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2-Dec

2012

Advent 1 Jeremiah 33: 14 - 16 Psalm 25: 1 - 10 1 Thessalonians 3: 9 - 13 Luke 21: 25 - 36  My Lord, What a Morning! Bulletin Board And When Our Lord Comes with All His People
9-Dec Advent 2 Malachi 3: 1 - 4 Luke 1: 68 - 79 Philippians 1: 3 - 11 Luke 3: 1 - 6  Zechariah Praises God Soap Dish The Lord Will Be Like Strong Soap in a Wash Basin
16-Dec Advent 3 Zephaniah 3: 14 - 20 Isaiah 12: 2 - 6 Philippians 4: 4 - 7 Luke 3: 7 - 18 John the Baptist Speaks Out Cover With Great Joy, You People Will Get Water from the Well of Victory
23-Dec Advent 4 Micah 5: 2 - 5a Luke 1: 47 - 55 or Psalm 80: 1 - 7 Hebrews 10: 5 - 10 Luke 1: 39 - 45  Mary Sings Praises to God Bethlehem  Bethlehem Ephrathah, You Are One of the Smallest Towns in the Nation of Judah
 24-Dec Christmas Eve  Isaiah 9: 2 - 7  Psalm 96  Titus 2: 11 - 14  Luke 2: 1 -14 (15 -20 )  You Will Find Him Dressed in Baby Clothes  Ornament  The Brightness of the Lord's Glory Flashed Around Them
 25-Dec  Christmas Day Isaiah 62: 6 - 12  Psalm 97  Titus 3: 4 - 7  Luke 2: 8 - 20  Angels Bring Messages from God Bulletin Board  Suddenly Many Angels Came Down from Heaven
 25-Dec  Christmas Day  Isaiah 52: 7 - 10  Psalm 98  Hebrews 1: 1 - 4; 2: 5 - 12  John 1: 1 - 14  The Light Shines in the Darkness  Candle Rings  His Life Gave Light to Everyone
 30-Dec Christmas 1  1 Samuel 2: 18 - 20, 26  Psalm 148  Col 3: 12 - 17  Luke 2: 41 - 52  Jesus Is Lost in Jerusalem  Bulletin Board  Fire and Hail, Snow and Frost and Every Stormy Wind, Come Praise the Lord

 6-Jan

2013

 Epiphany of Our Lord Isaiah 60: 1 - 6 Psalm 72: 1 - 7, 10 - 14  Ephesians 3: 1 - 12  Matthew 2: 1 - 12  .Wise Men Come from the East to Worship Jesus  Gift Box Treasure from Across the Sea and the Wealth of Nations Will Be Brought to You
13-Jan  Baptism of Our Lord Isaiah 43: 1 - 7 Psalm 29 Acts 8: 14 - 17 Luke 3: 15 - 17, 21 - 22 Jesus Is Baptized by John in the River Jordan Cover  When You Cross Deep Rivers, I Will Be With You
20-Jan Epiphany 2 Isaiah 62: 1 - 5 Psalm 36: 5- 10 1 Corinthians 12: 1 - 11 John 2: 1 - 11 Jesus Makes Water into Wine Punch You Serve A Tasty Drink That Flows Like A River
27-Jan Epiphany 3 Nehemiah 8: 1 - 3, 5 - 6, 8 - 10 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 12: 12 - 31a Luke 4: 14 - 21 Jesus Reads from Isaiah Scroll When Ezra Opened the Book, They All Stood Up
3-Feb Epiphany 4 Jeremiah 1: 4 - 10 Psalm 71: 1 - 6 1 Corinthians 13: 1 - 13 Luke 4: 21 - 30 Jesus Makes Enemies in His Hometown Bulletin Board You Are My Rock and My Fortress
10-Feb Transfiguration of Our Lord Exodus 34: 29 - 35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12 - 4:2 Luke 9: 28 - 36 Jesus Is Changed on the Mountain Top Bulletin Board  You Spoke to Them from A Thick Cloud
17-Feb Lent 1 Deuteronomy 26: 1 - 11 Psalm 91: 1 - 2, 9 - 16 Romans 10: 8b - 13 Luke 4: 1 - 13 Jesus Says No to the Devil Bulletin Board God Will Command His Angels to Protect You Wherever You Go
24-Feb Lent 2 Genesis 15: 1 - 12, 17 - 18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3: 17 - 4:1 Luke 13: 31 - 35 Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem Breath Prayer My Heart Tells Me to Pray
3-Mar Lent 3 Isaiah 55: 1 - 9 Psalm 63: 1- 8 1 Corinthians 10: 1 -13 Luke 13: 1 - 9 Jesus Gives a Fig Tree a Second Chance Fig Muffins  I Will Be Filled with Excitement Like A Guest at a Banquet
10-Mar Lent 4 Joshua 5: 9 - 12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5: 16 - 21 Luke 15: 1 - 3, 11 - 32  A Father Welcomes a Lost Son Cover  You Put Songs in My Heart Because You Have Saved Me
17-Mar Lent 5 Isaiah 43: 16 - 21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3: 4b - 14 John 12: 1 - 8 Mary Puts Lotion on Jesus' Feet Bible Hand Lotion The Sweet Smell of the Perfume Filled the House
24-Mar Palm Sunday Isaiah 50: 4 - 9a Psalm 31: 9 - 16 Philippians 2: 5 - 11 Luke 22: 14 - 23:56 Peter Hears A Rooster Crow Seder Plate I Am Merely A Broken Dish
31-Mar Easter Day Acts 10: 34 - 43 or Isaiah 65: 17 - 25 Psalm 118: 1 - 2, 14 - 24 First Corinthians 15: 19 - 26 John 20: 1 - 18 or Luke 24: 1 - 12 Mary Magdalene Speaks to the Risen Christ Angel Magnet  Mary Magdalene Saw Two Angels in the Tomb
7-Apr Easter 2 Acts 5: 27 - 32 Psalm 118: 14 - 29 Revelation 1: 4 - 8 John 20: 19 - 31 Jesus Visits His Disciples, but Thomas Needs Proof Pendant I Am Alpha and Omega, the One Who Is and Was and Is Coming
14-Apr Easter 3 Acts 9: 1 - 6 Psalm 30 Revelation 5: 11- 14 John 21: 1 - 19 The Disciples Return to Fishing Table Runner  Jesus Said, "Come and Eat"
21-Apr Easter 4 Acts 9: 36 - 43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7: 9 - 17 John 10: 22 - 30 The Lord Is My Shepherd Cover Who Are These People Dressed in White
28-Apr Easter 5 Acts 11: 1 - 18 Psalm 148 Revelation 21: 1 - 6 John 13: 31 - 35 God Sends Peter a Vision of Animals Bulletin Board  I Am Making Everything New
5-May Easter 6 Acts 16: 9 - 15 Psalm 67 Revelations 21: 10, 22 - 22: 5 John 14: 23 - 29 or John 5: 1 - 9 Jesus Promises to Send the Holy Spirit Cover  Those Whose Names Are Written in the Book of Life Will Be in the City
9-May The Ascension of Our Lord Acts 1: 1 - 11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 1: 15 - 23 Luke 24: 44 - 53 The Disciples Look Up into Heaven Bulletin Board  All Rulers on Earth Surrender Their Weapons
12-May Easter 7 Acts 16: 16 - 34  Psalm 97  Revelations 22: 12 - 14, 16 - 17, 20 - 21  John 17: 20 - 26  Jesus Prays for All of Us  Bulletin Board  Tell All the Islands to Shout
19-May Pentecost Acts 2: 1 - 21 or Genesis 11: 1- 9 Psalm 104: 25 - 34, 35b Romans 8: 14 - 17 or Acts 2: 1 - 21 John 14: 8 - 17 Jesus' Promise Comes True with the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit Pentecost Cover God's Spirit Makes Us Sure That We Are His Children
26-May Holy Trinity Proverbs 8: 1 - 4, 22 - 31 Psalm 8 Romans 5: 1 - 5 John 16: 12 - 15 O Lord, Our Lord, How Excellent Is Thy Name in All the Earth Cover It Happened Long Before God Had Made the Earth or Any of Its Fields or Even the Dust
2-Jun 2 Pentecost (Lectionary 9) 1 Kings 8: 22 - 23, 41 - 43 Psalm 96: 1 - 9 Galatians 1: 1 - 12 Luke 7: 1 - 10 A Roman Officer Believes in Jesus Ornament Let the Heavens Rejoice; Let the Earth be Glad
9-Jun 3 Pentecost (Lectionary 10) 1 Kings 17: 17 - 24 Psalm 30 Galatians 1: 11 - 24 Luke 7: 11 - 17 Jesus Calls a Dead Son to Life Flavored Oil All I Have Is a Little Olive Oil
16-Jun 4 Pentecost (Lectionary 11) 2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:10, 13 - 15 Psalm 32 Galatians 2: 15 - 21 Luke 7: 36 - 8: 3 Jesus Forgives a Sinful Woman in the House of a Pharisee  Bulletin Board I Will Point Out the Road that You Should Follow
23-Jun 5 Pentecost (Lectionary 12) Isaiah 65: 1 - 9 Psalm 22: 19 - 28 Galatians 3: 23 - 29 Luke 8: 26 - 39 Jesus Sends a Man's Demons into a Drove of Pigs Bulletin Board  From the Horns of the Wild Oxen You Have Rescued Me
30-Jun 6 Pentecost (Lectionary 13) 1 Kings 19: 15 - 16, 19 - 21 Psalm 16 Galatians 5: 1, 13 - 25 Luke 9: 51 - 62 Jesus Asks His Followers to Leave Everything Behind

 

 

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7-Jul 7 Pentecost (Lectionary 14) Isaiah 66: 10 - 14 Psalm 66: 1 - 9 Galatians 6: 7 - 16 Luke 10: 1 - 11, 16 - 20 Seventy Disciples Go Out and Return Cover  When God Made the Sea Dry Up, Our People Walked Across
14-Jul 8 Pentecost (Lectionary 15) Deuteronomy 30: 9 - 14 Psalm 25: 1 - 10 Colossians 1: 1 - 14 Luke 10: 25 - 37  A Kind Man Sees Life and Hope Bulletin Board I Thank My God Every Time I Think of You
21-Jul 9 Pentecost (Lectionary 16) Genesis 18: 1 - 10a Psalm 15 Colossians 1: 15 - 28 Luke 10: 38 - 42 Mary Sits in Front of Jesus Cover Who May Live on the Holy Mountain of the Lord?
28-Jul 10 Pentecost (Lectionary 17) Gen 18: 20 - 32 Psalm 138 Colossians 2: 6 - 15 Luke 11: 1 - 13 Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Bulletin Board Plant Your Roots in Christ
4-Aug 11 Pentecost (Lectionary 18) Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12- 14, 2: 18 -23 Psalm 49: 1 - 12 Colossians 3: 1 - 11 Luke 12: 13 - 21  A Rich Man Behaves Like a Fool Cover Now Set Your Heart on What Is in Heaven
11-Aug 12 Pentecost (Lectionary 19) Genesis 15: 1 - 6 Psalm 33: 12 - 22 Hebrews 11: 1 - 3, 8 - 16 Luke 12: 32 - 40 We Keep Our Treasures Safe in Heaven Bags of Gold You Make Our Hearts Glad Because We Trust You
18-Aug 13 Pentecost (Lectionary 20) Jeremiah 23: 23 - 29 Psalm 82 Hebrews: 11: 29 - 12: 2 Luke 12: 49 - 56 What Has Straw in Common with Wheat? Hats God Uses the Useless to Give Us Shade
25-Aug 14 Pentecost (Lectionary 21) Isaiah 58: 9b - 14 Psalm 103: 1 - 8 Hebrews 12: 18 - 29 Luke 13: 10 - 17 Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman Crowns  His Kindness and Love Are A Crown on Our Heads
1-Sep 15 Pentecost (Lectionary 22) Proverbs 25: 6 - 7 Psalm 112 Hebrews 13: 1 - 8, 15 - 16 Luke 14: 1, 7 - 14 Jesus Invites Everyone to the Table Pencil Toppers Some People Have Welcomed Angels as Guests
8-Sep 16 Pentecost (Lectionary 23) Deuteronomy 30: 15 - 20 Psalm 1 Philemon 1 - 21 Luke 14: 25 - 33 What Does It Mean to Follow Jesus? Bulletin Board  He Is Like a Tree that Always Has Leaves
15-Sep 17 Pentecost (Lectionary 24) Exodus 32: 7 - 14 Psalm 51: 1 - 11 1 Tim 1: 12 - 17 Luke 15: 1 - 10 Jesus Carries the Lost Sheep Home on His Shoulders Bookmark When You Find the Lost Sheep You Will Carry It Home
22-Sep 18 Pentecost (Lectionary 25) Amos 8: 4 - 7 Psalm 113 1 Timothy 2: 1 - 7 Luke 16: 1 - 13 A Basket of Summer Fruit

Strawberries

 

The Lord Showed Me a Basket of Ripe Fruit
29-Sep  Michael and All Angels Daniel 12: 1 - 3  Psalm 103: 1 - 8  Revelation 12: 7 - 12  Luke 10: 17 - 20 .I Saw Satan Fall from Heaven Like A Flash of Lightning Ornament  Many Other Angels Came Down from Heaven
29-Sep 19 Pentecost (Lectionary 26) Amos 6: 1a, 4 - 7 Psalm 146 1 Timothy 6: 6 - 19 Luke 16: 19 - 31 A Rich Man Ignores a Poor Man Cover  He Was Happy Just to Eat the Scraps that Fell from the Rich Man's Table
6-Oct 20 Pentecost (Lectionary 27) Habakkuk 1: 1 - 4; 2: 1 - 4 Psalm 37: 1 - 10 2 Timothy 1: 1 - 14 Luke 17: 5 - 10 We Grow in Faith and Serve the Lord Bulletin Board  While Standing Guard on the Watchtower, I Waited for the Lord's Answer
13-Oct 21 Pentecost (Lectionary 28) 2 Kings 5: 1 - 3, 7 - 15c Psalm 111 2 Timothy 2: 8 - 15 Luke 17: 11 - 19 Jesus Heals Ten Lepers Cover  God's Good News Isn't Locked in Jail
14-Oct

Thanksgiving

(Canada)

.Deuteronomy 26: 1 - 11 Psalm 100 Philemon 4: 4 - 9 John 6 : 25 - 35 You Ate All The Food You Wanted Bulletin Board  Come Before His Presence with Singing
20-Oct 22 Pentecost (Lectionary 29) Genesis 32: 22 - 31 Psalm 121 2 Timothy 3: 14 - 4: 5 Luke 18: 1 - 8 Jacob Gets A New Name Evening Prayer  You Won't Be Harmed by the Sun during the Day or by the Moon at Night
27-Oct Reformation Sunday Jeremiah 31: 31 - 34 Psalm 46 Romans 3: 19 -28 John 8: 31 - 36 God Gives Us Faith and Makes Us Free Cover  Everyone Who Sins Is a Slave to Sin
27-Oct 23 Pentecost (Lectionary 30) Jeremiah 14: 7 - 10, 19 - 22 Psalm 84: 1 - 7 2 Timothy 4: 6 - 8, 16 - 18 Luke 18: 9 - 14  Two Men Pray in the Temple Cover I Was Kept Safe from Hungry Lions
3-Nov All Saints Daniel 7: 1 - 3, 15 - 18 Psalm 149 Ephesians 1: 11 - 23 Luke 6: 20 - 31  Jesus Comforts People in Hard Times Bulletin Board  My Prayer Is that Light Will Flood Your Hearts
3-Nov 24 Pentecost (Lectionary 31) Isaiah 1: 10 - 18   Psalm 32: 1 - 8  2 Thessalonians 1: 1 - 4, 11- 12  Luke 19: 1- 10  Zacchaeus Climbs Up to See Jesus  Salad  Alone like a Hut in an Cucumber Field
10-Nov 25 Pentecost (Lectionary 32) Job 19: 23 - 27a Psalm 17: 1 - 9 2 Thessalonians 2: 1 - 5, 13 - 17 Luke 20: 27 - 38 I Know That My Redeemer Lives Record Oh, That My Words Were Recorded
17-Nov 26 Pentecost (Lectionary 33) Malachi 4: 1 - 2a Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 3: 6 - 13 Luke 21: 5 - 19 In Times of Trouble, Jesus Gives Us Words and Wisdom Bulletin Board Command the Earth to Shout with All Its People
24-Nov Christ the King Jeremiah 23: 1 - 6 Psalm 46 Colossians 1: 11 - 20 Luke 23:33 - 43 The First Person to Rise from the Dead Picture  Today You Will Be with Me in Paradise
28-Nov

Thanksgiving

(U.S.A.)

.Deuteronomy 26: 1 - 11 Psalm 100 Philemon 4: 4 - 9 John 6 : 25 - 35 You Ate All The Food You Wanted Bulletin Board  Come Before His Presence with Singing