Worshipfully Speaking – November 2015
NOVEMBER, SCRIPITURALLY SPEAKING
The autumn leaves are not the only ‘shift’ in the climate around the church. We will leave the sometimes combative Gospel of Mark as our lection-oriented preaching texts though, as you see below, we continue to offer the remaining Markan lections for personal reading and devotion until the last Sunday of the Christian Year, November 22. For November, our Sunday preaching texts have been chosen to speak in large part to our Stewardship emphasis for this year, “Let God Lead”. One of my favorite texts, from Matthew 10, will be our two-part ‘word’ for stewardship devotions and preparations. I think — I hope — you find each week’s free-chosen sermon texts far less harsh and vindictive than Mark’s lections seemed to be.
And even better good news is that the last Sunday of November—November 29—begins a whole new Christian Year, whose primary gospel lections will be drawn from the kinder, gentler Gospel of Luke—just in time for the upcoming Christmas Season around the corner!
NOVEMBER 1, 2015…ALL SAINTS DAY…TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Psalm 24 Isaiah 25.6-9 Revelation 21.1-6a John 11.32-44
Sermon Text: Romans 16.1-16
A Celebration of All Whose Lives Are a Blessing to Us
NOVEMBER 8, 2015….TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Psalm 127 Ruth 3.1-5; 4.13-17 Hebrews 9.24-28 Mark 12.38-44
Sermon Text: Matthew 10.16-33
Stewardship, Part 1: “The Whisper of God”
NOVEMBER 15, 2015………TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Psalm 113 1 Samuel 1.4-20 Hebrews 10.11-25 Mark 13.1-8
Sermon Text: Matthew 10.16-33
Stewardship, Part Two: “The Shout of Witness”
Noisy Offering for “No More Malaria”
NOVEMBER 22, 2015…..CHRIST THE KING…LAST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Psalm 132 2 Samuel 23.1-7 Revelation 1.4b-8 John 18.33-37
Being About the King’s Business
Stewardship Pledge Sunday: “Let God Lead”
A NEW CHRISTIAN YEAR BEGINS
NOVEMBER 29, 2015…………………………….FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Psalm 25 Jeremiah 33.14-16 1 Thessalonians 3.9-13 Luke 21.25-36
“Let There Be Hope!”
(The Lord our Righteousness Comes)
