Lectionary

SOTH Narrative Lectionary for 2011-2012

"Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start! When you read you begin with ABC, when you sing you begin with Do Re Me..." The Sound of Music is one of my favorite stories and musicals. And this song that Maria sings is one that I can't ever seem to get out of my head. But, it does speak a truth, when we begin, we should begin at the beginning, not jump around as it is confusing.

With this in mind we are using a different set of readings for our worship services this year. It's called "The Narrative Lectionary." The Narrative Lectionary is a schedule of readings that begins at the beginning of the Bible with Genesis, flows through the entire Old Testament, choosing important and critical stories along the way, then turns to the Gospels (this year we will focus on Mark) and then selects some passages from the Apostle Paul and ends with Revelation. Our readings for the year will follow the outline of the Bible. The big idea is to present an overview of the entire narrative (or story) of the Bible in one nine month period. The hope is that by doing this worship participants will, over the nine months, get a feel and a flavor for the over arching flow of the Biblical story, in order, focused on the major stories and issues along the way. We believe that starting at the beginning and working our way through the Bible is a very good way to begin!

Now, if your worried about Christmas and Easter and our regular "Holidays" have no fear. The Narrative Lectionary is laid out in such a way so that we will still celebrate all our important holiday's on-time and on the right days!

Below is the schedule of readings. We look forward to this journey with you through the Narrative Lectionary and all of God's story found in the Bible!!

Sep 11	Creation	Gen 1:1-2:4a; or 1:1-5, 26-2:4a
Sep 18	Abraham and Sarah	Gen 18:1-15; 21:1-7
Sep 25	Joseph in Egypt	Gen 39:1-23
Oct 2	Exodus	Exod 1:1-22; 16:1-8
Oct 9	Law	Deut 5:1-22; 6:4-9
Oct 16	Ruth	1:1-22
Oct 23	Solomon builds the Temple	1 Kgs 5:1-5, 12-13; 8:1-6, 27-30
Oct 30	Elijah at Horeb	1 Kgs 19:1-18
Nov 6	Hosea	Hos 6:1-6; 11:1-9
Nov 13	Isaiah	Isa 1:12-20; 2:1-6a
Nov 20	Josiah	2 Kgs 22:1-18a, 20; 23:1-3
Nov 27	Jeremiah	Jer 18:1-11
Nov 4	Habakkuk	Hab 1:1-7; 2:1-4; 3:16-29
Dec 11	Daniel	Dan 3:1-30
Dec 18	Malachi	Mal 3:1-7; 4:1-2, 5
Dec 24	Christmas Eve	Luke 2:1-20
Dec 25	Christmas Day	Matt 1:18-25
Jan 1	John the Baptist and beginning of Jesus' ministry	Mark 1:1-20
Jan 8	People who meet Jesus (paralytic, tax collectors etc)	Mark 2:1-22
Jan 15	Parables about sowing and growing seeds	Mark 4:1-34
Jan 22	Gerasene demoniac	Mark 5:1-20
Jan 29	Jesus heals Jairus' daughter & a woman	Mark 5:21-43
Feb 5	Jesus rejected, sends the 12, John beheaded	Mark 6:1-29
Feb 12	What defiles a person	Mark 7:1-23
Feb 19	Transfiguration Sunday – Peter's confession & transfiguration	Mark 8:27-9:13
Feb 22	Ash Wed – Passion prediction, who is the greatest	Mark 9:30-50
Feb 26	Rich young ruler	Mark 10:17-31
March 4	Parable of the tenants	Mark 12:1-12
March 11	The great commandment	Mark 12:28-34
March 18	Scribes and the widow	Mark 12:38-44
March 25	The close of the age	Mark 13:1-12 [14-31] 32-37
April 1	Palm Sunday – entry to Jerusalem and/or	Mark 11:1-10
April 1	Anointing at Bethany & preparation for betrayal	Mark 14:3-11
April 5	Maundy Thursday – [26-50 prayer in Gethsemane & arrest]	Mark 14:12-25
April 6	Good Friday – Crucifixion	Mark 15:16-47
April 8	Easter	Mark 16:1-8
April 15	Resurrection message in Jerusalem (through word and healing)	Acts 3:1-26
April 22	Outreach at Antioch and beyond	Acts 11:19-27 and 13:1-3
April 29	Paul at Lystra	Acts 14:8-18
May 6	Church at Thessalonica	Acts 17:1-9 and 1 Thess 1:1-10
May 13	Churches in Galatia	Galatians 1:1-9; 5:1-6, 13-14
May 20	Church at Corinth	Acts 18:1-17 and 1 Cor 1:10-18
May 27	Pentecost – Gifts of the Spirit	1Cor 12:1-11

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