THE WEDDING FEAST – Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 23, Year A; Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

October 15, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 32:1-14 or Isaiah 25:1-9 Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 or Psalm 23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14   Lectionary for Mass (RC) Isaiah 25:6-10a Psalm...


A LOVE SONG – Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 22, Year A; Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

October 8, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 or Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 19 or Psalm 80:7-15 Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46   Lectionary for Mass (RC) Isaiah 5:1-7...


QUESTIONS – Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 21, Year A; Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

October 1, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 17:1-7 or Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 or Psalm 25:1-9 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Ezekiel 18:25-28 Psalm...


IN LIFE AND IN DEATH – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 20, Year A; Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

September 24, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 16:2-15 or Jonah 3:10 – 4:11 Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 or Psalm 145:1-8 Philippians 1:21-30 Matthew 20:1-16 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Isaiah 55:6-9...


A “THING” FOR FORGIVENESS – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 19, Year A; Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

September 17, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 14:19-31 or Genesis 50:15-21 Psalm 114 or Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21 or Psalm 103:(1-7) 8-13 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35   Lectionary for Mass...


FAMILY FEUD – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 18, Year A; Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

September 10, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 12:1-14 or Ezekiel 33:7-11 Psalm 149 or Psalm 119:33-40 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Ezekiel 33:7-9 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7,...


LOSE YOUR LIFE TO SAVE IT – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 17, Year A; Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

September 3, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 3:1-15 or Jeremiah 15:15-21 Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45b or Psalm 26:1-8 Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Jeremiah 20:7-9 Psalm...


THE ROCK – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 16, Year A; Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

August 27, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 1:8-2:10 or Isaiah 51:1-6 Psalm 124 or Psalm 138 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Isaiah 22:19-23 Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3,...


Writing the Church’s Song 2023

The Center for Congregational Song will be sponsoring Writing the Church’s Song, a three-day writing retreat for beginner and intermediate hymn writers that will be held in Richmond, Virginia,...


GREAT AGAIN? – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 15, Year A; Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

August 20, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Genesis 45:1-15 or Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 Psalm 133 or Psalm 67 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-28   Lectionary for Mass (RC) Isaiah...