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

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November 1/4, 2007

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Click on Scripture Lessons below for study links and resources:

Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18
Roman Catholic reading: Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14
 

Psalm 149
Roman Catholic reading: Psalm 24:1-6
 

Ephesians 1:11-23
Roman Catholic reading: 1 John 3:1-3
 

Luke 6:20-31
Roman Catholic reading and Episcopal reading (service 1): Matthew 5:1-12
 

Reading and Studying the Text This Week

bulletTexts:
bulletIllustrated lectionary readings at Vanderbilt Divinity Library.
bullet Roman Catholic Lectionary Readings (NCCB/USCC) from the New American Bible.
bulletThe Roman Catholic Lectionary for Mass (1998 USA Edition). At Felix Just S.J.'s The Roman Catholic Lectionary For Mass - a site featuring comprehensive tables of editions of the Roman Catholic Lectionary.
bulletLectionary readings from the Episcopal Lectionary: Service 1 - Service 2
bulletLutheran lectionary readings, Year C, from the ELCA site.
bulletUnited Methodist lectionary readings.
bullet Biblical Passages for Mennonite Bulletins, Year C.
bulletAmerican Baptist Churches Revised Common Lectionary Readings.
bullet ELCIC Worship Planning Calendar, lectionary citations with and without hymn suggestions, text and pdf formats.
bullet Lutheran RCL CEV readings - .doc files. Lutheran Bible Ministries.
bullet Commentary, Exegesis & Sermon Preparation (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page):
bulletAll Saints' Day, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary, All Saints Sunday Year C, by Paul Nuechterlein & Friends.
bullet Preaching Helps (All Saints, 2004). Safiyah Fosua, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.'
bullet Social Justice Lectionary, All Saints Day, list of links by Rev. Dr. Bruce Sweet, United Church of Canada.
bullet Text Studies, All Saints Day, Dan Nelson. (Lutheran)
bullet "Discipleship Complete!" The Practice of Jesus, Bill Fletcher, Aotearoa-New Zealand.
bullet Lectionary at Lunch: MP3, Windows Media, and Real Audio files of lectures by professors at Concordia Seminary, St Louis, MO (LCMS).
bulletLectionary Reflections, Discussions & Weblogs:
bullet "All Saints Aren't Dead Saints," Bridgette D. Young, Shively T.J. Smith, Michael Joseph Brown, Out In Scripture: An Honest Encounter Between Our Lives and the Bible, Human Rights Campaign. (LGBT persective)
bullet "The Future Beyond the End," William J. Sappenfield, Reflections on the Lectionary for November, 2007, The Living Pulpit.
bullet "Saints in the Making," F. Dean Lueking, The Christian Century, 1998.
bulletSermons (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page):
bullet All Saints Sermons, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
bullet Selected Sermon, All Saints Day (RCL), by the Rev. Dr. Frank Hegedus, in Worship that Works, ECUSA, 2007.
bullet "'I Long to Be in that Number,'" Dianne Bergant, CSA, America: The National Catholic Weekly, 2004.
bullet All Saints Sunday,  Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors:
bullet "Struggling with Sainthood," David Zersen, 2007.
bullet "Getting More Than We Ask For," David Zersen, 2004.
bullet Selected sermon, All Saints Day, the Very Rev. Anthony F.M. Clavier, in Sermons That Work, ECUSA, 2004.
bullet "Beacons of Hope," John R Donahue, SJ, America: The National Catholic Weekly, 2001.
bulletGroup Studies & Discussion/Reflection Questions:
bullet Banquet of the Word, Bible Study Based on the Sunday Readings, by Rev. Thomas Welbers.
bullet "Discipleship: A New Blessing," John and Robin McCullough-Bade, Daily Discipleship Bible Study, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2007.
bullet Light on the Lessons, Lutheran Bible Ministries. .doc file leaders guide and participant guide for group study of the weekly lectionary readings.
bulletA list of links to on-line Bibles and general Bible study resources.
bulletA list of links to scholarly and preaching discussion groups and their homepages. 
bulletA list of links to other lectionary-based preaching and worship resources.

OnLine Worship and Liturgy Resources

bulletThe Text This Week's Pentecost Resources Page.
bulletComplete Liturgies (including hymns & prayers):
bullet Worship Planning Helps (All Saints): Worship & Preaching Notes, Hymn Suggestions and Worship Resources from the United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship, 2004.
bullet Gathering, All Saints' Day, from the United Church of Canada. Includes homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, etc, 2004.
bullet "Honoring the Saints: Planning All Saints Day, Ideas for Worship Planners," "The Blessed Ones: A Celebration for All Saints Day," "Totenfest: Ideas for Remembering on All Saints Day," Worship Ways, United Church of Christ.
bulletSermons and Liturgies for Year C, Richard J. Fairchild, United Church of Canada.
bullet Worship and Liturgy Resources, All Saints, by Rev David Beswick, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet Liturgy for All Saints' Vigil (Halloween), Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand.
bullet "Celebrating Discipleship Completed!" The Practice of Jesus, Bill Fletcher, Aotearoa-New Zealand.
bullet Liturgy for All Saints Sunday, Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
bullet Liturgical Planning and Music Suggestions, CanticaNova Publications.
bulletPrayers, Prefaces, Litanies, etc:
bullet Laughing Bird Liturgical Resources, by Nathan Nettleton, South Yarra Community Baptist Church, Melbourne, Australia. Prayers, blessings, Eucharistic prefaces and scripture paraphrases.
bullet Prayers of the People, C - All Saints, General intercessions for Sundays and Feasts, by Ormonde Plater, Archdeacon of the [Anglican/Episcopal] Diocese of Louisiana.
bulletLector's Notes, All Saints, Gregory Warnusz, Saint Jerome Parish, Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO. Notes and commentary for those reading this week's lectionary texts to the congregation.
bulletOutside the Box: Totenfest / Beatitudes, litanies, poems and prayers written for the local church, by Katherine Hawker.
bullet Resources: Based on the Revised Common Lectionary. Prayers, Collects and Litanies by Bruce Prewer, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet "Liturgy: prayer reflection", reflections on the collect at the Eucharist, Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand.
bullet Prayer of the Church, All Saints Day, 2007, Let Us Pray, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
bullet Offertory Prayers for November, 2007, Herb Mather, Director of the Center for Christian Stewardship, the General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church.
bulletGraphics and Multimedia (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page):
bullet All Saints at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustrations. Follows Latin American Roman Catholic gospel reading. Liberation emphasis.
bulletBulletin Inserts (see also Children's Bulletins, below):
bullet Lectionary Introductions (background & context), Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand.
bullet Hymns and Music:
bullet Lectionary Hymns, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Hymn selections (United Methodist) and more from Hymnsite.com.
bullet Worship Resource Manual, The Moravian Church, Southern Province. Worksheets for planning music in worship: hymns, anthems, solos, organ repertoire suggestions for RCL texts. Direct link to All Saints' Day.
bullet Liturgical Planning and Music Suggestions, CanticaNova Publications.
bullet Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday Lectionary (with lyrics and sound files) from the Oremus Hymnal. (Click "Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday Lectionary.")
bullet Together to Celebrate, All Saints, 2007, David MacGregor, Uniting Church in Australia. Contemporary Christian Music resources.
bulletWith Children (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page):
bullet Talks to Children, All Saints. Object lessons by Rev Donald McCorkindale, Church of Scotland, et al.
bulletChildren's Bulletins (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page)
bullet Lectionary Puzzles, All Saints. Word search puzzles in RTF or plain text, by Reg McMillan, St.Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Peterborough, Ontario.
bulletDrama (see listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page)
bulletA list of links to other lectionary-based preaching and worship resources.