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Brad Speaks, Pastor
816/373-6155
bspeaks1@comcast.net

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Lectionary


What is a lectionary? It's a series of readings from the Bible, designed to help congregations (and individuals) hear the different voices of the Bible. It runs in a 3-year cycle. There are specific readings for the special religious seasons of the year--Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter. Each Sunday will have a reading from the Old Testament, one of the gospels, one of the New Testament letters, and a psalm (which is seen as the response of the congregation to the other readings). Three of the gospels are each given a year--Matthew, Mark, and Luke. John is very different from the others, and because of that, readings from it are used in the special seasons (Advent, Lent, Palm Sunday and Holy Week, most of the Easter season, Pentecost, and during the year that the gospel of Mark is being shared.)

March 16
Palm/Passion Sunday
Matthew 21:1–11/21:1–9 IV; Psalm 118:1–2, 19–29; Isaiah 50:4–9a/50:4–6 IV; Psalm 31:9–16; Philippians 2:5–11; Matthew 26:14—27:66/26:11—27:67 IV

March 23
Easter
Acts 10:34–43; Psalm 118:1–2, 14–24; Colossians 3:1–4; Matthew 28:1–10/28:1–9 IV; John 20:1–18

March 30
Second Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:14a, 22–32; Psalm 16; I Peter 1:3–9; John 20:19–31

April 6
Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:14a, 36–41; Psalm 116:1–4, 12–19; I Peter 1:17–23; Luke 24:13–35/24:12–34 IV

April 13
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:42–47; Psalm 23; I Peter 2:19–25; John 10:1–10

April 20
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 7:55–60; Psalm 31:1–5, 15–16; I Peter 2:2–10; John 14:1–14

April 27
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Acts 17:22–31; Psalm 66:8–20; I Peter 3:13–22; John 14:15–21

May 4
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Acts 1:6–14; Psalm 68:1–10, 32–35; I Peter 4:12–14, 5:6–11; John 17:1–11

May 11
Pentecost/Endowment Day
Numbers 11:24–30; Psalm 104:24–34, 35b; Acts 2:1–21; I Corinthians 12:3b–13; John 20:19–23

May 18
First Sunday after Pentecost
Genesis 1:1—2:4a/1:3—2:4a IV; Psalm 8; II Corinthians 13:11–13; Matthew 28:16–20/28:15–19 IV

May 25
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 49:8–16a; Psalm 131; I Corinthians 4:1–5; Matthew 6:24–34/6:24–39 IV

June 1
Ordinary Time
Genesis 6:9–22, 7:24, 8:14–19/8:16–28, 46, 8:56—9:3 IV; Psalm 46; Romans 1:16–17; 3:22–31; Matthew 7:21–29/7:30–37 IV

June 8
Ordinary Time
Genesis 12:1–9/12:1–7 IV; Psalm 33:1–12; Romans 4:13–25; Matthew 9:9–13,18–26/9:10–14, 24–32 IV

June 15
Ordinary Time
Genesis 18:1–15; Psalm 116:1–2, 12–19; Romans 5:1–8; Matthew 9:35—10:8/9:41—10:7 IV

June 22
Ordinary Time
Genesis 21:8–21/21:7–19 IV; Psalm 86:1–10, 16–17; Romans 6:1b–11; Matthew 10:24–39/10:21–34 IV

June 29
Ordinary Time
Genesis 22:1–14/22:1–18 IV; Psalm 13; Romans 6:12–23; Matthew 10:40–42/10:35–38 IV

July 6
Ordinary Time
Genesis 24:34–38, 42–49, 58–67/24:34–38, 43–53, 63–73 IV; Psalm 45:10–17; Romans 7:15–25a/7:15–27 IV; Matthew 11:16–19, 25–30/11:17–21, 27–30 IV

July 13
Ordinary Time
Genesis 25:19–34; Psalm 119:105–112; Romans 8:1–11; Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23/13:1–7, 17–21 IV

July 20
Ordinary Time
Genesis 28:10–19a; Psalm 139:1–12, 23–24; Romans 8:12–25; Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43/13:22–29, 35–45 IV

July 27
Ordinary Time
Genesis 29:15–28; Psalm 105:1–11, 45b; Romans 8:26–39; Matthew 13:31–33, 44–52/13:30–32, 46–53 IV

August 3
Ordinary Time
Genesis 32:22–31; Psalm 17:1–7, 15; Romans 9:1–5; Matthew 14:13–21/14:12–18 IV

August 10
Ordinary Time
Genesis 37:1–4, 12–28; Psalm 105:1–6, 16–22, 45b; Romans 10:5–15; Matthew 14:22–33/14:19–28 IV

August 17
Ordinary Time
Genesis 45:1–15; Psalm 133; Romans 11:1–2a, 29–32; Matthew 15:10–28/15:9–27 IV

August 24
Ordinary Time
Exodus 1:8—2:10; Psalm 124; Romans 12:1–8; Matthew 16:13–20/16:14–21 IV

31. Here I Am, Lord
Ordinary Time
Exodus 3:1–15; Psalm 105:1–6, 23–26, 45c; Romans 12:9–21; Matthew 16:21–28/16:22–31 IV

September 7
World Hunger Emphasis
Ordinary Time
Exodus 12:1–14; Psalm 149; Romans 13:8–14; Matthew 18:15–20

September 14
Ordinary Time
Exodus 14:19–31; Psalm 114; Romans 14:1–12; Matthew 18:21–35/18:21–34 IV

September 21
Heritage Day
Ordinary Time
Exodus 16:2–15; Psalm 105:1–6, 37–45; Philippians 1:21–30/1:20–30 IV; Matthew 20:1–16/20:1–15 IV

September 28
Ordinary Time
Exodus 17:1–7; Psalm 78:1–4, 12–16; Philippians 2:1–13; Matthew 21:23–32/21:21–32 IV

October 5
Ordinary Time
Exodus 20:1–4, 7–9, 12–20; Psalm 19; Philippians 3:4b–14; Matthew 21:33–46/21:35–49 IV

October 12
Ordinary Time
Exodus 32:1–14; Psalm 106:1–6, 19–23; Philippians 4:1–9; Matthew 22:1–14

October 19
Children’s Sabbath
Ordinary Time
Exodus 33:12–23; Psalm 99; I Thessalonians 1:1–10; Matthew 22:15–22

October 26
Ordinary Time
Deuteronomy 34:1–12; Psalm 90:1–6, 13–17; I Thessalonians 2:1–8; Matthew 22:34–46/22:33–44 IV

November 2
Ordinary Time
Joshua 3:7–17; Psalm 107:1–7, 33–37; I Thessalonians 2:9–13; Matthew 23:1–12/23:1–9 IV

November 9
Ordinary Time
Joshua 24:1–3a, 14–25; Psalm 78:1–7; I Thessalonians 4:13–18; Matthew 25:1–13/25:1–12 IV

November 16
Ordinary Time
Judges 4:1–7; Psalm 123; I Thessalonians 5:1–11; Matthew 25:14–30/25:14–31 IV

November 23
Ordinary Time
Ezekiel 34:11–16, 20–24; Psalm 100; Ephesians 1:15–23; Matthew 25:31–46/25:32–47 IV

 


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