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

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Index:
 
 Epiphany 5
  Feb 7
 Last Epiphany / Transfiguration
  Feb 14
 Ordinary 6 (R.C.)
  Feb 14
 Ash Wednesday
  Feb 1
7
 Lent 1
  Feb 21
 St Mathias
  Feb 24 / May 14
 Lent 2
  Feb 28
 Lent 3
   Mar 7
 Lent 4
   Mar 14
 St Joseph
   Mar 19
 Lent 5
   Mar 21
 Annunciation
   Mar 25
 Liturgy of Palms
   Mar 28
 Liturgy of Passion
   Mar 28
 Holy Week Mon.
   Mar 29
 Holy Week Tues.
   Mar 30
 Holy Week Wed.
  Mar 31
 Holy/Maundy Thu.
   Apr 1
 Good Friday
   Apr 2
 Holy Week Sat.
   Apr 3
 Easter Vigil
   Apr 3/4
 Easter Day
   Apr 4
 Easter Evening
   Apr 4
 Easter 2
   Apr 11
 Easter 3
   Apr 18
 Easter 4
   Apr 25
 St Mark
   Apr 25
 Easter 5
   May 2
 Sts Philip & James
   May 3
 Easter 6
   May 9
 Ascension
   May 13/16
 Easter 7
   May 16
 Pentecost
   May 23
 Trinity
   May 30     
 
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  YEAR B
  YEAR C
 
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  Christmas
  Epiphany
  Lent
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  Easter
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Christmas 2C
January 3, 2010
(Or use readings from Epiphany)

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Click on Scripture Lessons below for study links and resources:

Jeremiah 31:7-14 / Sirach 24:1-12
Roman Catholic reading: Sirach 24:1-4, 8-12 or use Epiphany Readings

Episcopal RCL: Jeremiah 31:7-14

Psalm 147:12-20 / Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21
Roman Catholic reading: Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
    or use Epiphany Readings

Episcopal RCL: Psalm 84 or Psalm 84:1-8

Ephesians 1:3-14
Roman Catholic reading: Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-18
    or use Epiphany Readings

Episcopal RCL: Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-19a

John 1:(1-9), 10-18
Roman Catholic reading: John 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14
    or use Epiphany Readings

Episcopal RCL: Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 OR Luke 2:41-52 OR Matthew 2:1-12

Reading and Studying the Text This Week

OnLine Worship and Liturgy Resources

  • The Text This Week's Christmas Resources Page.
  • A wonderful, comprehensive list of links & resources for Advent and Christmas at Richard and Charlene Fairchild's award-winning A Holy Christmas.
  • Complete Liturgies and General Worship Planning Resources:
    • Gathering, Christmas 2, from the United Church of Canada. Includes sermon seeds, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, choral suggestions etc, 2010.
    • Mustard Seeds, "Shining Lights," Christmas 2, 2010. A lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of contemporary worship, Ann Scull, Gippsland, Australia.
    • Lectionary Liturgies, Christmas 2C, 2010, Thom M. Shuman, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
    • Sermons and Liturgies for Year C, Richard J. Fairchild, United Church of Canada.
  • Prayers, Prefaces, Litanies, etc:
  • Graphics and Multimedia (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page):
    • Art in the Christian Tradition, Jean and Alexander Heard, Vanderbilt Divinity Library. Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License.
    • 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 C index.
    • Mustard Seeds, "Shining Lights," Christmas 2, 2010. A lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of contemporary worship, Ann Scull, Gippsland, Australia.
    • Commercial Site: "The Word Became Flesh," Visual Liturgy/Film, The Work of the People.
  • Bulletin Inserts (see also Children's Bulletins, below):
  • Hymns and Music:
    • Original Hymns, Settings, and Songs:
    • Psalm Settings:
    • Hymn/Song/Choral Piece Lists:
      • Hymn and Song Suggestions, Christmas 2C, 2009, annotated suggestions from Natalie Sims, Singing from the Lectionary.
      • Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday Lectionary (with lyrics and sound files) from the Oremus Hymnal. (Click "Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday Lectionary.")
      • Hymn selections (United Methodist) and more from Hymnsite.com.
      • The Billabong by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in Australia.
      • Traditional Hymns for Blended and Contemporary Worship Volume One: Advent-Christmas-Epiphany, by Dean McIntyre, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
      • 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 Christmas 2.
      • Gathering, Christmas 2, from the United Church of Canada. Includes sermon seeds, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, choral suggestions etc, 2009.
      • Together to Celebrate, Christmas 2C, 2010, David MacGregor, Uniting Church in Australia. Contemporary Christian Music resources.
      • Starters for Sunday, 3 January, 2010. Thoughts on Readings, Prayers & Hymn Suggestions. Office for Worship, Doctrine and Artistic Matters, Church of Scotland.
      • Sing for Joy playlist. Christmas 2C, 2010. Choral reflections on this week's lectionary readings, St. Olaf College.
  • With Children:
    • Gathering, Christmas 2, from the United Church of Canada. Includes sermon seeds, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, choral suggestions etc, 2010.
  • Children's Bulletins (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page)
    • Lectionary Puzzles by Reg McMillan, St.Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Peterborough, Ontario. Word search puzzles in RTF or plain text (html) formats.