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Date Day First Lesson Psalm Second Lesson Gospel

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3-Dec Advent 1 Jeremiah 33: 14 - 16 Psalm 25: 1 - 9 1 Thessalonians 3: 9 - 13 Luke 21: 25 - 36  My Lord, What a Morning! Bulletin Board And When Our Lord Comes with All His People
10-Dec Advent 2 Malachi 3: 1 - 4 Luke 1: 68 - 79 Philippians 1: 3 - 11 Luke 3: 1 - 6  Zechariah Praises God Soap Dish The Lord Will Be Like Strong Soap in a Wash Basin
17-Dec Advent 3 Zephaniah 3: 14 - 20 Isaiah 12: 2 - 6 Philippians 4: 4 - 7 Luke 3: 7 - 18 John the Baptist Speaks Out Cover With Great Joy, You People Will Get Water from the Well of Victory
24-Dec Advent 4 Micah 5: 2 - 5a Luke 1: 47 - 55 or Psalm 80: 1 - 7 Hebrews 10: 5 - 10 Luke 1: 39 - 45  Mary Sings Praises to God Bethlehem  Bethlehem Ephrathah, You Are One of the Smallest Towns in the Nation of Judah
 31-Dec Christmas 1  1 Samuel 2: 18 - 20, 26  Psalm 148  Col 3: 12 - 17  Luke 2: 41 - 52  Jesus Is Lost in Jerusalem  Bulletin Board  Fire and Hail, Snow and Frost and Every Stormy Wind, Come Praise the Lord
7-Jan  Baptism of Our Lord Isaiah 43: 1 - 7 Psalm 29 Acts 8: 14 - 17 Luke 3: 15 - 17, 21 - 22 Jesus Is Baptized by John in the River Jordan Cover  When You Cross Deep Rivers, I Will Be With You
14-Jan Epiphany 2 Isaiah 62: 1 - 5 Psalm 36: 5- 10 1 Corinthians 12: 1 - 11 John 2: 1 - 11 Jesus Makes Water into Wine Punch You Serve A Tasty Drink That Flows Like A River
21-Jan Epiphany 3 Nehemiah 8: 1 - 3, 5 - 6, 8 - 10 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 12: 12 - 31a Luke 4: 14 - 21 Jesus Reads from Isaiah Scroll When Ezra Opened the Book, They All Stood Up
28-Jan Epiphany 4 Jeremiah 1: 4 - 10 Psalm 71: 1 - 6 1 Corinthians 13: 1 - 13 Luke 4: 21 - 30 Jesus Makes Enemies in His Hometown Bulletin Board You Are My Rock and My Fortress
4-Feb Epiphany 5 Isaiah 6: 1 - 8 Psalm 138 1 Corinthians 15: 1 - 11 Luke 5: 1 - 11 Jesus' Disciples Catch Lots of Fish Songbook In the Presence of Angels, I Sing Your Praises
11-Feb Epiphany 6 Jeremiah 17: 5 - 10 Psalm 1 1 Corinthians 15: 12 - 20 Luke 6: 17 - 26 God Redistributes Blessings and Heartaches Map Large Crowds of People Follow Jesus
18-Feb Transfiguration of Our Lord Exodus 34: 29 - 35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12 - 4:2 Luke 9: 28 - 36 Jesus Is Changed on the Mountain Top Bulletin Board  You Spoke to Them from A Thick Cloud
25-Feb Lent 1 Deuteronomy 26: 1 - 11 Psalm 91: 1 - 2, 9 - 16 Romans 10: 8b - 13 Luke 4: 1 - 13 Jesus Says No to the Devil Bulletin Board God Will Command His Angels to Protect You Wherever You Go
4-Mar Lent 2 Genesis 15: 1 - 12, 17 - 18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3: 17 - 4:1 Luke 13: 31 - 35 Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem Breath Prayer My Heart Tells Me to Pray
11-Mar Lent 3 Isaiah 55: 1 - 9 Psalm 63: 1- 8 1 Corinthians 10: 1 -13 Luke 13: 1 - 9 Jesus Gives a Fig Tree a Second Chance Fig Muffins  I Will Be Filled with Excitement Like A Guest at a Banquet
18-Mar Lent 4 Joshua 5: 9 - 12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5: 16 - 21 Luke 15: 1 - 3, 11 - 32  A Father Welcomes a Lost Son Cover  You Put Songs in My Heart Because You Have Saved Me
25-Mar Lent 5 Isaiah 43: 16 - 21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3: 4b - 14 John 12: 1 - 8 Mary Puts Lotion on Jesus' Feet Bible Hand Lotion The Sweet Smell of the Perfume Filled the House
1-Apr Palm Sunday Isaiah 50: 4 - 9a Psalm 31: 9 - 16 Philippians 2: 5 - 11 Luke 22: 14 - 23:56 Peter Hears A Rooster Crow Seder Plate I Am Merely A Broken Dish
8-Apr Easter Day Acts 10: 34 - 43 or Isaiah 65: 17 - 25 Psalm 118: 1 - 2, 14 - 24 1 Corinthians 15: 19 - 26 or Acts 10: 34 - 43 John 20: 1 - 18 or Luke 24: 1 - 12 Jesus Leaves Death Behind Him Angel Magnet  Mary Magdalene Saw Two Angels in the Tomb
15-Apr Easter 2 Acts 5: 27 - 32 Psalm 118: 14 - 29 Revelation 1: 4 - 8 John 20: 19 - 31 Jesus Visits His Disciples, but Thomas Needs Proof Pendant I Am Alpha and Omega, the One Who Is and Was and Is Coming
22-Apr Easter 3 Acts 9: 1 - 6 Psalm 30 Revelation 5: 11- 14 John 21: 1 - 19 The Disciples Return to Fishing Table Runner  Jesus Said, "Come and Eat"
29-Apr Easter 4 Acts 9: 36 - 43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7: 9 - 17 John 10: 22 - 30 The Lord Is My Shepherd Cover Who Are These People Dressed in White
6-May Easter 5 Acts 11: 1 - 18 Psalm 148 Revelation 21: 1 - 6 John 13: 31 - 35 God Sends Peter a Vision of Animals Bulletin Board  I Am Making Everything New
13-May Easter 6 Acts 16: 9 - 15 Psalm 67 Revelations 21: 10, 22 - 22: 5 John 14: 23 - 29 or John 5: 1 - 9 Jesus Promises to Send the Holy Spirit Name Plate  Those Whose Names Are Written in the Book of Life Will Be in the City
17-May The Ascension of Our Lord Acts 1: 1 - 11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 1: 15 - 23 Luke 24: 44 - 53 The Disciples Look Up into Heaven Bulletin Board  All Rulers on Earth Surrender Their Weapons
20-May Easter 7 Acts 16: 16 - 34  Psalm 97  Revelations 22: 12 - 14, 16 - 17, 20 - 21  John 17: 20 - 26  Jesus Prays for All of Us  Bulletin Board  Tell All the Islands to Shout
27-May Pentecost Acts 2: 1 - 21 or Genesis 11: 1- 9 Psalm 104: 25 - 35, 37 Romans 8: 14 - 17 or Acts 2: 1 - 21 John 14: 8 - 17 Jesus' Promise Comes True with the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit Pentecost Cover God's Spirit Makes Us Sure That We Are His Children
3-Jun Holy Trinity Proverbs 8: 1 - 4, 22 - 31 Psalm 8 Romans 5: 1 - 5 John 16: 12 - 15 O Lord, Our Lord, How Excellent Is Thy Name in All the Earth Cover It Happened Long Before God Had Made the Earth or Any of Its Fields or Even the Dust
10-Jun Lectionary 10 1 Kings 17: 17 - 24 Psalm 30 Galatians 1: 11 - 24 Luke 7: 11 - 17 Jesus Calls a Dead Son to Life Flavored Oil All I Have Is a Little Olive Oil
17-Jun Lectionary 11 2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:10, 13 - 15 Psalm 32 Galatians 2: 15 - 21 Luke 7: 36 - 8: 3 Jesus Forgives a Sinful Woman in the House of a Pharisee  Bulletin Board I Will Point Out the Road that You Should Follow
24-Jun Lectionary 12 Isaiah 65: 1 - 9 Psalm 22: 18 - 27 Galatians 3: 23 - 29 Luke 8: 26 - 39 Jesus Sends a Man's Demons into a Herd of Swine Sachets  Think of My Prayer as Sweet-Smelling Incense
24-Jun John the Baptist Malachi 3: 1 - 4 Psalm 141 Acts 13: 13 - 26 Luke 1: 57 - 67 The Birth of John the Baptist Cover John Baptizes Jesus in the River Jordan
1-Jul Lectionary 13 1 Kings 19: 15 - 16, 19 - 21 Psalm 16 Galatians 5: 1, 13 - 25 Luke 9: 51 - 62 Jesus Asks His Followers to Leave Everything Behind

 

 

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8-Jul Lectionary 14 Isaiah 66: 10 - 14 Psalm 66: 1 - 8 Galatians 6: 7 - 16 Luke 10: 1 - 11, 16 - 20 Seventy Disciples Go Out and Return Cover  When God Made the Sea Dry Up, Our People Walked Across
15-Jul Lectionary 15 Deuteronomy 30: 9 - 14 Psalm 25: 1 - 10 Colossians 1: 1 - 14 Luke 10: 25 - 37  A Kind Man Sees Life and Hope Bulletin Board I Thank My God Every Time I Think of You
22-Jul Lectionary 16 Genesis 18: 1 - 10a Psalm 15 Colossians 1: 15 - 28 Luke 10: 38 - 42 Mary Sits in Front of Jesus Cover Who May Live on the Holy Mountain of the Lord?
22-Jul Mary Magdalene, Apostle Ruth 1: 6 - 18 or Exodus 2: 1 - 10 Psalm 73: 23 - 28 Acts 13: 26 - 33a John 20: 1 - 2, 11 - 18  Mary Magdalene Speaks to the Risen Christ Eggs On This Earth You Are All I Want
29-Jul Lectionary 17 Gen 18: 20 - 32 Psalm 138 Colossians 2: 6 - 15 Luke 11: 1 - 13 Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Bulletin Board Plant Your Roots in Christ
5-Aug Lectionary 18 Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12- 14, 2: 18 -23 Psalm 49: 1 - 11 Colossians 3: 1 - 11 Luke 12: 13 - 21  A Rich Man Behaves Like a Fool Cover Now Set Your Heart on What Is in Heaven
12-Aug Lectionary 19 Genesis 15: 1 - 6 Psalm 33: 12 - 22 Hebrews 11: 1 - 3, 8 - 16 Luke 12: 32 - 40 We Keep Our Treasures Safe in Heaven Bags of Gold You Make Our Hearts Glad Because We Trust You
19-Aug Lectionary 20 Jeremiah 23: 23 - 29 Psalm 82 Hebrews: 11: 29 - 12: 2 Luke 12: 49 - 56 What Has Straw in Common with Wheat? Hats God Uses the Useless to Give Us Shade
26-Aug Lectionary 21 Isaiah 58: 9b - 14 Psalm 103: 1 - 8 Hebrews 12: 18 - 29 Luke 13: 10 - 17 Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman Crowns  His Kindness and Love Are A Crown on Our Heads
2-Sep Lectionary 22 Proverbs 25: 6 - 7 Psalm 112 Hebrews 13: 1 - 8, 15 - 16 Luke 14: 1, 7 - 14 Jesus Invites Everyone to the Table Pencil Toppers Some People Have Welcomed Angels as Guests
9-Sep Lectionary 23 Deuteronomy 30: 15 - 20 Psalm 1 Philemon 1 - 21 Luke 14: 25 - 33 What Does It Mean to Follow Jesus? Bulletin Board  He Is Like a Tree that Always Has Leaves
16-Sep Lectionary 24 Exodus 32: 7 - 14 Psalm 51: 1 - 11 1 Tim 1: 12 - 17 Luke 15: 1 - 10 Jesus Carries the Lost Sheep Home on His Shoulders Bookmark When You Find the Lost Sheep You Will Carry It Home
23-Sep Lectionary 25 Amos 8: 4 - 7 Psalm 113 1 Timothy 2: 1 - 7 Luke 16: 1 - 13 A Basket of Summer Fruit

Strawberries

 

The Lord Showed Me a Basket of Ripe Fruit
30-Sep Lectionary 26 Amos 6: 1a, 4 - 7 Psalm 146 1 Timothy 6: 6 - 19 Luke 16: 19 - 31 A Rich Man Ignores a Poor Man Cover  He Was Happy Just to Eat the Scraps that Fell from the Rich Man's Table
7-Oct Lectionary 27 Habakkuk 1: 1 - 4; 2: 1 - 4 Psalm 37: 1 - 10 2 Timothy 1: 1 - 14 Luke 17: 5 - 10 We Grow in Faith and Serve the Lord Bulletin Board  While Standing Guard on the Watchtower, I Waited for the Lord's Answer
14-Oct Lectionary 28 2 Kings 5: 1 - 3, 7 - 15c Psalm 111 2 Timothy 2: 8 - 15 Luke 17: 11 - 19 Jesus Heals Ten Lepers Cover  God's Good News Isn't Locked in Jail
21-Oct Lectionary 29 Genesis 32: 22 - 31 Psalm 121 2 Timothy 3: 14 - 4: 5 Luke 18: 1 - 8 Jacob Gets A New Name Evening Prayer  You Won't Be Harmed by the Sun during the Day or by the Moon at Night
28-Oct Reformation Sunday Jeremiah 31: 31 - 34 Psalm 46 Romans 3: 19 -28 John 8: 31 - 36 God Gives Us Faith and Makes Us Free Slave Bracelet  Everyone Who Sins Is a Slave to Sin
28-Oct Lectionary 30 Jeremiah 14: 7 - 10, 19 - 22  Psalm 84: 1 - 7  2 Timothy 4: 6 - 8, 16 - 18  Luke 18: 9 - 14  Two Men Pray in the Temple  Cover  I Was Kept Safe from Hungry Lions
4-Nov All Saints Daniel 7: 1 - 3, 15 - 18 Psalm 149 Ephesians 1: 11 - 23 Luke 6: 20 - 31  Jesus Comforts People in Hard Times Bulletin Board  My Prayer Is that Light Will Flood Your Hearts
4-Nov Lectionary 31 Isaiah 1: 10 - 18  Psalm 32: 1 - 8 2 Thessalonians 1: 1 - 4, 11 - 12  Luke 19: 1- 10  Zacchaeus Climbs Up to See Jesus  Salad  Alone like a Hut in an Cucumber Field
11-Nov Lectionary 32 Job 19: 23 - 27a Psalm 17: 1 - 9 2 Thessalonians 2: 1 - 5, 13 - 17 Luke 20: 27 - 38 I Know That My Redeemer Lives Record Oh, That My Words Were Recorded
18-Nov Lectionary 33 Malachi 4: 1 - 2a Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 3: 6 - 13 Luke 21: 5 - 19 In Times of Trouble, Jesus Gives Us Words and Wisdom Bulletin Board Command the Earth to Shout with All Its People
25-Nov Christ the King Jeremiah 23: 1 - 6 Psalm 46 Colossians 1: 11 - 20 Luke 23:33 - 43 The First Person to Rise from the Dead Picture  Today You Will Be with Me in Paradise