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Lectionary Links:Revised Common Lectionary

oldfirstchurchThe Revised Common Lectionary (semicontinous track) is a 3 year cycle of readings that follows the church year.  Each new year begins on the first Sunday of Advent and ends on Christ the King Sunday.  We are currently in Year C.  Year A begins on Sunday, November 27, 2016.

The Links are listed on this page in chronological order.  You can also search for past lectionary texts by clicking on the Scripture Index link on the right side of this page.

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2020

Lectionary Links (RCL): May 31, 2020

Day of Pentecost Year A:  May 31, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 2:1-21 Drawn Together by Minh Lê (Written for ages 4 -7 years) Comment: Pentecost was one of the three festivals each year that Jews celebrated, in Jerusalem if possible.  So five weeks after the resurrection, there were
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APR
17
2020

Lectionary Links (RCL): May 24, 2020

7th Sunday of Easter Year A:  May 24, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 1:6-14 Night Job by Karen Hesse (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: A little boy joins his father on Friday nights where his father works as a janitor at a local school.  The boy helps his father do some of the chores
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APR
10
2020

Lectionary Links (RCL): May 17, 2020

6th Sunday of Easter Year A:  May 17, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 17:22-31 When God Made the World by Matthew Paul Turner (Written for ages 3-7) Comment:  Once again Paul is preaching, this time in Athens, a city in Greece.  It was a beautiful city with many statues, most of them
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03
2020

Lectionary Links (RCL): May 10, 2020

5th  Sunday of Easter Year A:  May 10, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 7:55-60 Desmond and the Very Mean Word by Desmond Tutu (Written for ages 6-9) Comment:  Jesus had told his disciples that following him would involve suffering.  Within a few months, Stephen, one of the
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MAR
27
2020

Lectionary Links (RCL): May 3, 2020

4th  Sunday of Easter Year A:  May 3, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 2:42-47 Kindness Makes Us Strong by Sophie Beer (Written for ages 2-6) Comment:  In the Scripture that we read last week, Acts contained a small snapshot of what the early church looked like.  They were spending time
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20
2020

Lectionary Links (RCL): April 26, 2020

3rd Sunday of Easter Year A:  April 26, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:  In the scripture last week, Peter was witnessing to Jesus and the resurrection before a large crowd.  He came to the end of his sermon by
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13
2020

Lectionary Links (RCL): April 19, 2020

2nd Sunday of Easter Year A:  April 19, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Ralph Tells a Story by Abby Hanlon (Written for ages 6-9) Comment:  Do you know what a witness is? It is a person who has seen an event and can tell what has happened. The sermon that Peter preaches in
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MAR
06
2020

Lectionary Links (RCL): Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020

Resurrection of the Lord Year A:  April 12, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 10:34-43 Mooshka, A Quilt Story by Julie Paschkis (Written for ages 4 – 8) Comment: Karla has an unusual quilt she named Mooshka.  It had been sewn by her grandmother with scraps of fabric that she called
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28
2020

Lectionary Links (RCL): Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020

Palm Sunday Year A:  April 5, 2020 First Reading:  Isaiah 50:4-9a Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School by Janet Halfmann (Written for ages 7-11) Comment:  When the Israelites were taken into exile in Babylon, away from their home and the Temple, they were
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