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

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Index:
 
 Pr18/OT23/P+15
  Sept 5
 Creation 1
  Sept 5
 Labor Day
  Sept 6
 Anniversary of 9/11/01
 Pr19/OT24/P+16
  Sept 12
 Creation 2
  Sept 12
 Holy Cross Day
  Sept 14
 Pr20/OT25/P+17
  Sept 19
 St Matthew
  Sept 21
 Pr21/OT26/P+18
  Sept 26
 Creation 4
  Sept 26
 Michael & Angels
  Sept 29
 Pr22/OT27/P+19
  Oct 3
 World Communion
  Oct 3
 St Francis
  Oct 4
 Pr23/OT28/P+20
  Oct 10
Thanksgiving (CA)
 Oct 11
P24/OT29/P+21
 Oct 17
St Luke
 Oct 18
P25/OT30/P+22
 Oct 24
Sts Simon & Jude
 Oct 28
P26/OT31/P+23
 Oct 31
Reformation Day
 Oct 31
All Saints Day
 Nov 1
All Souls Day
 Nov 2
Pr27/OT32/P+24
 Nov 7
Pr28/OT33/P+25
 Nov 14
Christ the King
Reign of Christ
 Nov 21
Thanksgiving (US)
 Nov 25
Advent 1A
 Nov 28
St Andrew
 Nov 30
World AIDS Day
 Dec 1
Advent 2A
 Dec 5
Advent 3A
 Dec 12
Advent 4A
 Dec 19
Christmas Eve/Day
 Dec 24/25
 
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Proper 16A/Ordinary 21A/Pentecost +10
August 21, 2011

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Click on Scripture Lessons below for study links and resources for each individual pericope:

Exodus 1:8 - 2:10 or Isaiah 51:1-6
Roman Catholic reading: Isaiah 22:15, 19-23
United Methodist & ELCIC reading: Exodus 1:8 - 2:10

Psalm 124 or Psalm 138
Roman Catholic reading: Psalm 138:1-8
United Methodist & ELCIC reading: Psalm 124

Romans 12:1-8
Roman Catholic reading: Romans 11:33-36

Matthew 16:13-20

Reading and Studying the Text This Week

OnLine Worship and Liturgy Resources

  • The Text This Week's Pentecost Resources Page contains resources and images.
  • Complete Liturgies and General Worship Planning Resources:
    • Worship Planning Helps (Pentecost +15, 2008): Worship & Preaching Notes, Hymn Suggestions and Worship Resources from the United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
    • Gathering, Pentecost +15, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes sermon seeds, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, choral suggestions etc.
    • LCA Worship Resources, Proper 16, includes liturgy, hymn suggestions, notes on the readings, visuals, drama, "Talking with Children," etc. Lutheran Church of Australia.
    • Worship Resources, Pentecost +15, 2008, Free Resources, Cokesbury Worship Connection.
    • Mustard Seeds, "Who Is This Man?" Proper 16, 2008. A lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of contemporary worship, Ann Scull, Gippsland, Australia.
    • "Life in Christian Community," Resources for Prophetic Worship, Speaking to North Carolina Justice Issues, North Carolina Council of Churches, 2008.
    • Lectionary Liturgies, Ordinary 21, Thom M. Shuman, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
    • Worship and Liturgy Resources, Ordinary 21, by Rev David Beswick, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • Spera in Deo, 15th Sunday after Pentecost. Resources for the Traditional Latin Mass.
    • "Peter's Confession of FAITH - a Lesson for Leaders!" Ordinary 21. A New Presentation for Sunday's Liturgy, Claretian Communications, Philippines. Includes Flash presentation.
    • Liturgies Online, by Rev Moira Laidlaw, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • Liturgy for the Celebration of Life, Pentecost 15A. Liturgies from a Progressive/Post-Liberal Theology, Revd Rex A.E. Hunt, The Uniting Church of St James Curtin, ACT.
    • "Authority is Service," The Practice of Jesus, Bill Fletcher, Aotearoa-New Zealand, 2008.
    • Sermons and Liturgies for Year A, Richard J. Fairchild, United Church of Canada.
  • Prayers, Prefaces, Litanies, etc:
  • Graphics & Multimedia:
    • Art in the Christian Tradition, Jean and Alexander Heard, Vanderbilt Divinity Library. Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License.
    • Clip Art, Ordinary 21, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
    • Clip Art Images: Matthew 16:13-20, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
    • Ordinary 21 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Follows Latin American Roman Catholic gospel reading, though most gospels texts/themes are found in the index. Liberation emphasis.
    • Bulletin Covers, www.scholia.net. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Emmett, Idaho. Scroll down for Year A index.
    • CHURCH PowerPoint, Pentecost 15, Rev. Dorothy Okray. Free PowerPoint slides for Worship Services.
    • Mustard Seeds, "Who Is This Man?" Proper 16, 2008. A lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of contemporary worship, Ann Scull, Gippsland, Australia.
    • "The Thin Man," The Painted Prayerbook, Word & Image & Faith. Jan Richardson, 2008.
  • Bulletin Inserts (see also Children's Bulletins, below):
  • Hymns and Music:
    • Original Hymns, Settings, and Songs:
    • Hymn/Song/Choral Piece Lists:
      • Lectionary Hymns, Pentecost +15, 2008, United Methodist Church GBOD.
      • Liturgical Planning and Music Suggestions, CanticaNova Publications.
      • Hymn selections (United Methodist) and more from Hymnsite.com.
      • Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday Lectionary (with lyrics and sound files) from the Oremus Hymnal. (Click "Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday Lectionary.")
      • The Billabong, by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in Australia: Hymn suggestions and paraphrases of lectionary Psalms.
      • Worship Resource Manual, The Moravian Church, Southern Province. Worksheets for planning music in worship: hymns, anthems, solos, organ repertoire suggestions for RCL texts.
      • Gathering, Pentecost +15, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes sermon seeds, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, choral suggestions etc.
      • Starters for Sunday, 24 August, 2008. Thoughts on Readings, Prayers & Hymn Suggestions. Office for Worship, Doctrine and Artistic Matters, Church of Scotland.
      • Together to Celebrate, August 24, 2008, David MacGregor, Uniting Church in Australia. Contemporary Christian Music resources.
      • Prayers and Musical Ideas, Ordinary 21, 2008. Commentary, historical background, poems and readings. Center for Liturgy, St Louis University.
      • Hymn and Song Suggestions, Proper 16A, 2008, Natalie Sims, Singing from the Lectionary.
      • Sing for Joy, Pentecost 15A, 2008. Choral reflections on this week's lectionary readings, St. Olaf College.
  • Children's Bulletins (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page)
    • Lectionary Puzzles, Proper 16. Word search puzzles in RTF or plain text, by Reg McMillan, St.Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Peterborough, Ontario.
  • With Children (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page)
    • Gathering, Pentecost +15, 2008, from the United Church of Canada. Includes sermon seeds, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, choral suggestions etc.
    • Lesson Plans That Work, Younger Children & Older Children, Early Summer, Year A, The Episcopal Church, 2008.
    • Proclaiming Faith, Ordinary 21, 2008 - exploring the Sunday and Holy Day readings - reflections and young people's activities. Sadlier Publishing.
    • "Back to School," Sermon of the Week, Charles Kirkpatrick, Object Lessons & Children's Sermons, Coloring Pages, Puzzles. Sermons4Kids.com.
    • Story for Children's Worship and Family Activity, Ordinary 21, at word-sunday.com: A Catholic Resource for the Lectionary by Larry Broding.
    • "Broken Is Still Valuable," Richard J. Fairchild (scroll down in liturgy).
    • "Who Is This Man?" Children's Sermon from Sermons4kids.com.
  • Drama (see listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page)
  • A list of links to other lectionary-based preaching and worship resources.