Easter

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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

Calendars:

YEAR A

YEAR B

YEAR C

FESTIVALS/
SPECIAL DAYS

General Resources for Seasonal Worship Planning:

Advent

Christmas

Epiphany

Lent

Holy Week

Easter

Pentecost

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The Text This Week:

On-Line Resources for the Season of Easter

General Resources:

	A comprehensive list of Lent and Easter links at Rev. Richard J. Fairchild's A Holy Easter.
	Planning Helps and Resources for Easter / Great Fifty Days, United Methodist Church GBOD.
	Materials for Lent, Easter, and Pentecost, Reformed Church in America.
	Online Resources for Lent, Holy Week and Easter, ELCIC's "Lift Up Your Hearts".

Worship Planning:

Sunrise Services:

	Sermon and Liturgy for Easter Sunrise, Richard J Fairchild, Kir-Shalom.
	Easter Sunrise Liturgy, Clergyresources.net. (From UM Book of Worship)

Wellspring Liturgies for Lent and Easter, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.

"From Emmaus to Jerusalem: Easter-Season Preaching," Safiyah Fosua, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.

"Whom Do You Seek?" A Drama for the Opening of Easter Worship, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.

Liturgies and Ideas for the Easter Season, Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Inclusive Language Seekers Liturgies from Seekers Church:

	"Seeing In a New Light" (Easter 2005)
	"Behold, I Am Doing a New Thing!" (Easter 2004)
	"Threatened with Resurrection!" (Easter 2003)
	"Bearing Witness" (Easter 2002)
	"Turning our World 'nwoD edispU'" (Easter 2001)
	"The Future is Possible" (Easter 2000)
	"Resurrection: Now What?" (Easter 1999)
	"The Tree of Life" (Easter 1998)
	"Wondering if it's True" (Easter 1997)
	"Rejoice!" (Easter 1996)

Lent and Easter Worship Resources from Jeff Showder's The Billibong.

Art and Music:

Image-links at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:

	Resurrection of Christ
	Emmaus
	Noli Me Tangere
	Thomas
	Ascension

"Christ the Lord Is Risen Today," PowerPoint version for projection, The United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. (.ppt file)

"Lift the Light," Linda Dickson and George Mann, Eastertide Response for SSATB Choir, United Methodist Church GBOD.

Devotionals, etc:

	A Thought a Day for the 50 Days of Easter, explorefaith.org.
	Learning to Make Easter Bread, poetry by Patricia Flower Vermillion, Theology Today, 1993.
	Meditations and Prayers for Lent and Easter by Victor Hoagland, C.P.
	"Journaling as a Spiritual Practice for Easter," explorefaith.com.

Articles:

	"Journaling as a Spiritual Practice for Easter," explorefaith.com.
	"Through Shattered Concrete Slabs," from God Has a Story, Too, by James A. Sanders, 1979. Full text online at Religion Online.
	The Blessing of Easter Food and About the Resurrection Services on Easter at Byzantine.Net (Byzantine Catholics on the Web).
	Easter and Easter Controversy, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
	"Divine Folly: Being Religious and the Exercise of Humor," Doris Donnelly. Theology Today, 1991.

	"The Mystery of Paschal Time," Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
	"The History of Paschal Time," Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
	"Practice During Paschal Time," Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
	Environmental Reflections from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota's Environmental Stewardship Commission: General Easter Reflection and General Reflection on the Easter Lectionary Readings.
	The Easter Story, from "Heathen Holidays," by Sister Denise Snodgrass. (Pagan origins of Easter & Easter customs.)

Online Resources for In-Depth study of the Resurrection Accounts:

	Matthew 28:1-10 - Matthew 28:16-20
	Mark 16:1-8 - Mark 16:9-20
	Luke 24:1-12 - Luke 24:13-49 - Luke 24:44-53
	John 20:1-18 - John 20:19-31 - John 21:1-19

Articles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):

	Bartlett, David, "The Easter Texts: Hope, Comfort, Courage," Journal for Preachers, 2006. (Year B)
	Clayton, Kimberly L., "The Easter Texts: Getting Hold (or not) of Easter," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2007. Image Browse - PDF
	Daniel, Thomas, "Easter Preaching to Young Adults," Journal for Preaching, 2006.
	Moore-Keish, Martha, "Death in the Midst of Life, life in the Midst of Death: Preaching and Worship in the Easter Season," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
	Taylor, Barbara Brown, "Preaching Easter," Journal for Preachers, 2006.