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

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Index:
 
  Trinity
   (May 18)
  Corpus Christi
   (May 25)
  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
   (June 24)
  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)
  Pr12/OT17/P+11
   (July 27)
  Pr13/OT18/P+12
   (August 3)
  Transfiguration
   (August 6)
  Pr14/OT29/P+13
  (August 10)
  Assumption Mary
   (August 15)
  St Mary
   (August 15)
  Pr15/OT20/P+14
   (August 17)
  Pr16/OT21/P+15
   (August 24)
  St Bartholomew
   (August 24)
  Pr17/OT22/P+16
   (August 31)
  Pr18/OT23/P+17
   (Sept 7)
  Creation 1
  Pr19/OT24/P+18
   (Sept 14)
  Creation 2
  Holy Cross
   (Sept 14)
  Pr20/OT25/P+19
   (Sept 21)
  Creation 3
  St Matthew
   (Sept 21)
  Pr21/OT26/P+20
   (Sept 28)
  Creation 4
 
 
 
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  YEAR A
  YEAR B
  YEAR C
  FESTIVALS/
   SPECIAL DAYS
 
 
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  Advent
  Christmas
  Epiphany
  Lent
  Holy Week
  Easter
  Pentecost
 

 

 

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On Line Resources for the Christmas Season

bulletGeneral Resources
bulletA Holy Christmas at Rev. Richard J. Fairchild's Seasonal Resource Archive. Here you'll find the most comprehensive link to Advent and Christmas resources on the internet!
bulletAdvent, Christmas and Epiphany Resources on the Web at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada's "Lift Up Your Hearts".
bulletYahoo's Holidays and Observances: Christmas directory page.
bullet Alternative Christmas Gifts, Church World Service.
bullet Christmas, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, New Rochelle. Many helpful resources!
bulletWorship Resources
bullet Worship Planning Resources for Christmas, General Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church.
bullet Worship Resources, Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service, (includes litanies, "artistic elements," etc), Rev. Nancy Townley, Free Resources, Cokesbury Worship Connection.
bullet "Las Posadas: All Church Christmas Pageant," Worship Ways, United Church of Christ, 2006. Music for Las Posadas.
bullet "Christmas Collects and Benediction," Worship Ways, United Church of Christ, 2006.
bulletWorship Ways Archive, Multimedia Worship in Advent/Christmas, Service of Lessons and Carols. Liturgy planning, United Church of Christ.
bulletResources for Christmas at Bass Mitchell's Special Days and Services site.
bulletServices of Lessons and Carols, 1997-2003, at King's College in Cambridge.
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 Wellspring Liturgies for Advent & Christmas, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
bullet Mustard Seeds, Christmas Eve C, Christmas Day C, Blue Christmas C, a lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of contemporary worship, Ann Scull, Gippsland, Australia.
bullet Advent-Christmas Page, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor, Contemporary Christian Music Resources.
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, Crafts, etc
bulletImage-links at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
bulletNativity
bulletShepherds
bulletMagi
bulletPresentation at the Temple/Circumcision
bulletFlight into Egypt
bulletMassacre of the Innocents
bulletMadonna and Child/Holy Family
bulletChrismons:
bulletA showcase of Chrismons by Sarah Keith at the Christian Crafting home page.
bulletRufty's Chrismon Shop
bulletThe Chrismon Project at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Santa Barbara CA.
bulletChrismons, Roseville Trinity United Methodist Church, Roseville MI.
bullet Art to Heart, Jeff Dugan. Suggestions for classic artwork to use with each week's liturgy. Jeff also offers the opportunity to purchase PowerPoint presentations of classic art for weekly liturgical use.
bullet Audrey's Christmas Page, crafts, dramas, recipes, music, etc.
bulletDevotionals
bulletRed Boots for Christmas and The Puzzle Club. Free children's storybooks, Lutheran Hour Ministries. 
bulletArticles
bullet Christmas, Wikipedia.
bullet "Blue Christmas," Ann Fontaine, Episcopal Cafe, 2007.
bullet "Living in the Shadow of the Manger," Margaret Eletta Guider, O.S.F., (other resources at) "Children," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2003.
bullet "A Celtic Christmas: Celebrating the Sacred in All Creation," Mary Earle, explorefaith.org.
bullet "Nativity Dramas: Why an Ancient Practice Might Work Well for the MTV Generation," Todd Farley, Reformed Worship.
bullet "In His Mother's Arms: A Christmas Meditation," Andrew Marr, OSB.
bulletThe Season of Christmas, at Ken Collins Web Site: Holy Days and Holidays.
bullet"A Rare Opportunity to Touch the Soul," Kathleen K. Mandeville at The Living Pulpit.
bullet "The Christmas Study Guide," BeliefNet.
bullet"The Twelve Days of Christmas" as a symbolic catechism.
bullet"Christmas in a Time of Fiscal Restraint," a bit of serious fun by William R.G. Loader, Uniting Church in Australia.
bulletThe Nativity of Our Lord at Byzantine.Net (Byzantine Catholics on the Web)
bulletChristmas, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
bullet"Christ Climbed Down," Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958. Theology Today.
bullet"On Being a Jew at Christmas," Lawrence A. Hoffman, Cross Currents, 1992.
bullet"Christianity in the Marketplace: Christmas and the Consumer Culture - Joy to (Some of) the World," Leigh Eric Schmidt, Cross Currents, 1992.
bullet"Nativity Affirms Diversity," By Doug Adams, Professor of Christianity and the Arts, Pacific School of Religion.
bullet"Dancing Christmas Carols with Angels Worshipping God," By Doug Adams, Professor of Christianity and the Arts, Pacific School of Religion.
bullet "Santa Claus - St. Nicholas," Greek Customs and Traditions.