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IN THE SANCTUARY

DURING JUNE, 2005

Sunday, June 5th:
COMMUNION SUNDAY
8:30 am Worship
10:00am Worship with Sunday School and Nursery Care

Sunday, June 12th:
NAMETAG SUNDAY
8:30 am Worship
10:00am Worship with Sunday School and Nursery Care
BAPTISM of Elizabeth Anne Burbank

SUMMER SCHEDULE STARTS

Sunday, June 19th:
FATHERS’ DAY
9:00 am Worship
with Group Sunday School

Sunday, June 26th:
9:00 am Worship
with Group Sunday School
BAPTISM
of Mary Louise Marsden

Stratham Community Church, 6 Emery Lane, PO Box 143, Stratham, NH 03885
Phone: 603-772-3389 www.strathamchurch.org email: findfaith@strathamchurch.org

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What is the Revised Common Lectionary?

So many people ask me that question, so here is an explanation. The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) was produced by an ecumenical body formed in the mid-1960s for consultation on worship renewal among the Christian churches of the United States and Canada. The RCL gives a scheme of readings for Sundays and a few main feast days. Users of the RCL will read the greater part of the Bible in three years. Year A (beginning Advent 1998, 2001, 2004...) concentrates on the Gospel of Matthew, while Year B focuses on the Gospel of Mark; Year C focuses on Luke. The Gospel of John is read chiefly around Christmas, Lent , Easter and during Year B because Mark is shorter than the other two Synoptic Gospels. Readings from the rest of the New Testament, the Old Testament and the Psalms round out the selection for each week. Sometimes readings from the Apocryphal / Deutero-Canonical books (found in the Catholic Bible) appear in the lectionary. When this occurs, there is always an alternative reading from the Old Testament.

The term lectionary can be applied to a scheme of readings or to the readings themselves, and it is generally published in book form. Various denominational publishers make the readings available as a single book or a leaflet form for distribution to congregations.

The RCL is available on-line at Vanderbilt

University

(http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary) or in book form, published by Abingdon Press.

We are currently in year A, which began on November 28, 2004 and will end on November 20, 2005. Generally, the sermons are lectionary based, but they are not always in the

correct order. If you would like to start reading the Bible this summer, the lectionary is a great way to begin. It only takes a few minutes a week. If you have any further questions, or if you do not have access to a computer, please give me a call.

I've never been a great lectionary preacher just because everybody else does it. But, this resource does have some advantages, and I have been trying to use the lectionary more often. So, at the present time, my sermons should reflect these readings, barring the dog eating the manuscript or the computer blowing up. Happy reading and have a restful and safe summer.

Blessings,

David

Below are the readings for the month of June:

June 5, 2005

Genesis 12:1-9; Psalm 33:1-12 or Hosea 5:15-6:6 ; Psalm 50:7-15; Romans 4:13-25; Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

June 12, 2005

Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7); Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 or Exodus 19:2-8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)

June 19, 2005

Genesis 21:8-21; Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 or Jeremiah 20:7-13; Psalm 69:7-10, (11-15), 16-18; Romans 6:1b-11; Matthew 10:24-39

June 26, 2005

Genesis 22:1-14; Psalm 13 or

Jeremiah 28:5-9; Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18;