Lectionary 07/01/2018
- First Sunday after Epiphany - Year B
Acts 19:1-7
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The First Sunday of Epiphany Genesis 1.1–5 Acts 19.1–7 Mark 1.4–11 Wind and water. Light and dark. Heaven and earth. The beginning. There is a quiet joy about the opening of Genesis. Quiet, not because it’s only slightly exciting, but because we know at once that these are the
Sometimes we wonder at the work
Sometimes we wonder at the work
by Andrew Pratt
Sometimes we wonder at the work of God whose name we praise, for God is not bent to our wants, nor to our words or ways. Our thoughts and actions, every rite, contain no magic powers. We have to let the Spirit blow through other lives and ours. Verses 3-5 follow Tune: AULD LANG S
Drama/monologue: Did you receive
Drama/monologue: Did you receive
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/monologue: Did you receive … We were disciples of John – the John they called Baptist. We had always followed him. He’d made such an impression on us when we’d gone to the wilderness to see him. People had said he was strange and wild- looking and that he was stirring up tr
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Baptism of Christ - The First Sunday of Epiphany Genesis 1.1–5 Acts 19.1–7 Mark 1.4–11 What is nothingness? We have no concept of it. Our image of it consists of the absence of things that we can picture and describe, which is very different from the nothingness before creati
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Paul in Ephesus
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Paul in Ephesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
Paul in Ephesus Acts 19.1-10 The response of the disciples Paul met at Ephesus has passed into common parlance, at least among theologians. Not long ago I was helping to organize a conference, and was inviting distinguished speakers from various parts of the world to attend and r
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Genesis 1: 1-5 Psalm 29 Acts 19: 1-7 Mark 1: 4-11 There is no getting away from the Holy Spirit in the readings for today. He is there at the beginning of the creation, brooding over the waters, bringing light from darkness, day from
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday after Epiphany - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday after Epiphany - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
First Sunday after the Epiphany the Baptism of the Lord - Year B Service Contents: Hymn: Thou whose almighty word or In the beginning God Prayer: God of enlightenment Reading: Psalm 29 Hymn: How shall I sing that majesty or Cedars of Lebanon, oaks of old England Reading: Genesis
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