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Index:
 
  Pr8/OT13/P+4
   (June 28)
  Sts Peter & Paul
   (June 29)
  Pr 9/OT14/P+5
   (July 5)
  Pr10/OT15/P+6
   (July 12)
  Pr11/OT16/P+7
   (July 19)
  Ste. M Magdalene
   (July 22)
  St James Elder
   (July 25)
  Pr12/OT17/P+8
   (July 26)
  Pr13/OT18/P+9
   (Aug 2)
  Transfiguration
   (Aug 6)
  Pr14/OT19/P+10
   (Aug 9)
  Assumption Mary
   (Aug 15)
  St Mary
   (Aug 15)
  Pr15/OT20/P+11
   (Aug 16)
  Pr16/OT21/P+12
   (Aug 23)
  St Bartholomew
   (Aug 24)
  Pr17/OT22/P+13
   (Aug 30)
  Pr18/OT23/P+14
   (Sept 6)
  Pr19/OT24/P+15
   (Sept 13)
  Holy Cross Day
   (Sept 13/14)
  Pr20/OT25/P+16
   (Sept 20)
  St Matthew
   (Sept 21)
  Pr21/OT26/P+17
   (Sept 27)
  Michael/Angels
   (Sept 29)
  Pr22/OT27/P+18
   (Oct 4)
  World Communion
   (Oct 4)
 
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On Line Resources for the Season of Lent 

bulletGeneral Resources:
bullet Praying Lent, Collaborative Ministry Office, Creighton University, 2009.
bullet Planning Lent and Easter Worship in Church and Home, Year B, Taylor Burton-Edwards and Daniel Benedict, United Methodist Church GBOD.
bullet Lenten Season Directory, The Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, ELCA.
bullet 2008 Lenten Resource, Metropolitan Community Churches, 2008.
bullet The Season of Lent, ELCA. Lent Checklist.
bulletOnline Resources for Lent, Holy Week and Easter, ELCIC's "Lift Up Your Hearts".
bullet Planning Helps and Resources for Lent, United Methodist Church GBOD.
bullet Lent: Call to Conversion, American Catholic.
bulletThe Season of Lent, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
bulletLenten Resources at Anglicans Online.
bullet Lent: Resources for Preaching and Worship, General Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church.
bulletJesus Today Tomorrow and Forever, Lent Course and Video.
bulletWorship Planning:
bullet Evangelistic Preaching Helps: Preparing for the Lenten Season, Kwasi Kena, United Methodist Church.
bullet Liturgies and Ideas for the Lenten Season, Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
bullet Lent Liturgy / Lenten Preparation Liturgy (catechumenate / RCIA style), Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand. Adapting Lent to the Southern Hemisphere.
bullet Lent Planning Helps and Resources, United Methodist Church GBOD.
bullet Worship Resources, The Journey of Lent, John van de Laar, Sacredise.
bullet Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, Portland, OR.
bulletInclusive Language Seekers Liturgies from Seekers Church:
bullet "Darkness in an Age of Glare" (2007)
bullet "Re-Viewing the Covenant" / "A Service of Healing" (2006)
bullet "Learning Compassion" (2005)
bullet "Invitation to Unknowing" (2004)
bullet "Where is the Hunger, Where is the Hope?" (2003)
bullet "First the Silence" (2002)
bullet"Building an Altar of the Fragments" (2001)
bullet"Pay Attention!" (2000)
bullet"In the Belly of Paradox" (1999)
bullet"A Way in the Wilderness" (1998)
bullet"Preparing for the Not Yet" (1997)
bullet"Entering Mystery Through Darkness" (1996)
bulletA Prayer for Ash Wednesday (and for use in Lent) by Dr. William R.G. Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet Wellspring Liturgies for Lent and Easter, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
bullet Lent and Easter Worship Resources from Jeff Showder's The Billibong.
bullet Lenten Candle Liturgy, Process and Faith.
bullet Lenten Candle Extinguishing Liturgy, Preston Price, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bulletReconciliation Services & Resources:
bulletA sample Lenten Reconciliation Service, Work of the People, Liturgy Notes of the Diocese of San Jose.
bullet Liturgy: Reconciliation Service, CAFOD: Just One World.
bullet "Communal Reconciliation," Paul Turner, Ministry and Liturgy.
bullet Lenten Reconciliation Service, www.jamesoregan.com.
bulletArt and Music:
bullet "O Jesus, You Were Born to Be": Lenten Hymn and Study, Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, Tune: TRURO. United Methodist Church GBOD.
bullet Lenten Prayer Response (Seven-Fold Choral Amen), Linda Dickson and George Mann, United Methodist Church GBOD.
bulletImage-links at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
bulletTemptation of Jesus
bullet(see Holy Week Resources for a list of links to Holy Week images)
bulletDevotionals, etc:
bullet"Our Lent," David Crumm, ReadTheSpirit, 2009.
bullet "The City of God," Lenten Study Resources 2008, Frank Ramirez, Upper Room.
bullet Lenten Devotions, Reflecting on the Christian Season of Lent, Goshen College.
bulletGreen Lent, Ann Fontaine, Wyoming, USA, 2008.
bullet "Brushstroke Meditations: Lenten Gospel Reflections through Chinese Characters," Rev. Elyn MacInnis in Shanghai, China. ECUSA Anglican and Global Relations.
bullet"When We Are Real," a daily thought for Lenten reflection, explorefaith.org.
bullet "Finding a Grown-Up Faith: five Steps to a Faith that Works," A Small Group Study Series for Lent, Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson, Metropolitan Community Churches.
bullet Praying Lent, Collaborative Ministry Office, Creighton University.
bullet "Keeping a Holy Lent," downloadable booklet from King of Peace Episcopal Church, Kingsland, Georgia.
bulletArticles:
bullet "Identifying with Christ and His Selflessness: the Goals and Varied Practices of Lent," Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook, 2008.
bullet "Getting into the Rhythm of Lent," Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, Ship of Fools.
bulletSearching for God: Reflections for the Six Weeks of Lent, at explorefaith.org.
bullet "Leaving the Land of the Dead," Marcus J. Borg
bullet "The Reality of Faith," the Rev. Dr. John R. Claypool
bullet "The Size of Our Lens...The Size of Our God," the Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews
bullet "Listening for God," the Rev. Margaret B. Gunness
bullet "A Sign from God," Rabbi Micah D. Greenstein
bullet "Our Spiritual Seasons," the Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems
bullet "Three Keys to Lenten Joy," James A Wiseman, Word Among Us, 2005.
bulletLent, Wikipedia.
bulletLent, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
bullet "Connecting Worship and Daily Living in Lent," United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bulletThe Season of Lent, at Ken Collins Web Site: Holy Days and Holidays.
bulletThe Season of Lent, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
bulletThe Great Fast at Byzantine.Net (Byzantine Catholics on the Web).
bullet"Journey into Orthodox Christian Lent," Frederica Mathewes-Green, BeliefNet.
bulletKeep A True Lent, Charles Fillmore. Complete online text at the Unity Home Page.
bullet"The Mystery of Lent", Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
bullet"Practice During Lent", Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletDana, MaryAnn McKibben, "'Scared Movement': An Introduction to the Lenten Texts," Journal for Preachers, 2006. (Year B)
bulletGonzalez, Catherine Gunsalus, "Preaching the Lenten Lectionary," Journal for Preachers, 2008. (Year A)
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bulletKershner, Shannon Johnson, "Preaching the Lenten Texts," Journal for Preachers, 2007. (Year C)
bulletLong, Kimberly Bracken, "Forty Days in the Womb: Worshiping in Lent," Journal for Preachers, 2007.
bulletMyers, Eric T., "The Recovery and Refocusing of Lent: A Time for Baptism Preparation and Discipleship Renewal," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
bulletTurner, Mary Donovan, "Lenten Light: Domestic Violence and Preaching," Journal for Preachers, 2007.