It took a year to read the Bible, then almost 9 months to read the Apocrypha. Now, I'm going to try to offer reflections on the Narrative Lectionary. But, I won't be posting daily--at least, for a while.

Monday, May 6, 2013

7th Sunday or Ascension Sunday?

copied from GBOD website:

Note: The Revised Common Lectionary presents two distinctive sets of readings for this Sunday (May 12)—Ascension Sunday and The Seventh Sunday of Easter. If you do not celebrate Ascension Day on May 9, you may wish to use the Ascension Sunday texts to bring prominence to this major celebration in the life of the Church. You and your planning team may also consider two other criteria in settling on the texts and focuses for worship on this Sunday:" 

You and your planning team may also consider two other criteria in settling on the texts and focuses for worship on this Sunday:
  1. Immediate concerns: Where does your worshiping community need to focus more today, given the recent events in their lives and the lives of their communities -- on the Ascension itself, or on what comes next? Do they need doctrinal grounding/explanation (Ascension) or do they need assurance/encouragement to take the next steps in acting on God's mission where you are? (Easter 7). Both are valid.
  2. Programmatic, Teaching Concerns: How does the choice of texts for today connect with the larger Eastertide plan and help you move from where you've been in the past weeks to what you plan to do with Pentecost and Trinity Sunday in the two weeks ahead?
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