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The festivals and seasons of the Christian year (or liturgical calendar) offer a way to order the annual life of the church according to the life of Christ and the events of salvation history.
What are the liturgical seasons? The PC (USA) Directory for Worship says: God has provided a rhythm of seasons which orders life and influences the church’s worship.
This lectionary provides scripture readings for proclamation in public worship, following the Sundays, festivals and seasons of the Christian year (or liturgical calendar).
The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year, ecclesiastical calendar, or kalendar, [1] [2] consists of the cycle of liturgical days and seasons that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of scripture are to be read.
revival and liturgical traditions, your church may or may not use the New Revised Common Lectionary, which is a three-year list of an Old Testament, Psalm, Gospel, and Epistle reading for each Sunday and special holy days. When the three years are up, we start over again with Year A. What the lectionary does is help us experience the broad
Scripture texts are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Lections are from the Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings. See the Terms of Use for copyright details. The online Revised Common Lectionary is a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, a division of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries.
Seasonal Prayers after Communion provide another anchor to the Christian year, helping the congregation to experience different facets of the eucharistic meal. They also point from the table toward the church’s mission and ministry in the world. Blessings and Charges. Sentences of Scripture from lectionary texts are the basis for the Blessings
