- The Revised Common Lectionary is now in use by many denominations across the world. It provides a carefully organised approach to Bible readings across a three-year period, encouraging preachers and leaders of worship to explore a wide range of themes and to celebrate the seasons and festivals of the Church Year.
In these pages of the website you will find:
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the readings themselves listed Sunday by Sunday for the
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Principal Service - related readings
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Principal Service - continuous readings
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Second Service - continuous readings
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a brief summary of each reading
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a suggested theme for each service
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suggested hymns and songs for the day (some of them encouraging you to explore some less familiar territory)
There is a health warning! The list of readings is definitive, but the summaries cannot do full justice to the full Bible readings and the themes and hymns/songs can only be 'suggested'. Every preacher needs to be ready for fresh possibilities and insights.
Click on the month you want:
Meditations relating to the lectionary are being prepared by David Middleton, Methodist local preacher
The Principal Service lectionary is based on the Revised Common Lectionary, copyright © 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts (CCT), PO Box 840, Room 381, Nashville, TN 37202-0840, USA. Used with permission.
The lectionary for a Second Service (which forms part of the Common Worship Lectionary as published in The Christian Year:Calendar, Lectionary and Collects) is copyright © 1995, 1997 The Central Board of Finance of the Church of England. Used with permission.
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