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Date Day First Lesson Psalm Second Lesson Gospel

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27-Nov Advent 1 Isaiah 64: 1 - 9 Psalm 80: 1 - 7, 16 - 18 1 Corinthians 1: 3 - 9 Mark 13: 24 - 37 My Lord, What a Morning! Bulletin Board  You Are Not Missing Out on Any Blessings
4-Dec Advent 2 Isaiah 40: 1 - 11 Psalm 85: 1 - 2, 8 - 13 2 Peter 3: 8 - 15a Mark 1: 1 - 8  The People Change Their Ways, and John Baptizes Them Luminarias Your Slavery Is Past
11-Dec Advent 3 Isaiah 61: 1 - 4, 8 - 11 Psalm 126 or Luke 1: 47 - 55 1 Thessalonians 5: 16 - 24 John 1: 6 - 8, 19 - 28 John the Baptist Speaks Out Apples  He Sent Me To Give Them Flowers
18-Dec Advent 4 2 Samuel 7: 1 - 11, 16 Luke 1: 47 - 55 or Psalm 89: 1 - 4, 19 - 26 Romans 16: 25 - 27 Luke 1: 26 - 38 Gabriel Brings Blessings to Mary Crismons We Are Happy All Day Because of You
25-Dec Christmas Day Isaiah 52:7 - 10 Psalm 98 Hebrews 1: 1 - 4 John 1: 1 - 14  The Light Shines in the Darkness Bulletin Board  Sun and Moon and All of You Bright Stars, Come and Offer Praise
1-Jan Name of Jesus Numbers 6: 22 - 27 Psalm 8 Galatians 4: 4 - 7 Luke 2: 15 - 21  Jesus Receives His Name Pine Cones  Listen to Me, You Nations Nearby or Across the Sea
8-Jan Baptism of Our Lord Genesis 1: 1 - 5 Psalm 29 Acts 19: 1 - 7 Mark 1: 4 - 11  Jesus Is Baptized by John in the River Jordan Bulletin Board  The Holy Spirit Was Given to Them
15-Jan Epiphany 2 1 Samuel 3: 1 - 10 Psalm 139: 1 - 5, 12 - 17 1 Corinthians 6: 12 - 20 John 1: 43 - 51 God Calls Samuel by His Name Cover  God Paid A Great Price for You
22-Jan Epiphany 3 Jonah 3: 1 - 5, 10 Psalm 62 : 6- 14 1 Corinthians 7: 29 - 31 Mark 1: 14 - 20  Jesus' Disciples Catch Lots of Fish Back Cover It Won't Matter if You Are Crying or Laughing
29-Jan Epiphany 4 Deuteronomy 18: 15 - 20 Psalm 111 1 Corinthians 8: 1 - 13 Mark 1: 21 - 28 Jesus Casts An Evil Spirit Out of A Man Bulletin Board I Will Thank the Lord When His People Meet
5-Feb Epiphany 5 Isaiah 40: 21 - 31 Psalm 147:1 - 12, 21c 1 Corinthians 9: 16 - 23 Mark 1: 29 - 39  Jesus Heals Peter's Mother-in -Law Milagros None of the Stars Are Ever Missing
12-Feb Epiphany 6 2 Kings 5: 1- 14 Psalm 30 1 Corinthians 9: 24 - 27 Mark 1: 40 - 45 Jesus Heals a Man with Leprosy Cover We Run for A Crown that Will Last Forever
19-Feb Epiphany 7 Isaiah 43: 18 - 25 Psalm 41 2 Corinthians 1: 18 - 22 Mark 2: 1 - 12  Jesus Heals a Man Who Can't Walk Bulletin Board Christ Says 'Yes' to All of God's Promises
26-Feb Transfiguration of Our Lord 2 Kings 2: 1 -12 Psalm 50: 1 - 6 2 Corinthians 4: 3 - 6 Mark 9: 2 - 9  Jesus Is Changed on the Mountain Top Cover Now God Is Shining in Our Hearts
5-Mar Lent 1

 

Genesis 9: 8 - 17

Psalm 25:1 - 9 1 Peter 3: 18 - 22 Mark 1: 9 - 15  Jesus Is Baptized and Brings the Good News

 

Dove

Eight People Were Brought Safely through the Flood
12-Mar Lent 2 Genesis 17: 1 - 7, 15 - 16 Psalm 22: 22 - 30 Romans 4: 13 - 25 Mark 8: 31 - 38  Jesus Tells the Disciples that He Must Suffer Cross  The Lord Blesses People Whose Sins Are Erased from His Book
19-Mar Lent 3 Exodus 20: 1 - 17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1: 18 - 25 John 2: 13 - 22  Jesus Chases the Moneychangers Out of the Temple Cover  The Laws of the Lord Are Sweet
26-Mar Lent 4 Numbers 21: 4 - 9 Psalm 107: 1 - 3, 17 - 22 Ephesians 2: 1 - 10 John 3: 14 - 21 Jesus Brings Light to the World

Bronze Snake

 

 Sing Joyful Songs to Tell What He Has Done
2-Apr Lent 5 Jeremiah 31: 31 - 34 Psalm 51: 1 - 13 or Psalm 119: 9 - 16 Hebrews 5: 5 - 10 John 12: 20 - 33 Jesus Hears the Voice of God Sprouted Seeds  If A Seed of Wheat Dies, It Brings Forth Much Fruit
9-Apr Palm Sunday Isaiah 50: 4 - 9a Psalm 31: 9 - 16 Philippians 2: 5 - 11 Mark 14:1 - 15: 47 Jesus Prays in the Garden Bulletin Board  Blessed Is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord
16-Apr Easter Day Acts 10: 34 - 43 or Isaiah 25: 6 - 9 Psalm 118: 1 - 2, 14 - 24 1 Corinthians 15: 1- 11 or Acts 10: 34 - 43 John 20: 1 - 18 or Mark 16: 1 - 8  Jesus Leaves Death Behind Him Cover They Brought Spices to Put on Jesus' Body
23-Apr Easter 2 Acts 4: 32 - 35 Psalm 133 1 John 1:1 - 2: 2 John 20: 19 - 31  Jesus Visits His Disciples, but Thomas Needs Proof Cover  Our Hands Touched This Word
30-Apr Easter 3 Acts 3: 12 - 19 Psalm 4 1 John 3: 1 - 7 Luke 24: 36b - 48  Jesus Walks to Emmaus with His Friends Mug Mats  We Are Already God's Children
7-May Easter 4 Acts 4: 5 - 12 Psalm 23 1 John 3: 16 - 24 John 10: 11 - 18  The Good Shepherd Gives Up His Life for His Sheep Cover You Let Me Rest in Fields of Green Grass
14-May Easter 5 Acts 8: 26 - 40 Psalm 22: 24 - 30 1 John 4: 7 - 21 John 15: 1 - 8 Jesus Is the True Vine Bulletin Board  When I Cried Out, He Listened
21-May Easter 6 Acts 10: 44 - 48 Psalm 98 1 John 5: 1 - 6 John 15: 9 - 17  Jesus Calls Us Friends Song These Gentiles Have Been Given the Holy Spirit
25-May The Ascension of Our Lord Acts 1: 1 - 11 Psalm 47 or Psalm 93 Eph 1: 15 - 23 Luke 24: 44 - 53  The Disciples Look Up into Heaven Candles  Majesty and Power Are Your Royal Robes
 28-May Easter 7 Acts 1: 15 - 17, 21 - 26 Psalm 1 1 John 5 : 9 - 13 John 17: 6 - 19 God Chooses A Replacement for Judas Cover He Is Like A Tree That Always Has Leaves
4-Jun Pentecost Acts 2: 1 - 21 or Ezekiel 37: 1 - 14 Psalm 104: 25 - 35, 37 Romans 8: 22 - 27 or Acts 2: 1 - 21 John 15: 26 - 27; 16: 4b - 15  Jesus' Promise Comes True with the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit Bulletin Board  The Spirit Prays for Us in Ways that Cannot Be Put into Words
11-Jun Holy Trinity Isaiah 6: 1 - 8 Psalm 29 Romans 8: 12 - 17 John 3: 1 - 17  Nicodemus Visits Jesus at Night Drawing God's Spirit Makes Us Sure That We Are His Children
 18-Jun  Proper 6 Ezekiel 17: 22 - 24   Psalm 92: 1 - 4, 11 - 14  2 Corinthians 5: 6 - 17  Mark 4: 26 - 34  Jesus Tells Us about Heaven  Cover  All Kinds of Birds Will Find Shelter under the Tree
25-Jun Proper 7 Job 38: 1 - 11 Psalm 107: 1 - 3, 23 - 32 2 Corinthians 6: 1 - 13 Mark 4: 35 - 41  Jesus Tells the Storm to Be Quiet Bulletin Board  I Built a Wall around the Ocean and Locked the Gates
2-Jul Proper 8 Lamentations 3: 22 - 33 Psalm 30 2 Corinthians 12: 2 - 10 Mark 5: 21 - 43  Jesus Heals a Man's Daughter Morning Prayer  The Lord Can Always Be Trusted to Show Mercy Each Morning
9-Jul Proper 9 Ezekiel 2: 1 - 5 Psalm 123 2 Corinthians 12: 2 - 10 Mark 6: 1 - 13  Jesus Makes Enemies in his Hometown Pencil Topper  Ezekiel, I Want You to Stand Up and Listen
16-Jul Proper 10 Amos 7: 7 - 15 Psalm 85: 8 - 13 Ephesians 1: 3 - 14 Mark 6: 14 - 29  Herod Beheads John the Baptist Amos's Fig Treats I Am A Shepherd, and I Take Care of Fig Trees
23-Jul Proper 11 Jeremiah 23: 1 - 6 Psalm 23 Ephesians 2: 11 - 22 Mark 6: 30 - 34, 53 - 56  The People Bring Sick Relatives and Friends to Jesus Bulletin Board Christ Has Broken Down the Wall of Hatred
30-Jul Proper 12 2 Kings 4: 42 - 44 Psalm 145: 10 - 19 Ephesians 3: 14 - 21 John 6: 1 - 21  Jesus Gives Lunch to Thousands of People Sandwich Puppet When the Time Is Right, You Provide Them with Food
6-Aug Proper 13 Exodus 16: 2 - 4, 9 - 15 Psalm 78: 23 - 29 Ephesians 4: 1 - 16 John 6: 24 - 35  The Lord Sends Bread Like Rain Honey Butter  As Delicious as Wafers Made with Honey
13-Aug Proper 14 1 Kings 19: 4 - 8 Psalm 34: 1 - 8 Ephesians 4: 25 - 5: 2 John 6: 35, 41 - 51  I Am the Bread that Gives Life Napkins  Let Love Be Your Guide
20-Aug Proper 15 Proverbs 9: 1- 6 Psalm 34: 9 - 14 Ephesians 5: 15 - 20 John 6: 51 - 58 Wisdom Has Prepared the Meat and Set Out the Wine Songbook Sing Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs as You Praise the Lord with All Your Heart
27-Aug Proper 16 Joshua 24: 1 - 2a, 14 - 18 Psalm 34:15 - 22 Ephesians 6: 10 - 20 John 6: 56 - 69 Jesus Has the Words of Eternal Life Shema My Family and I Are Going to Worship the Lord
3-Sep Proper 17 Deuteronomy 4: 1 - 2, 6 - 9 Psalm 15 James 1: 17 - 27 Mark 7: 1 - 8, 14 - 15, 21 - 23  Jesus' Disciples Eat without Washing their Hands Cover Tell Your Children and Grandchildren as Well
10-Sep Proper 18 Isaiah 35: 4 - 7a Psalm 146 James 2: 1 - 10, 14 - 17 Mark 7: 24 - 37  A Greek Woman Asks Jesus' Help for her Daughter Bulletin Board Thirsty Ground Will Flow with Fountains
17-Sep Proper 19 Isaiah 50: 4 - 9a Psalm 116: 1 - 8 James 3: 1 - 12 Mark 8: 27 - 38  Jesus Finds a Solid Rock Cover  You Have Saved My Eyes from Tears
24-Sep Proper 20 Jeremiah 11: 18 - 20 Psalm 54 James 3: 13 - 4:3, 7 - 8a Mark 9: 30 - 37  Jesus Tells the Disciples to Become Slaves Work Gloves  When Peacemakers Plant Seeds of Peace, They Will Harvest Justice
1-Oct Proper 21 Numbers 11: 4 - 6, 10 - 16, 24 - 29 Psalm 19: 7 - 14 James 5: 13 - 20 Mark 9: 38 - 50  A Cup of Cold Water Is a Wonderful Gift Salad  We Had Cucumbers, Melons, Onions, and Garlic
8-Oct Proper 22 Genesis 2: 18 - 24 Psalm 8 Hebrews 1: 1 - 4; 2: 5 - 12 Mark 10: 2 -16  God Makes a Partner for Adam Bulletin Board  By His Own Mighty Word He Holds the Universe Together
15-Oct Proper 23 Amos 5: 6 - 7, 10 - 15 Psalm 90: 12 - 17 Hebrews 4: 12 - 16 Mark 10: 17 - 31  God Saves Us When We Can't Save Ourselves Cover  Teach Us to Use Wisely the Time that We Have
22-Oct Proper 24 Isaiah 53: 4 - 12 Psalm 91: 9 - 16 Hebrews 5: 1 - 10 Mark 10: 35 - 45  Who Will Sit at Jesus' Right and Left Hand? Bulletin Board  All Of Us Were Like Sheep that Had Wandered Off
29-Oct Reformation Sunday Jeremiah 31: 31 - 34 Psalm 46 Romans 3: 19 -28 John 8: 31 - 36  The Truth Makes Us Free Cover A River and Its Streams Bring Joy to the City
 29-Oct  Proper 25  Jeremiah 31: 7 - 9  Psalm 126  Hebrews 7: 23 - 28  Mark 10: 46 - 52  Jesus Heals a Blind Man  Drawings  The Lord Had Indeed Worked Miracles for Us
5-Nov All Saints Isaiah 25: 6 - 9 Psalm 24 Revelation 21: 1 - 6a John 11: 32 - 44  Jesus Recalls Lazarus to Life Bulletin Board The Lord Will Prepare a Feast of Finest Foods
 5-Nov  Proper 26  Deuteronomy 6: 1 - 9  Psalm 119: 1 - 8  Hebrews 9: 11 - 14  Mark 12: 28 - 34  Jesus Teaches the Greatest Commandment  Prayer Books  Let Me Find Life by Walking with You
12-Nov Proper 27 1 Kings 17: 8 - 16 Psalm 146 Hebrews 9: 24 - 28 Mark 12: 38 - 44  A Widow Gives Everything that She Has Flavored Oil  All I Have Is a Little Olive Oil
19-Nov Proper 28 Daniel 12: 1 - 3 Psalm 16 Hebrews 10: 11 - 14, 19 - 25 Mark 13: 1 - 8  In Times of Trouble, Jesus Gives Us Words and Wisdom Bookmarks Every Good Thing I Have Is A Gift from You
26-Nov Christ the King Daniel 7: 9 - 10, 13 - 14 Psalm 93 Revelation 1: 4b - 8 John 18: 33 - 37  Pilate Calls Jesus King Garlands You Are More Majestic and You Rule Over All