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

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Proper 7C / Ordinary 12C / Pentecost +4
June 24, 2007

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Click on Scripture Lessons below for study links and resources:

1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a or Isaiah 65:1-9
United Methodist reading: 1 Kings 19:1-15a

Psalm 42 and 43, or Psalm 22:19-28
Roman Catholic reading: Psalm 63
United Methodist reading: Psalm 42

Galatians 3:23-29
Roman Catholic reading:

Luke 8:26-39
Roman Catholic reading:
 

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: BCP - RCL.
bullet Lutheran lectionary readings, Year C, from the ELCA site.
bullet United Methodist lectionary readings.
bulletBiblical Passages for Mennonite Bulletins, Year C.
bullet American Baptist Churches Revised Common Lectionary Readings.
bullet ELCIC Worship Planning Calendar, lectionary citations with and without hymn suggestions, text and pdf formats.
bulletLutheran RCL CEV readings - .doc files. Lutheran Bible Ministries.
bulletImages and Movies:
bulletImages Linked at The Text This Week's Art Concordance, with the following themes:
bullet Gadarene Demoniac / Gerasene Demoniac (scroll down)
bullet Satan/Demons
bulletMovies Linked at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance, with the following themes:
bullet Possession by Evil
bullet Satan/Demons
bullet Clean/Unclean
bulletCommentary, Exegesis, Sermons:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary, Proper 7, by Paul Nuechterlein & Friends.
bullet Text Studies, Proper 7, Dan Nelson. (Lutheran)
bullet Preaching Helps (Pentecost +4, 2007). Safiyah Fosua, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Preaching Peace commentary, Jeff Krantz & Michael Hardin.
bullet Process and Faith Lectionary Commentary, Pentecost +4, 2007, Bruce G. Epperly, "...bringing process-relational thought to people of faith."
bullet Sermon Nuggets, Pentecost 4C, 2007, Lindy Black. Illustrations, humor, questions, quotations.
bullet Liberal Lectionary Analysis, Pentecost +4, Rev. John Shearman, Oakville, ON, Canada.
bullet Jesus Now, Proper (Ordinary) 12C. Lectionary, study and worship resources from Faith Futures Jesus Then & Now.
bullet Readings, Analysis of Texts and Preaching Paths, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute. (Church of the Nazarene.)
bullet "Hug that Monster," Anecdotes, Stories & Humor, Pentecost +4, Steve Goodier, Christ United Methodist Church, Salt Lake City, UT.
bullet Social Justice Lectionary, Proper 7C, list of links by Rev. Dr. Bruce Sweet, United Church of Canada.
bullet "God's Dream for Us," The Practice of Jesus, Bill Fletcher, Aotearoa-New Zealand.
bullet Starters for Sunday, 24 June 2007. Thoughts on Readings, Prayers & Hymn Suggestions. Office for Worship, Doctrine and Artistic Matters, Church of Scotland.
bullet SAMUEL at ucc.org: lectionary citations, weekly theme, lectionary texts, commentary and bulletin back page.
bulletLists of recommended articles are available with ATLAS subscription for these texts:
bullet 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a / Isaiah 65:1-9
bullet Psalm 42 / Psalm 43 / Psalm 22
bullet Galatians 3:23-29
bullet Luke 8:26-39
bulletLectionary Reflections, Discussions & Weblogs:
bullet Blogging toward Sunday, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century. Current lectionary comments are by Debbie Blue.
bullet Tuesday Lectionary Leanings, 2007, RevGalBlogPals lectionary discussion.
bullet "Celebrating Three Years: 2004-2007," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
bullet "Looking for God in All the Wrong Places," Mona West, Irene Monroe, David Wynn, Out In Scripture: An Honest Encounter Between Our Lives and the Bible, Human Rights Campaign. (LGBT persective)
bullet Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Proper 7C. Biblical Scholar Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary of the Episcopal Church.
bullet The Saturday Night Theologian, Exegesis of Word and World, Tod O.L. Mundo, Progressive Theology Weblog, 2007.
bullet "Incremental Evil," Malinda Elizabeth Berry, "Sacred Ordinariness," Living the Word, Sojourners Online, 2007.
bullet "Stay and Follow," Mary W. Anderson, The Christian Century, 1998.
bullet "The Beginning and the End," Living the Word by Michaela Bruzzese. Lectionary commentary from Sojourners Online March/April 2001.
bullet Living the Word by Joyce Hollyday. Lectionary-based scripture commentary from Sojourners OnLine, 1995.
bullet Living the Word by Jim Rice. Lectionary-based scripture commentary from Sojourners OnLine, 1998.
bullet Desperate Preacher's Site: sermons, discussions, liturgical material and other resources.
bullet Sunday by Sunday, Reflections on Stewardship based on the RCL Gospels, Year C. Prepared by the Reverend Michael Pollesel, Stewardship Education Coordinator, Diocese of Ontario.
bulletSermons (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page):
bullet "When Jesus Comes to Visit," the Rev. James T. Moor, Day 1, 2007.
bullet Selected Sermon, Proper 7 (RCL), by the Rev. Ken Kesselus, in Worship that Works, ECUSA, 2007.
bullet "Identifying with the Scapegoats," Pentecost +4, 24 June 2007, David Zersen, Goettinger Predigten: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
bullet Selected sermon, Proper 7 (RCL), the Rev. Kirk Alan Kubicek, in Sermons That Work, ECUSA, 2004.
bullet "What's My Line?" Dianne Bergant, CSA, America: The National Catholic Weekly, 2004.
bullet "Sermon for Pentecost 3," 20 June 2004, Samuel D. Zumwalt, Goettinger Predigten: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
bulletGroup Studies & Discussion/Reflection Questions:
bullet Lectionary Notes, Proper 7, Rev. Beth Quick and the Lectionary Chat Group Bible Study of St. Paul's UMC, Oneida, NY.
bullet Banquet of the Word, Bible Study Based on the Sunday Readings, by Rev. Thomas Welbers.
bullet "Not Your Everyday Lemonade Stand," Faith Lens, a weekly Bible study/discussion for youth, linking a current news story and lectionary texts. ELCA, 2007.
bullet Lesson Plans for Small Congregations, Adults, Year C, The Episcopal Church, 2007.
bullet "A Prophet's Story," John and Robin McCullough-Bade, Daily Discipleship Bible Study, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2007.
bulletLight 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 (Pentecost +4, 2007): Worship & Preaching Notes, Hymn Suggestions and Worship Resources from the United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Gathering, Pentecost +4 / First Nations Sunday, 2007, from the United Church of Canada. Includes homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, etc.
bullet Mustard Seeds, "Time Out," Proper 7 / Ordinary 12 / Pentecost 4, 2007. A lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of contemporary worship, Ann Scull, Gippsland, Australia.
bullet Worship and Liturgy Resources, Pentecost 4, by Rev David Beswick, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet Liturgies Online, 4 after Pentecost, by Rev Moira Laidlaw, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet "The Cost of Being a Disciple," The Practice of Jesus, Bill Fletcher, Aotearoa-New Zealand.
bullet Liturgy for Ordinary Time, Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand.
bullet Sermons and Liturgies for Year C, Richard J. Fairchild, United Church of Canada.
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 Resources: Based on the Revised Common Lectionary. Prayers, Collects and Litanies by Bruce Prewer, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet Prayers of the People, Year C - P7/OT12. General intercessions for Sundays and Feasts, by Ormonde Plater, Archdeacon of the [Anglican/Episcopal] Diocese of Louisiana.
bullet Lector's Notes, Ordinary 12, Gregory Warnusz, Saint Jerome Parish, Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO. Notes and commentary for those reading this week's lectionary texts to the congregation.
bullet Outside the Box, litanies, poems and prayers written for the local church, by Katherine Hawker.
bullet Prayers - My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me, Mental Health & Disabilities Program, Mennonite Central Committee, Canada.
bullet Offertory Prayers for June, 2007, Herb Mather, Director of the Center for Christian Stewardship, the General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church.
bullet Starters for Sunday, 24 June 2007. Thoughts on Readings, Prayers & Hymn Suggestions. Office for Worship, Doctrine and Artistic Matters, Church of Scotland.
bullet "Liturgy: prayer reflection", reflections on the collect at the Eucharist, Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand.
bullet 21st Century Africana Liturgical Resources, Pentecost +4, 2007, the Rev. Sherrie Dobbs Johnson, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Prayer of the Church, Pentecost 4, 2007, Let Us Pray, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
bulletGraphics and Multimedia (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page):
bulletClip Art Images: Luke 8:26-39, Luke 8:26-39 #2, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
bullet 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.
bulletCommercial Site: The Work of the People - Psalm 22 - Films/Visual Liturgy based on RCL texts.
bulletBulletin Inserts (see also Children's Bulletins, below):
bullet Taking Faith Home, June 24, 2007, Greg Priebbenow, formingfaith.com. A free intergenerational take-home insert for integrating lectionary readings with at-home prayers, family time, table grace, devotions, ritual and suggestions for service.
bullet Scripture Introduction for Bulletin Insert, Pentecost +4, Rev. John Shearman, Oakville, ON, Canada.
bullet SAMUEL at ucc.org: lectionary citations, weekly theme, lectionary texts, commentary and bulletin back page.
bulletHymns 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 Proper 7.
bulletHymn Suggestions for the Sunday Lectionary (with lyrics and sound files) from the Oremus Hymnal. (Click "Hymn Suggestions for the Sunday Lectionary.")
bulletOriginal Hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette: For Freedom, Christ Has Set Us Free! Paul's Letter to the Galatians - ELLACOMBE CMD "I Sing the Mighty Power of God"  
bulletThe Billabong, Sunday 12, by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in Australia: Hymn suggestions and paraphrases of lectionary Psalms.
bullet Hymns of the Spirit Three, Proper 7C, Richard E. Hurst, Universalist National Memorial Church.
bullet Together to Celebrate, Pentecost +4, 2007, David MacGregor, Uniting Church in Australia. Contemporary Christian Music resources.
bullet Starters for Sunday, 24 June 2007. Thoughts on Readings, Prayers & Hymn Suggestions. Office for Worship, Doctrine and Artistic Matters, Church of Scotland.
bulletWith Children (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page):
bullet Gathering, Pentecost +4 / First Nations Sunday, 2007, from the United Church of Canada. Includes homiletical suggestions, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, etc.
bullet Lesson Plans for Small Congregations, Younger Children / Older Children,  Year C, The Episcopal Church, 2007.
bullet Story for Children's Worship and Family Activity, Ordinary 12, at word-sunday.com: A Catholic Resource for the Lectionary by Larry Broding.
bullet Children's Sermons Following the Lectionary, Roland McGregor.
bulletChildren's Bulletins (see also listings at individual scripture pages, linked in listings at top of page)
bullet Lectionary Puzzles, Proper 7/Ordinary 12. 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.