Worship Resources
The Pastor’s Workshop has created a worship resource focused on the Revised Common Lectionary. Resources will include a summary of the text and curation of content from the TPW library.
This includes sermon illustrations, quotes, and liturgy. Each week in the lectionary cycle is organized according to season (Advent, Christmas, Pentecost/Ordinary Time).
Longer, more developed commentary on the text will be given to major seasons in the life of the church (Advent, Lent), which will involve the AIM methodology (Learn more here).
*Lectionary guides that are in blue starting with the week of the lectionary year are complete. Guides where the scripture text in blue are yet to be published.
Season of Advent
- November 27: First Sunday of Advent: Matthew 24:36-44
- December 4: Second Sunday of Advent: Matthew 3:1-12
- December 11: Third Sunday of Advent, Luke 1:46b-55
- December 18: Fourth Sunday of Advent, Matthew 1:18-25
Season of Christmas
- December 24/25: Nativity of the Lord, Isaiah 9:2-7
- January 1: 1st Sunday after Christmas: Hebrews 2:10-18
Season of Epiphany
- January 6: Epiphany: Matthew 2:1-12
- January 8: Baptism of the Lord: Matthew 3:13-17
- January 15: Second Sunday after Epiphany: John 1:29-42
- January 22: Third Sunday after Epiphany: Matthew 4:12-23
- January 29: Fourth Sunday after Epiphany: Matthew 5:1-12
- February 5: Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Matthew 5:13-20
- February 12: Sixth Sunday after Epiphany: Matthew 5:21-37
- February 19: Transfiguration Sunday: Matthew 17:1-9
Season of Lent
- February 22: Ash Wednesday: 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
- February 26: First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11
- March 5: Second Sunday in Lent: John 3:1-17
- March 12: Third Sunday in Lent: John 4:5-42
- March 19: Fourth Sunday in Lent: John 9:1-41
- March 26: Fifth Sunday in Lent:John 11:1-45
- April 2: Sixth Sunday in Lent, Liturgy of the Passion: Matthew 26:14-27:66
Season of Easter
- April 9: Resurrection of the Lord: Matthew 28:1-10
- April 16: Second Sunday of Easter: Acts 2:14a, 22-32
- April 23: Third Sunday of Easter: Acts 2:14a, 36-41
- April 30: Fourth Sunday of Easter: Acts 2:42-47
- May 7: Fifth Sunday of Easter: Acts 7:55-60
- May 14: Sixth Sunday of Easter: Acts 17:22-31
- May 21: Seventh Sunday of Easter: Acts 1:1-11
- May 28: Day of Pentecost: Acts 2:1-21
Season After Pentecost
- June 4: Trinity Sunday: Matthew 28:16-20
- June 11: Second Sunday after Pentecost: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
- June 18: Third Sunday after Pentecost: Matthew 9:35-10:8
- June 25: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Matthew 10:24-39
- July 2: Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Matthew 10:40-42
- July 9: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
- July 16: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
- July 23: Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
- July 30: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
- August 6: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 14:13-21
- August 13: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 14:22-31
- August 20: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 15:(10-20), 21-28
- August 27: Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 16:13-20
- September 3: Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 16:21-28
- September 10: Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 18:15-20
- September 17: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 18:21-35
- September 24: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 20:1-16
- October 1: Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 21:23-32
- October 8: Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 21:33-46
- October 15: Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 22:1-14
- October 22: Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 22:15-22
- October 29: Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 22:34-46
- November 5: Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 23:1-12
- November 12: Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 25:1-13
- November 19: Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 25:14-30
- November 26: Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 25:31-46
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