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Luke 8:1-3, 16-21
“the twelve were with him as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities”
NL328
Luke 9:28-43a
“while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed”
Second Sunday in Lent C
March 16, 2025
Luke 13:31-35
“how often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings”
Second Sunday in Lent C
March 16, 2025
Philippians 3:17-4:1
“stand firm in the Lord”
Second Sunday in Lent C
March 16, 2025
Psalm 27
“I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living”
Second Sunday in Lent C
March 16, 2025
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18
“count the stars, if you are able to count them”
Second Sunday in Lent C
March 16, 2025
Psalm 122
“let us go to the house of the Lord”
NL332
March 16, 2025
Luke 13:1-9, 31-35
“how often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings”
NL332
March 16, 2025
Matthew 7:15-20
“every good tree bears good fruit”
A Women’s Lectionary – Second Sunday in Lent
March 16, 2025
Ephesians 2:4-10
“we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works”
A Women’s Lectionary – Second Sunday in Lent
March 16, 2025
Psalm 92:1-5, 12-15
“in old age they still produce fruit”
A Women’s Lectionary – Second Sunday in Lent
March 16, 2025
Genesis 3:1-7
“the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal”
A Women’s Lectionary – Second Sunday in Lent
March 16, 2025
Mark 8:14-26
“watch out – beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod”
NL228
Mark 7:1-23
“they brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech”
NL226
Mark 1:21-45
“the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him”
NL220
Luke 4:1-13
“when the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time”
First Sunday in Lent C
March 9, 2025
Romans 10:8b-13
“there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, the same Lord is Lord of all”
First Sunday in Lent C
March 9, 2025
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16
“he will command his angels concerning you”
First Sunday in Lent
March 9, 2025
Deuteronomy 26:1-11
“I bring the first fruit of the ground that you, O Lord, have given me”
First Sunday in Lent C
March 9, 2025
Luke 10:25-42
“Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself?”
NL331
March 9, 2025
Mark 16:9-15
“the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God”
First Sunday in Lent – A Women’s Lectionary
March 9, 2025
Colossians 3:1-11
“in that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew”
First Sunday in Lent – A Women’s Lectionary
March 9, 2025
Psalm 104:1-4, 10-15, 27-30
“you make springs gush forth in the valleys”
First Sunday in Lent – A Women’s Lectionary
March 9, 2025
Genesis 2:7-9, 15-25
“the Lord God planted a garden in Eden”
A Women’s Lectionary – First Sunday in Lent
March 9, 2025
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
“whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret”
Ash Wednesday ABC
March 5, 2025
2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
“we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain”
Ash Wednesday ABC
March 5, 2025
Psalm 51:1-17
“wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin”
Ash Wednesday ABC
March 5, 2025
Isaiah 58:1-12
“…to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke”
Ash Wednesday ABC
March 5, 2025
Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, 21-22
“return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning”
Ash Wednesday ABC
Ash Wednesday – A Women’s Lectionary
March 5, 2025
Psalm 5:7-8
“but I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house”
NL330
March 5, 2025
Luke 9:51-62
“the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head”
NL330
March 5, 2025
Matthew 6:1-12
“when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing”
Ash Wednesday – A Women’s Lectionary
March 5, 2025
1 Corinthians 15:45-49
“the first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven”
Ash Wednesday – A Women’s Lectionary
March 5, 2025
Psalm 90:1-10, 12
“so teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart”
A Women’s Lectionary – Ash Wednesday
March 5, 2025
Psalm 51:1-3
“wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin”
NL130
Matthew 15:10-20
“every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted”
NL128
Psalm 95:1-5
“let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation”
NL127
Matthew 14:13-33
“taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven”
NL127
Luke 9:28-45
“while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed”
Transfiguration of the Lord C
NL329
March 2, 2025
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2
“since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry we do not lose heart”
Transfiguration of the Lord C
March 2, 2025
Psalm 99
“he spoke to them in the pillar of cloud”
Transfiguration of the Lord C
March 2, 2025
Exodus 34:29-35
“Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone”
Transfiguration of the Lord C
March 2, 2025
Psalm 36:5-10
“your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens”
NL329
March 2, 2025
John 1:1-5
“in him was life, and the life was the light of all people”
A Women’s Lectionary – Transfiguration of the Lord
March 2, 2025
1 Corinthians 1:25-31
“God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom”
A Women’s Lectionary – Transfiguration of the Lord
March 2, 2025
Psalm 9:1-2, 7-11, 13-14
“I will tell of all your wonderful deeds”
A Women’s Lectionary – Transfiguration of the Lord
March 2, 2025
Isaiah 2:1-5
“neither shall they learn war any more”
A Women’s Lectionary – Transfiguration of the Lord
March 2, 2025
Jeremiah 1:4-10 & 7:1-11
“I appointed you a prophet to the nations”
NL112
Luke 7:36-8:3
“she stood behind him at his feet, weeping”
Proper 6C
Galatians 2:15-21
“the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me”
Proper 6C
2 Samuel 11:26-12:10, 13-15
“the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb”
Proper 6C
1 Kings 21:1-21a
“I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite”
Proper 6C
Luke 6:27-38
“if anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also”
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany C
February 23, 2025
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50
“what you sow does not come to life unless it dies”
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany C
February 23, 2025
Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40
“God will make your vindication shine like the light”
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany C
February 23, 2025
Genesis 45:3-11, 15
“I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt”
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany C
February 23, 2025
Psalm 130:3-6
“if you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?”
NL327
February 23, 2025
Luke 7:36-50
“she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears”
NL327
February 23, 2025
Luke 7:11-17
“the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother”
A Women’s Lectionary – Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
February 23, 2025
Acts 9:36-42
“there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha”
A Women’s Lectionary – Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
February 23, 2025
Psalm 116:1-9
“for you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling”
A Women’s Lectionary – Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
February 23, 2025
1 Kings 17:17-24
“o Lord my God, let this child’s life come into him again”
A Women’s Lectionary – Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
February 23, 2025
Galatians 1:11-24
“the one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy”
Proper 5C
1 Kings 17:8-24
“for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die”
Proper 5C
1 Kings 18:20-39
“the god who answers by fire is indeed God”
Proper 4C
Luke 7:1-10
“I am not worthy to have you come under my roof”
Ninth Sunday after Epiphany C
Galatians 1:1-12
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you”
Ninth Sunday after Epiphany C
Psalm 96:1-9
“then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy”
Ninth Sunday after Epiphany C
1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43
“when foreigners come and pray toward this house, then hear in heaven your dwelling place”
Ninth Sunday after Epiphany C
Divine Intervention in a Secret Church of Enslaved People Before the Civil War
Late at night, meeting in secret, a church full of slaves were confronted by some whites people looking for runaway slaves. …And what does God do?
Slaves in the American South Claimed Jesus as their Own
White Christians who evangelized to Black slaves had different motives – some greedy and sinful, and others sincere. Despite law after law, many Black folk found and held onto Jesus.
Before the Laws were Clear, Some Slaves Filed Lawsuits for Freedom and Won
In the English colonies before the laws on slavery were clarified, being baptized a Christian was a consideration for whether or not you would be free.
Luke 6:39-49
“why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye but do not notice the log in your own eye?”
Eighth Sunday after Epiphany C
1 Corinthians 15:51-58
“we will not all die, but we will all be changed”
Eighth Sunday after Epiphany
Psalm 146:5-10
“the Lord watches over the strangers”
NL326
February 16, 2025
Luke 6:17-26
“blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled”
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany C
February 16, 2025
1 Corinthians 15:12-20
“how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?”
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany C
February 16, 2025
Psalm 1
“they are like trees planted by streams of water”
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany C
February 16, 2025
Jeremiah 17:5-10
“they shall be like a tree planted by water”
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany C
February 16, 2025
Luke 7:18-35
“are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect someone else?”
NL326
February 16, 2025
Luke 4:16-27
“the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him”
A Women’s Lectionary – Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
February 16, 2025
James 1:22-27
“be doers of the word and not merely hearers”
A Women’s Lectionary – Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
February 16, 2025
Psalm 146
“I will praise the Lord as long as I live”
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – A Women’s Lectionary
February 16, 2025
1 Kings 17:8-16
“the jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail”
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – A Women’s Lectionary
February 16, 2025
Mark 2:13-22
“as he was walking along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collection station”
Eighth Sunday after Epiphany B