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, as well as 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 first employed in 2020’s Advent Sermon Series (Learn more here).
Season of Advent
- November 28: 1st Sunday of Advent: Jeremiah 33:14-16
- December 5: 2nd Sunday of Advent, Malachi 3:1-4
- December 12: 3rd Sunday of Advent: Zephaniah 3:14-20
- December 19: 4th Sunday of Advent: Micah 5:2-5a
Season of Christmas
- December 24/25: Nativity of the Lord: Luke 2:1-20
- December 26: 1st Sunday after Christmas Day: Colossians 3:12-17
- January 2: 2nd Sunday after Christmas: Jeremiah 31:7-14
Season of Epiphany
- January 6: Epiphany: Isaiah 60:1-6
- January 9: Baptism of the Lord: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
- January 16: Second Sunday after Epiphany: Isaiah 62:1-5
- January 23: Third Sunday after Epiphany: Luke 4:14-21
- January 30: Fourth Sunday after Epiphany: Luke 4:21-30
- February 6: Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Luke 5:1-11
- February 13: Sixth Sunday after Epiphany: Luke 6:17-26
- February 20: Seventh Sunday after Epiphany: Luke 6:27-38
- February 27: Transfiguration Sunday: Luke 9:28-36, 37-43a
Season of Lent
- March 2: Ash Wednesday: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
- March 6: First Sunday in Lent: Luke 4:1-13
- March 13: Second Sunday in Lent: Luke 13:31-35
- March 20: Third Sunday in Lent: Luke 13:1-9
- March 27: Fourth Sunday in Lent: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
- April 3: Fifth Sunday in Lent: John 12:1-8
- April 10: Seventh Sunday in Lent, Palm Sunday: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Season of Easter
- April 17: Resurrection of the Lord: Luke 24:1-12
- April 24: Second Sunday of Easter: Revelation 1:4-8
- May 1: Third Sunday of Easter: Revelation 5:11-14
- May 8: Fourth Sunday of Easter: Revelation 7:9-17
- May 15: Fifth Sunday of Easter: Revelation 21:1-6
- May 22: Sixth Sunday of Easter: Revelation 21:10, 22:1-22:5
- May 29: Seventh Sunday of Easter: Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21
- June 5: Day of Pentecost: Genesis 11:1-9
Season After Pentecost
- June 12: Trinity Sunday: Psalm 8
- June 19: Second Sunday after Pentecost: Galatians 3:23-29
- June 26: Third Sunday after Pentecost: Galatians 5:1, 13-25
- July 3: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Galatians 6:1-16
- July 10: Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Amos 7:7-17
- July 17: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Amos 8:1-12
- July 24: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Hosea 1:2-10
- July 31: Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Hosea 11:1-11
- August 7: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Isaiah 1:1, 10-20
- August 14: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Isaiah 5:1-7
- August 21: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Jeremiah 1:4-10
- August 28: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Jeremiah 2:4-13
- September 4: Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
- September 11: Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 1 Timothy 1:12-17
- September 18: Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 1 Timothy 2:1-7
- September 25: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 1 Timothy 6:6-19
- October 2: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2 Timothy 1:1-14
- October 9: Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2 Timothy 2:8-15
- October 16: Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
- October 23: Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
- October 30: Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Psalm 32:1-7
- November 6: Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Psalm 17:1-9
- November 13: Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Isaiah 65:17-25
- November 20: Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Psalm 46
Season of Advent (Year A)
Week 1: November 27: First Sunday of Advent, Matthew 24:36-44 - Week 2: December 4: Second Sunday of Advent, Matthew 3:1-12
- Week 3: December 11: Third Sunday of Advent, Luke 1:46b-55
- Week 4: 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
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