Sunday July 23, 2017 Year A, Seventh Sunday After Pentecost Seventh Sunday after Pentecost :: Green :: Genesis 28:10-19a :: Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 :: Romans 8:12-25 :: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Call to Worship (Responsive) Adapted from Psalm 139 L: O LORD, you have searched me and known me. P: You know when I sit down and […]
Read moreSunday July 16, 2017 Year A, Sixth Sunday After Pentecost Sixth Sunday after Pentecost :: Green :: Genesis 25:19-34 :: Psalm 119:105-112 :: Romans 8:1-11 :: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Call to Worship (Responsive) Adapted from Psalm 119 L: Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. P: We have […]
Read moreJuly 9, 2017 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost :: Green :: Song of Solomon 2:8-13 ::Zechariah 9:9-12 :: Psalm 145:8-14 :: Romans 7:15-25a :: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Call to Worship (Responsive) Adapted from Psalm 145 L: The LORD is gracious and merciful, P: Slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. L: The LORD is good to all, […]
Read moreSunday July 2, 2017 Year A, Fourth Sunday After Pentecost Fourth Sunday after Pentecost :: Green :: Genesis 22:1-14 :: Psalm 13 :: Romans 6:12-23 :: Matthew 10:40-42 Call to Worship (Responsive) Adapted from Psalm 13 L: We cry out from our despair: “How long, O LORD? Will you forget us? P: How long will […]
Read moreSunday June 25, 2017 Year A, Third Sunday After Pentecost Third Sunday after Pentecost :: Green :: Genesis 21:8-21 :: Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 :: Romans 6:1b-11 :: Matthew 10:24-39 Call to Worship (Responsive) Adapted from Psalm 86 L: Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer, for we are poor and needy. P: Preserve our lives, for […]
Read moreFor Sunday June 18, 2017 Year A, Second Sunday After Pentecost Second Sunday after Pentecost :: Green :: Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) :: Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 :: Romans 5:1-8 :: Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23) Editor’s Note: Today is Father’s Day. We have chosen not to included references to it in these resources knowing that most will honor the […]
Read moreSunday June 11, 2017 Year A, First Sunday After Pentecost – Trinity Sunday First Sunday after Pentecost :: Green :: Genesis 1:1-2:4a :: Psalm 8 :: 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 :: Matthew 28:16-20 Call to Worship (Responsive) Adapted from Psalm 8 L: O LORD, our LORD, how majestic is your Name in all the earth! […]
Read moreSunday June 4, 2017 Year A, Pentecost Sunday Pentecost Sunday :: Red :: Numbers 11:24-30 :: Psalm 104:24-34, 35b :: Acts 2:1-21 :: John 7:37-39 NOTE: In year A there are a variety of texts offered in the Lectionary Readings. There are other significant textual options for this day, including I Corinthians 12:3b-13 and John […]
Read moreSunday May 28, 2017 Year A, Seventh Sunday of Easter Seventh Sunday of Easter :: White :: Acts 1:6-14 ::Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 :: 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 :: John 17:1-11 Call to Worship (Responsive) Adapted from Psalm 68 L: Let the righteous be joyful; P: We will exult before our God with joy. L: […]
Read moreYou’ve heard the expression – “Something’s got to give.” That explains why I give to Crestwood (Christian Church, Lexington, KY). It comes in two parts, let me talk about each. First, something’s go to give because of the pressure of life. I give to this church things you probably didn’t want — my fears, my […]
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