ash Wednesday
Revised Common Lectionary: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12; Psalm 51:1-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Narrative Lectionary: Jesus Turns to Jerusalem, Luke 9:51-62 (Psalm 5:7-8) The prophet Joel warned of the day of the Lord, the day of judgment in 2:1-2, 12-17. This is the time, the prophet called out, for the people […]
Lent Bags
For this Covid time, I created Lent bags of activities for the children in my church (most of the children in my church are 7 years and younger). Much of what I used were leftovers from previous craft purchases. The cross boxes were purchased at some point before my time here. The cutout people and […]
Worship Resources for February 14th, 2021—Transfiguration Sunday
Revised Common Lectionary: 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 Narrative Lectionary: Transfiguration, Luke 9:28-45 (Psalm 36:5-10) The prophet Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind to heaven, but not without Elisha tagging along for the journey beforehand in 2 Kings 2:1-12. Elijah keeps trying to tell Elisha to stay behind, but […]
Worship Resources for February 7th, 2021—Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Revised Common Lectionary: Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147:1-11, 20c; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39 Narrative Lectionary: Raising the Widow’s Son, Luke 7:1-17 (Psalm 119:105-107) God spoke through the prophet Isaiah to a people returning to their homeland from exile in Isaiah 40:21-31. The prophet reminded the people that God was the one who created, who set […]
Worship Resources for January 31st, 2021—Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Revised Common Lectionary: Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 Narrative Lectionary: Healing on the Sabbath, Luke 6:1-16 (Psalm 92) Moses, as part of his final discourse to the people in Deuteronomy, spoke to the people about their future in 18:15-20. God would raise up a prophetic line that would intermediate between God […]
Worship Resources for January 24th, 2021—Third Sunday after Epiphany
Worship Resources for January 24th, 2021—Third Sunday after Epiphany Revised Common Lectionary: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 62:5-12; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 Narrative Lectionary: Fish for People, Luke 5:1-11 (Psalm 90:14-17) Jonah was the most successful prophet in the Bible. Though for the first two chapters of Jonah he tried to do the opposite of […]
Worship Resources for January 17th, 2020—Second Sunday after Epiphany, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday (U.S.)
Revised Common Lectionary: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20); Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51 Narrative Lectionary: Sermon at Nazareth, Luke 4:14-30 (Psalm 146) The boy Samuel was the son of Elkanah and Hannah, a long-wanted child promised to Hannah by God after she prayed that she would conceive, and she dedicated him to the […]
Worship Resources for January 10th, 2021: First Sunday after Epiphany—Baptism of the Lord
Revised Common Lectionary: Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 Narrative Lectionary: Jesus’ Baptism, Luke 3:1-22 (Psalm 51:6-17) We begin the Revised Common Lectionary reading in this season after Epiphany with the beginning of the Bible, the beginning of Creation in Genesis 1:1-5. In the beginning, a wind from God swept over the waters, […]
Worship Resources for January 3rd—Second Sunday of Christmas, Epiphany, and New Year’s
Worship Resources for New Year’s Sunday can be found here. Revised Common Lectionary: Second Sunday of Christmas: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 147:12-20; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1: (1-9), 10-18 Epiphany: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12 Narrative Lectionary: Boy in the Temple, Luke 2:41-52 (Psalm 2:7-8) The Hebrew Scripture selection for the second Sunday […]