Scripture Readings

Date – 8/6/2023
Sunday – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Color – Green
Old Testament – Isaiah 55:1-5
Epistle – Romans 9:1-13
Gospel – Matthew 14:13-21
Theme – TBD

Date – 8/13/2023
Sunday – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Old Testament – Job 38:4-18
Epistle – Romans 10:5-17
Gospel – Matthew 14:22-33
Theme – God is God and you are not

Date – 8/20/2023
Sunday – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Old Testament – Isaiah 56:1, 6-8
Epistle – Romans 11:1-2a, 13-15, 28-32
Gospel – Matthew 15:21-28
Theme – A powerful story

Date – 8/27/2023
Sunday – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Old Testament – Isaiah 51:1-6
Epistle – Romans 11:33-12:8
Gospel – Matthew 16:13-20
Theme – Some history and imagery

Date – 9/3/2023 “One 9:00 am service for Labor Day weekend”
Sunday – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Old Testament – Jeremiah 15:15-21
Epistle – Romans 12:9-21
Gospel – Matthew 16:21-28
Theme – Pick up your cross and follow Me with be the theme.

Date – 9/10/2023 – Rally Day – P.R.E.P.A.R.E.
Color – Outside in the tent
Old Testament – Isaiah 64:4-8
Epistle – 1 Corinthians 2:6-12
Gospel – John 17:11–19
Theme – Introduce the concept of PREPARE

Date – 9/17/2023
Sunday – P.R.E.P.A.R.E. Sermon Series – Pride
Color – Green
Old Testament – Numbers 22:21-38
Epistle – James 4:4b-8
Gospel – Luke 14:7-11
Theme – PRIDE

Date – 9/24/2023
Sunday – P.R.E.P.A.R.E. Sermon Series – Repentance
Color – Green
Old Testament – Job 42:1-6
Epistle – 2 Peter 3:8-9
Gospel – Luke 13:1-9
Theme – REPENTANCE

Date – 10/01/2023 – LWML Sunday
Sunday – P.R.E.P.A.R.E. Sermon Series – Educate
Color – Green
Old Testament – Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Epistle – 2 Timothy 3:10-17
Gospel – Matthew 28:16-20
Theme – EDUCATE

Date – 10/08/2023
Sunday – P.R.E.P.A.R.E. Sermon Series – Prayer
Color – Green
Old Testament – Psalm 18:1-6
Old Testament – Jonah 2:1-10
Gospel – Matthew 26:31-39
Theme – PRAYER

Date – 10/15/2023
Sunday – P.R.E.P.A.R.E. Sermon Series – Acclimate
Color – Green
Old Testament – 2 Kings 22:1-5, 8-11, 23:1-3
Epistle – Romans 12:1-2
Gospel – Mark 10:17-27
Theme – ACCLIMATE

Date – 10/22/2023
Sunday – P.R.E.P.A.R.E. Sermon Series – Readiness
Color – Green
Old Testament – Nehemiah 2:1-6, 4:10-11, 16-17
Epistle – 1 Peter 5:8-11
Gospel – Luke 12:35-40
Theme – READINESS

Date – 10/29/2023
Sunday – P.R.E.P.A.R.E. Sermon Series – Evangelize
Color – Red “Reformation Sunday as well”
Old Testament – Psalm 96:1-13
Epistle – Romans 1:14-17
Gospel – Luke 4:14-21
Theme – EVANGELIZE

Date – 11/5/2023 – All Saints Day
Sunday – All Saint’s Day
Color – White
First Reading – Revelation 7:9-17
Epistle – Psalm 149:1-9
Gospel – Matthew 5:1-12
Theme – All Saints Day