The Text This Week - Lectionary, Scripture Study and Worship Links and Resources

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  Ascension
   (May 1/4)
  Easter 7
   (May 4)
  Pentecost
   (May 11)
  Trinity
   (May 18)
  Pentecost +2
   (May 25)
  Visitation
   (May 31)
  Pr 4/OT 9/P+3
   (June 1)
  Pr 5/OT10/P+4
   (June 8)
  St. Barnabas
   (June 11)
  Pr 6/OT 11/P+5
  (June 15)
  Pr 7/OT 12/P+6
  (June 22)
  Nativity of John
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  Pr 8/OT 13/P+7
   (June 29)
  Sts Peter & Paul
   (June 29)
  Pr 9/OT 14/P+8
   (July 6)
  Pr 10/OT 15/P+9
  (July 13)
  Pr11/OT16/P+10
   (July 20)
  Mary Magdalene
   (July 22)
  James the Elder
   (July 25)
 
 
 
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  Lent
  Holy Week
  Easter
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On-Line Resources for the Season of Advent

bulletAn Advent Story about my son Philip.
bulletGeneral Resources:
bullet A Holy Christmas by Richard and Charlene Fairchild. Here you'll find the most comprehensive link to Advent and Christmas resources on the internet!
bulletAn excellent set of planning helps and articles about Advent from the United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bulletAdvent Resources at Christian Resource Institute (Dennis Bratcher). Includes materials on The Jesse Tree and Advent Wreaths, and an article on Hearing Old Testament Advent Texts.
bulletKirkweb's Advent Resources Page.
bulletAdvent, Christmas and Epiphany Resources on the Web at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada's "Lift Up Your Hearts".
bulletAdvent Candle Liturgies:
bullet Archived Advent Services & Candle Lighting Litanies, Worship Ways, United Church of Christ (scroll down).
bullet Advent Wreath Candlelighting Meditations for Home and Church, Dean B. McIntyre, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Advent Candlelighting Liturgy, Amy C. Wake, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Advent Liturgy, Jeanyne Slettom, Process and Faith.
bullet Advent Candle Prayers and Advent Communion Litanies, Katherine Hawker, Outside the Box.
bullet Lighting of Advent Wreath Litanies for Year A, The Rev. Sheila N. McJilton, St Philip's Episcopal Church, Laurel, MD. Free use, please attribute to author.
bulletAdvent Wreath Liturgies, Year C, the Rev. Sheila N. McJilton, St David's Episcopal Church, Wilmington, DE. Written for family participation in worship service with a part for younger children. Free use. Please acknowledge writer.
bulletWorship Planning:
bullet Worship Planning for Advent 2007: An Invitation to the Basics, Taylor Burton-Edwards, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Worship During Advent, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin College.
bullet Advent Resources & Alternate Liturgies, Wellsprings of the Gospel.
bullet Advent Prayer Service, Debi Tyree, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet "The Places of Christmas," Six Weeks of Service Plans for Advent and Christmas, Margaret Dijkjuis, Reformed Worship.
bullet "Ordered for Impact: Using the Revised Common Lectionary's Scripture Choices for a Rich Celebration of the Incarnation," Fritz West, Reformed Worship.
bullet "Figures of Faith: A Series of Children's Messages for Advent," Laura Venhuizen, Reformed Worship.
bullet Wellspring Liturgies for Advent & Christmas, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
bullet Ideas for Worship from "On the Move," a publication of The Joint Board of Christian Education of Australia and New Zealand. At The Billibong, Jeff Shrowder.
bulletWorship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, Portland, OR:
bullet An Order of Worship for Advent with Holy Communion
bullet An Order of Worship with Holy Communion for Advent using images of the coming Light.
bullet An Advent Order for Holy Communion: Word of God Come Be With Us a service of renewal.
bullet Advent Alternative - A selection of readings from Children's Literature with scriptural references that invite us to "lift the veil" and recognize the presence of God already born among us. Katherine Hawker, Outside the Box.
bullet Advent Worship Resources, Peter L. Haynes.
bulletAdvent Services from St Andrew Lutheran Church (ELCA), New Bern, NC.
bulletInclusive Language Seekers Liturgies from Seekers Church:
bullet "The Days are Surely Coming" (2006)
bullet "Binding Up the Brokenhearted" (2005)
bullet "hoping to be fed...our hands serving" (2004)
bullet "What Are We Waiting For?" (2003)
bullet "At Ease In Our Struggles" (2002)
bullet "Unknown Territory of Hope" (2001)
bullet"A Bright Snarl" (2000)
bullet"Mangers and Manure" (1999)
bullet"Just Enough" (1998)
bullet"Full of Grace" (1997)
bulletAdvent 1996
bullet"Blue Christmas" / Longest Night
bullet Blue Christmas/Longest Night Worship With Those Who Mourn, Resources from General Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church.
bullet "Blue Christmas" service, remembering loved ones. Rev. Kent C. Miller, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Denton TX.
bullet Worship Resources, Longest Night, (includes litanies, "artistic elements," etc), Rev. Nancy Townley, Free Resources, Cokesbury Worship Connection.
bullet A Blue Christmas Service, Whole People of God, Wood Lake Books.
bullet "Blue Christmas," poetry by Sami Martasian, United Methodist Church GBOD.
bulletArtwork, Ornaments, Crafts, Music, Multimedia
bulletLinks to art images at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
bulletvisitation
bullet Mystical/Liturgical/Enthroned Madonna
bulletlast judgment
bulletannunciation
bullet John the Baptist
bullet Jacob's Well Advent Films and mp3 sermons.
bullet Four Advent Hymns with Lectionary Texts (Year A), F. Richard Garland, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet "Advent Watch": An Advent Call to Worship, Linda Ridener Dickson and George August Mann.
bulletJesse Tree Ornaments, downloadable brochure from King of Peace Episcopal Church.
bullet Traditional Hymns for Blended and Contemporary Worship Volume One: Advent-Christmas-Epiphany, by Dean McIntyre, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Advent-Christmas Page, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor, Contemporary Christian Music Resources.
bullet "Prepare, Prepare," a hymn for Advent by John Kleinheksel. United Methodist Church Board of Global Ministries.
bullet "'Tis Winter Now, the Fallen Snow," a hymn for Advent by John Kleinheksel. United Methodist Church Board of Global Ministries.
bullet "The Lord's Messiah Comes,", a hymn for Advent by Rev David Beswick, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet "A Star Shone Bright: An Advent Hymn," F. Richard Garland, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bulletDevotionals, Daily Readings, Advent Calendars
bullet"Awake! Awake, and Greet the New Morn," Advent Devotional, 2007. Luther Seminary.
bullet The Advent Door: Entering a Contemplative Christmas, Jan Richardson.
bulletLiving the Lectionary Advent Devotions and Bible Study, with Leader's Guide, Bass Mitchell.
bullet Advent Reflections: From Despair to Hope, Safiyah Fosua, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Sharing the Dawn, Reflections on the Daily scripture readings for Advent, 2007. Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.
bullet Advent Devotions, 2007. Goshen College.
bullet "Reflections on Advent, a 25-day Devotional Guide," FW Writers, blog at WordPress.com.
bullet2007 Advent Devotions will be available during Advent at The Upper Room.
bullet Praying Advent, The Collaborative Ministry Office, Creighton University.
bullet Celebrating Advent in the Home, downloadable brochures from King of Peace Episcopal Church.
bulletAdvent/Christmas Devotionals, Lutheran Hour Ministries.
bulletYahoo's list of Online (Virtual) Advent Calendars.
bulletThe Days of Waiting, thoughts on the message of Advent, explorefaith.org.
bulletArticles
bullet "Blue Christmas," Ann Fontaine, Episcopal Cafe, 2007.
bullet "A Modest Proposal for Advent/Christmas Peace," Taylor Burton-Edwards, Safiyah Fosua, and Dean McIntyre, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship, 2006.
bullet "Where Did the Season of Advent Come From?" Daniel Benedict, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet "What To Do about Advent," Rev. Roland McGregor, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet "Advent Speaks to the Power of Smallness," Joan Chittister, National Catholic Reporter, 2003.
bullet "Why I'm an Advent Christian," Ronald Klug. BeliefNet.
bullet "Advent - Close Encounters of a Liturgical Kind," Chris Armstrong, Christian History 2002.
bullet"Advent: A Season of Expectation and Anticipation," Robert T Cornelison at The Living Pulpit.
bullet"Advent," Volume 3, 2000, McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry.
bulletFour Themes for Advent, Culham College Institute.
bulletThe Season of Advent, at Ken Collins Web Site: Holy Days and Holidays.
bulletAdvent, Wikipedia.
bulletAdvent, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
bullet "An Advent Reflection," Richard R. Gaillardetz, Commonweal, 1998.
bullet "Encounters with the Hush," Joni Woelfel, National Catholic Reporter, 2002.
bullet "Advent: 'Waiting for' and 'Hastening' - Faith & Spirituality," Margo Ritchie, New Catholic Times, 2002.
bullet "Vision of Peace Shimmers in Advent Scripture," Emilie Griffin, National Catholic Reporter, 2001.
bullet "Waiting for God," Molly Marsh, Sojourners, 2002.
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bullet Advent, issue focus for Interpretation 6.4, 1997.
bulletBartlett, David, "Preaching the Advent Texts," Journal for Preachers, 2006. (Year C)
bulletBrown, Sally A., "Hold the Chicken Soup: Preaching Advent Hope," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
bulletBrueggemann, Walter, "Advent: Departure and Homecoming," Journal for Preachers, 2007.
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bulletCharles, Gary W., "Diving into Wonderland: Preaching Revelation in the Mainline Pulpit," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
bulletGonzález, Catherine Gunsalus, "Advent and Eschatology," Journal for Preachers, 2005. (Year A)
bulletGonzález, Catherine Gunsalus, "Preaching the Advent Lectionary," Journal for Preachers, 2003. (Year C)
bulletJohnson, Abby Arthur, "Keep Your Lamps Burning: Advent in the Arctic," Theology Today, 1985.
bulletKay, James F., "Preaching in Advent," Journal for Preachers, 1989.
bulletLong, Thomas G., "Imagine There's No Heaven: The Loss of Eschatology in American Preaching," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
bulletLowry, James S., "Introducing the Luke Cycle: Advent Preaching for Year C," Journal for Preachers, 1997.
bulletMontgomery, Stephen R., "Beyond Fear, Fundamentalism, and Fox News: The Active Hope of Advent," Journal for Preachers, 2005.
bulletSayles, Guy, "Preaching Advent Hope While Millions Are Reading the Left Behind Series," Journal for Preachers, 2004.
bulletSparks, O. Benjamin, "On Earth Peace, Goodwill: Preaching on Peace During Advent and Christmas," Journal for Preachers, 1982.