Lectionary Guides
TPW Lectionary Guides for the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) are a launching pad for your weekly sermon and service. Each guide includes:
- Commentary and preaching angles on key passage
- Insightful quotes and illustrations
- Themes from our library of resources to explore
- Prayers to guide your liturgy prep
Available to Essentials and Complete Package subscribers.
Advent Series: Hope of the World
- 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: Guide 1, Guide 2.
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
Holy Week
- April 14: Maundy Thursday: 1st Corinthians 11:23-26
- April 15: Good Friday, Psalm 22
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
Ordinary Time
- 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
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