St. Johns Lutheran Church

Sermon Texts

The table below contains the ancient or historic pericope, The Thomasius Selections, The Wuerttemberg Selections, The Hamburg Pericopes, and the Eisenach Selections. The historic pericopes will be used for the Epistle and Gospel readings. The sermon text will mainly be the Epistle text from the Thomasius Selections or from its Old Testament text.

Next Sunday's sermon text will be highlighted in gold in the table below

Next Sunday's Epistle and Gospel texts will be highlighted in purple in the table below

Scripture Lessons "Pericope" is the name given to the part of the Bible which is selected for reading on a particular Sunday. This is from a Greek word meaning "cut around". A "lectionary" (from the Latin word for "reading") is a book or list containing all the pericopes for a liturgical year. In the early church, the pericopes often formed a continuous reading through a book of the Bible. This pattern is still found to some degree in the present lectionary; but as the church year developed through history, the pericopes were keyed more and more to the themes of the developing seasons and festivals. The use of standard pericopes ensures a balanced and complete presentation of the truths found in the whole Bible. The Jewish synagogue during the time of the Apostles' had readings, one from the law (books of Moses) and one from the prophets, followed by an address concerning them. Acts 13:15

Early Christians continued these readings in their worship, later adding readings from the epistles as they were written, and then from the Gospels. Colossians 4:16 For a long while in recent history, Old Testament lessons were not commonly read, but now they are once again being restored to their proper place in worship. The response to the Old Testament and Epistle lessons, "Thanks be to God", found in Divine Service I of Lutheran Worship, originated as a password given to the door keeper of a worship service during times of persecution in the early church. "Epistle" is the Latin word meaning "letter". These books of the Bible were first written as letters sent by the Apostles to churches and individuals. The scripture lessons build to a climax in the Gospel. The Old Testament lesson, pointing toward its fulfillment in the Gospel, is first followed by the epistle, which often applies the message of the Gospel.

It is incumbent upon the minister or pastor to divide the Word of truth. this duty applies not only to the particular text upon which he happens to be preaching, but also to the whole round of truth which he expounds and applies. Because carefully selected pericope texts take the whole range of divine truth into purview, the minister who follows a stated pericope series can, in the course of the Church Year, touch upon practically all of the vital truths of faith and life.

THE HISTORIC PERICOPES
The most familiar series of texts for the Church Year are the ancient or historic pericopes, which include lessons from both the Gospels and the Epistles. These have been in use from the earliest times and with only slight variations are still used today in the Lutheran, Episcopalian, and Roman rites. These were read in The Service and usually formed the text for the sermon so that in time they became a sort of Bible for the worshiper containing a great sotre of priceless truths made living through serial preaching upon them. They are supplemented here by a series of Old Testament selections made by the Commission on a Common Liturgy. These Old Testament selections, paralleling the Epistle and the Gospel selections, add variety and stimulation for the preacher without changing the essentials.

THE THOMASIUS SELECTIONS
For seventeen years Gottfried Thomasius was an active pastor in Erlangen and Nurember. In 1842 he accepted the position of professor of dogmatics at the University of Erlangen and exerted an influence equalled by few teachers of his time. In 1865 the General Synod of Bavaria approved a pericope system arranged by him and recommended it for use in the churches in Bavaria. The selections offer a series of Gospel, Epistle, and Old Testament texts

THE WUERTTEMBERG SELECTIONS
The Wuerttemberg Selections date back to 1843 when they were published in the Kirchenbuch (Church Book) of the Evangelical Church of that province. As in other provincial churches, the historic pericopes were supplemented by newer selections which take the entire Scriptures into purview although the Wuerttemberg Selections include only three texts from the Old Testament.

THE HAMBURG PERICOPES
Four series of pericopes were introduce in 1843 in the provincial Church of Hamburg. Of these, two were based on the historic Epistle and Gospel selections with only slight variations and are therefore not listed. Those here given consist of Epistle and Gospel selections with the addition of fifteen texts from the Book of Acts in the non-festival half of the Church Year. In addition, five texts from the Psalms and the Prophets are interspersed among the Gospel selections. The Epistles also contain a number of texts from the Prophets as well as one from the Book of Revelation.

THE EISENACH SELECTIONS
The Evangelische-Kirchliche Konferenz,formed in 1852, became the official bond between the Evangelical State Churches of Germany. Although its decisions were only advisory, the Eisenach Conference accomplished much in the field of hymnology, liturgiology, administration, and policy. In 1896 the Conference approved the work of a committee which had been named to revise the historic pericopes and to supplement them with a series of Epistle, Gospel,and Old Testament selections. These Eisenach Selections came into quite general use in Germany and later also in America. They are included in the General Rubrics of the Common Service Book and will appear also in the Common Lutheran Hymnal.

The sermon text will be the Epistle text from the Thomasius Selections

Sunday, Feast, or Festival		HISTORIC PERICOPES	THOMASIUS SELECTIONS	WUERTTEMBERG SELECTIONS	HUMBURG PERICOPES	EISENACH SELECTIONS
The First Sunday in Advent	Epistle	Romans 13:11-14	Revelation 1:4-8	Romans 14:17-19	Jeremiah 31:31-34	Hebrews 10:19-25
	Gospel	Matthew 21:1-9	Luke 1:68-79	Luke 17:20-25	Matthew 3:1-6	Luke 1:68-79
	Old Testament		Isaiah 61:1-3
The Second Sunday in Advent	Epistle	Romans 15:4-13	I Timothy 6:11-16	Romans 14:7-12	Ephesians 1:3-6	II Peter 1:3-11
	Gospel	Luke 21:25-36	Luke 17:20-30	Luke 12:35-48	Matthew 3:7-12	Luke 17:20-30
	Old Testament		Malachi 4:1-6
The Third Sunday in Advent	Epistle	I Corinthians 4:1-5	Romans 2:12-16	Acts 3:19-26	I Corinthians 3:11-17	II Timothy 4:5-8
	Gospel	Matthew 11:2-10	Matthew 3:1-12	Luke 3:2-18	Matthew 10:32-42	Matthew 3:1-11
	Old Testament		Isaiah 40:1-10
The Fourth Sunday in Advent	Epistle	Philippians 4:4-7	I Corinthians 1:26-29	I John 1:1-4	I Timothy 1:12-17	I John 1:1-4
	Gospel	John 1:19-28	Luke 1:46-55	John 3:22-36	Luke 17:20-24	John 1:15-18
	Old Testament		Isaiah 2:2-5
Christmas Day. The Nativity of Our Lord	Epistle	Titus 2:11-14	Hebrews 1:1-6	Ephesians 1:3-8	Hebrews 1:1-6	I John 3:1-5
	Gospel	Luke 2:1-14	Luke 2:1-20	Luke 2:1-14 John 1:14-18	John 1:1-14	Matthew 1:18-23
	Old Testament		Isaiah 9:6-7
The Second Christmas Day	Epistle	Titus 3:4-7	I John 1:1-4		I John 4:9-11
	Gospel	Luke 2:15-20	John 1:1-14		Luke 19:10
	Old Testament		Micah 5:1-3
The Sunday after Christmas	Epistle	Galatians 4:1-7	II Timothy 4:3-8	I Timothy 3:16	Jude 17-21	II Corinthians 5:1-9
	Gospel	Luke 2:33-40	Luke 2:22-32	Luke 1:46-55	Psalm 90:1-12	Luke 2:25-32
	Old Testament		Isaiah 63:7-17
New Year's Eve	Epistle	II Timothy 4:14-18
	Gospel	Luke 12:4-9		Psalm 90:2-6
	Old Testament
New Year's Day	Epistle	Galatians 3:23-29	Hebrews 13:8	Hebrews 13:8, 14 and 10:35	Hebrews 13:14	Romans 8:24-32
	Gospel	Luke 2:21	Luke 13:6-9	Psalm 90:2-6 we will be using Psalm 111	Psalm 111	Luke 4:16-21
	Old Testament		Lamentations 3:22-32
The Sunday after New Year's Day	Epistle	I Peter 4:12-19	Acts 19:1-7	I Thessalonians 5:5-10	James 4:13-17	James 4:13-17
	Gospel	Matthew 2:13-23	Mark 6:20-29	John 12:44-50	Matthew 16:1-4	Matthew 16:1-4
	Old Testament		Psalm 73:23-28
The Epiphany of Our Lord	Epistle	Isaiah 60:1-6	I John 3:1-6	Isaiah 42:1-8	Isaiah 55:3-11	II Corinthians 4:3-6
	Gospel	Matthew 2:1-12	Matthew 3:13-17	Matthew 2:1-12	Isaiah 42:1-8	Matthew 3:13-17
	Old Testament		Isaiah 49:1-9
The First Sunday after Epiphany	Epistle	Romans 12:1-5	Romans 10:12-21	Ephesians 6:1-4	I Peter 2:1-4	II Corinthians 6:14-7:1
	Gospel	Luke 2:41-52	John 1:36-51	Mark 10:13-16	Matthew 3:13-17	John 1:35-42
	Old Testament		Deuteronomy 6:1-9
The Second Sunday after Epiphany	Epistle	Romans 12:6-16	Romans 10:1-12	Romans 1:16-25	Ephesians 4:11-15	I Corinthians 2:6-16
	Gospel	John 2:1-11	Luke 4:14-22	Luke 4:14-24	Mark 6:17-29	John 1:43-51
	Old Testament		Isaiah 8:20-22
The Third Sunday after Epiphany	Epistle	Romans 12:17-21	Romans 5:1-5	Romans 5:1-5	Ephesians 2:4-10	Romans 1:13-20
	Gospel	Matthew 8:1-13	Matthew 11:25-30	John 4:5-14	Mark 1:14-22	John 4:5-14
	Old Testament		Numbers 24:10-17
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany	Epistle	Romans 13:8-10	I John 1:5-10	Romans 2:4-11	I Timothy 6:6-11	Romans 7:7-16
	Gospel	Matthew 8:23-27	John 8:12-16	John 4:15-26	John 1:43-51	John 4:31-42
	Old Testament		Isaiah 51:1-12
The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany	Epistle	Colossians 3:12-17	I John 4:7-17	Acts 16:9-15	II Corinthians 6:14-18	Romans 8:1-9
	Gospel	Matthew 13:24-30	John 6:26-35	Matthew 9:35-38	Matthew 10:16-31	Matthew 7:24-29
	Old Testament		Jeremiah 18:1-10
The Transfiguration of Our Lord (The Last Sunday After Epiphany)	Epistle	II Peter 1:16-21	I Peter 1:3-21	Acts 13:42-52	Hebrews 4:12-16	II Corinthians 3:12-18
	Gospel	Matthew 17:1-9	Luke 7:1-10	Luke 6:1-10	Luke 9:57-62	John 5:39-47
	Old Testament		Exodus 3:1-6
Septuagesima Sunday	Epistle	I Corinthians 9:24-10:5	II Peter 1:3-11	Acts 9:36-42	Romans 5:1-5	Philippians 1:27-2:4
	Gospel	Matthew 20:1-16	John 7:14-17	Matthew 11:16-24	Luke 10:38-42	Luke 10:38-42
	Old Testament		Daniel 5:17-30 Daniel 4:31-34
Sexagesima Sunday	Epistle	II Corinthians 11:19-12:9	II Corinthians 3:12-18	Hebrews 10:19-29	II Peter 1:2-9	Philippians 1:12-21
	Gospel	Luke 8:4-15	Matthew 17:1-9	John 8:21-29	Matthew 11:25-30	John 11:20-27
	Old Testament		Isaiah 25:1-9
Quinquagesima Sunday	Epistle	I Corinthians 13:1-13	I Corinthians 1:18-24	II Corinthians 11:23-30	Hebrews 2:9-18	I Corinthians 1:21-31
	Gospel	Luke 18:31-43	Mark 10:32-45 Mark 8:27-38	Matthew 16:21-23	Matthew 16:21-27	Mark 10:35-45 John 11:47-57
	Old Testament		Jeremiah 8:19-22
Ash Wednesday	Epistle	Joel 2:12-19
	Gospel	Matthew 6:16-21
	Old Testament
Invocavit. The First Sunday in Lent	Epistle	II Corinthians 6:1-10	Hebrews 12:14-17	I Peter 1:17-25	I Corinthians 1:18-25	Hebrews 4:15-16
	Gospel	Matthew 4:1-11	Matthew 11:20-24	John 2:13-22	Luke 20:9-20	Matthew 16:21-26 Luke 22:39-46
	Old Testament		Jeremiah 2:17-19 Jeremiah 3:22-23
Reminiscere. The Second Sunday in Lent	Epistle	I Thessalonians 4:1-7	Hebrews 2:10-15	James 1:2-12	I Peter 4:1-5	I John 2:12-17
	Gospel	Matthew 15:21-28	John 8:21-30	Matthew 12:38-42	Luke 7:36-50	Luke 10:17-20 Luke 22:54-62
	Old Testament		Exodus 14:13-21 Isaiah 52:7-17
Oculi. The Third Sunday in Lent	Epistle	Ephesians 5:1-9	Hebrews 5:7-10	II Corinthians 1:3-7	I Peter 1:13-25	I Peter 1:13-16
	Gospel	Luke 11:14-28	John 10:24-33	John 6:47-56	Luke 13:1-9	Luke 9:51-56 Luke 22:63-71
	Old Testament		Genesis 22
Laetare. The Fourth Sunday in Lent	Epistle	Galatians 4:21-31	Hebrews 10:1-14	Hebrews 10:5-18	I Timothy 6:12-16	II Corinthians 7:4-10
	Gospel	John 6:1-15	John 11:47-57	John 6:57-69	John 12:42-50	John 6:47-57 Matthew 27:15-31
	Old Testament		Isaiah 42:1-8
Judica. Passion Sunday	Epistle	Hebrews 9:11-15	Hebrews 7:24-27 Hebrews 4:14-16	II Corinthians 5:14-21	Romans 8:31-39	I Peter 1:17-25
	Gospel	John 8:46-59	John 12:23-33	John12:20-32	John 8:25-36	John 13:31-35 Luke 23:27-34
	Old Testament		Numbres 21:4-9
Palmarum. The Sixth Sunday in Lent	Epistle	Philippians 2:5-11	Hebrews 12:1-6		Hebrews 12:1-6	Hebrews 12:1-6
	Gospel	Matthew 21:1-9	John 12:1-19	blank We will be using Isaiah 32:1-4	John 12:23-33	John 12:1-8
	Old Testament		Zechariah 9:8-12
Thursday in Holy Week	Epistle	I Corinthians 11:23-32	I Corinthians 10:16-17 I Corinthians 11:28-32		I Corinthians 10:16-22	I Corinthians 10:16-17
	Gospel	John 13:1-15	John 13:1-17 Luke 22:14-23		Luke 22:14-22	Luke 22:14-20
	Old Testament		Exodus 12:1-14
Good Friday	Epistle	Isaiah 52:13-53:12	Hebrews 10:19-23 II Corinthians 5:14-21			II Corinthians 5:14-21
	Gospel	John 18:1-19:42	Matthew 27:29-56			Luke 23:39-46
	Old Testament		Isaiah 53:1-7
Easter Day. The Resurrection of Our Lord	Epistle	I Corinthians 5:6-8	I Peter 1:3-9	I Corinthians 15:51-58	I Peter 1:3-9	I Corinthians 15:12-20
	Gospel	Mark 16:1-8	Matthew 28:1-8	Matthew 28:1-10 John 20:11-18	Matthew 28:1-10	Matthew 28:1-10
	Old Testament		Isaiah 53:8-12 Job 19:22-27
Monday after Easter	Epistle	Acts 10:34-41	I Corinthians 15:12-22		I Corinthians 15:12-22	I Corinthians 15:54-58
	Gospel	Luke 24:13-35	John 20:11-18		John 20:11-18	John 20:11-18
	Old Testament		Isaiah 26:13-20 Psalm 118:24-29
Quasi Modo Geniti. The First Sunday after Easter	Epistle	I John 5:4-10	I John 4:1-6 I Peter 1:22-25	II Timothy 2:1-13	I Corinthians 15:50-58	I Peter 1:3-9
	Gospel	John 20:19-31	John 21:15-24 John 6:65-71	Luke 24:36-47	John 11:25-27	John 21:15-19
	Old Testament		Genesis 32:22-31
Misericordias Domini. The Second Sunday after Easter	Epistle	I Peter 2:21-25	Revelation 2:1-5	Revelation 7:13-17	Romans 10:9-17	Ephesians 2:4-10
	Gospel	John 10:11-16	John 21:1-14	John 10:22-30	Luke 24:36-47	John 14:1-6
	Old Testament		Exekiel 34:11-16 Exekiel 34:23-31
Jubilate. The Third Sunday after Easter	Epistle	I Peter 2:11-20	Revelation 3:1-6	Acts 4:8-20	II Corinthians 4:6-11	I John 4:9-14
	Gospel	John 16:16-23	John 10:1-11	Matthew 10:16-20	John 21:1-14	John 12:20-26
	Old Testament		Isaiah 61:10-11
Cantate. The Fourth Sunday after Easter	Epistle	James 1:16-21	Rvelation 3:7-11	I Thessalonians 2:9-13	I John 2:14-17	II Timothy 2:8-13
	Gospel	John 16:5-15	John 15:1-11	Matthew 10:24-33	John 21:15-19	John 6:60-69
	Old Testament		Isaiah 5:1-7
Rogate. The Fifth Sunday after Easter	Epistle	James 1:22-27	Revelation 3:14-22	I Timothy 6:11-16	James 1:2-12	I Timothy 2:1-6
	Gospel	John 16:23-30	John 14:13-21	Luke 11:9-13	John 21:20-25	Luke 11:5-13
	Old Testament		Isaiah 54:7-13
The Ascension of Our Lord	Epistle	Acts 1:1-11	Ephesians 1:15-23	Hebrews 4:14-16	Colossians 3:1-4	Colossians 3:1-4
	Gospel	Mark 16:14-20	Luke 24:50-53	Luke 24:49-53	Luke 24:49-53	Luke 24:50-53 John 17:11-26
	Old Testament		Psalm 110
Exaudi. The Sunday after the Ascension	Epistle	I Peter 4:7-11	I John 3:19-24	(Official) Colossians 3:1-10 (Actual) Hebrews 4:14-16 and Colossians 3:1-2	I John 5:9-15	Ephesians 1:15-23
	Gospel	John 15:26-16:4	John 14:1-12	John 7:33-39	Mark 4:26-32	John 7:33-39
	Old Testament		Isaiah 64:1-2
The Festival of Pentecost. Whitsunday	Epistle	Acts 2:1-13	Hebrews 8:8-11	Acts 2:32-41	Ephesians 1:9-14	Ephesians 2:10-22
	Gospel	John 14:23-31	John 7:37-39	John 14:15-21	Acts 2:38-41	John 14:15-21
	Old Testament		Isaiah 44:1-6
The Monday in Whitsun-Week	Epistle	Acts 10:42-48	Acts 2:22-39	I Corinthians 2:7-16	Ephesians 2:19-22	Ephesians 4:11-16
	Gospel	John 3:16-21	John 4:19-24	Ezekiel 36:26, 27	Acts 2:42-47	John 15:9-16
	Old Testament		Ezekiel 32:22-28 Exekiel 36:22-28
The Festival of the Holy Trinity	Epistle	Romans 11:33-36	I Corinthians 12:4-13	Titus 3:4-8	I Corinthians 2:7-14	Ephesians 1:3-14 II Corinthians 13:11-14
	Gospel	John 3:1-15	Matthew 28:18-20	Matthew 28:18-20 we will be using Isaiah 48:16-17	Matthew 28:16-20	Matthew 28:16-20
	Old Testament		Isaiah 6:3-7 Numbers 6:22-27
The First Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	I John 4:16-21	Acts 2:42-47	Acts 2:42-47	James 2:8-13	Acts 4:32-35
	Gospel	Luke 16:19-31	Mark 4:26-29	Mark 4:26-32	Acts 4:1-12	Matthew 13:31-35
	Old Testament		Genesis 12:1-4
The Second Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	I John 3:13-18	Acts 3:1-10	I John 1:5-2:2	James 2:14-24	Romans 10:1-15
	Gospel	Luke 14:16-24	Matthew 9:9-13	Luke 15:11-32	Acts 4:13-21	Matthew 9:9-13
	Old Testament		Genesis 15:1-6
The Third Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	I Peter 5:6-11	Acts 4:1-12	Acts 5:34-42	James 4:1-10	Acts 3:1-16
	Gospel	Luke 15:1-10	Matthew 5:1-6	Matthew 15:1-14	Matthew 19:3-9	Luke 15:11-32
	Old Testament		Genesis 17:1-9
The Fourth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Romans 8:18-23	Acts 8:26-38	Acts 9:1-20	II Timothy 3:12-17	Acts 4:1-12
	Gospel	Luke 6:36-42	Matthew 5:7-12	Matthew 8:5-13	Luke 4:16-21	Matthew 5:13-16
	Old Testament		Genesis 18:20-33
The Fifth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	I Peter 3:8-15	Acts 9:1-19	Philippians 3:8-14	Galatians 2:16-21	Acts 5:34-42
	Gospel	Luke 5:1-11	Matthew 7:24-29	Luke 10:38-42	Luke 12:15-21	Luke 9:18-26
	Old Testament		Genesis 19:15-26
The Sixth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Romans 6:3-11	Acts 14:8-18	Ephesians 2:4-10	I Thessalonians 4:9-12	Acts 8:26-38
	Gospel	Matthew 5:20-26	Matthew 19:16-26	John 5:19-29	John 4:5-24	Matthew 21:28-32
	Old Testament		Genesis 25:7-10
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Romans 6:19-23	Acts 16:22-33	Hebrews 12:5-11	I Peter 2:5-10	I Timothy 6:6-12
	Gospel	Mark 8:1-9	Matthew 13:44-46	Luke 13:10-17	Acts 5:34-42	Mark 4:26-29
	Old Testament		Genesis 28:10-22
The Eighth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Romans 8:12-17	Acts 16:12-15	I Timothy 6:6-10	I Timothy 4:1-9	Acts 16:16-32
	Gospel	Matthew 7:15-23	Mark 8:34-38	Matthew 19:16-26	Luke 17:7-10	Matthew 12:46-50
	Old Testament		Exodus 3:1-14
The Ninth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	I Corinthians 10:6-13	Acts 24:22-26	Acts 17:24-31	II Timothy 2:3-13	Acts 17:16-34
	Gospel	Luke 16:1-9	Matthew 14:22-34	Matthew 16:24-28	Acts 8:14-24	Matthew 13:44-46
	Old Testament		Exodus 17:1-7
The Tenth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	I Corinthians 12:1-11	Acts 7:54-59	I Timothy 1:12-17	Romans 1:16-21	Acts 20:17-38
	Gospel	Luke 19:41-48	Matthew 23:34-39	Luke 19:1-10	Acts 8:36-39	Matthew 23:24-39
	Old Testament		Deuteronomy 32:1-9
The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	I Corinthians 15:1-10	Acts 17:15-34	James 2:13-17	Romans 3:23-31	Romans 8:33-39
	Gospel	Luke 18:9-14	Matthew 16:13-20	Mark 12:41-44 We wil be using Isaiah 66:1-4	Luke 9:49-56	Luke 7:36-50
	Old Testament		I Samuel 7:5-12
The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	II Corinthians 3:4-11	Acts 19:23-40	Romans 7:18-8:4	Philippians 1:12-18	Acts 16:9-15
	Gospel	Mark 7:31-37	Matthew 13:31-35	John 8:31-35	Acts 9:1-20	John 8:31-36
	Old Testament		I samuel 16:1-13
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Galatians 3:15-22	Acts 20:17-38	Philippians 2:1-11	Philippians 2:1-4	I Peter 2:1-10
	Gospel	Luke 10:23-37	Matthew 5:13-19	Luke 6:20-31	Luke 15:11-19	Mark 12:41-44
	Old Testament		II Samuel 12:1-10
The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Galatians 5:16-24	Ephesians 2:19-22	II Peter 1:2-11	Philippians 3:8-16	I Timothy 1:12-17
	Gospel	Luke 17:11-19	Matthew 10:16-22 Matthew 10:28-38	Matthew 13:44-50	Luke 15:20-32	John 5:1-14
	Old Testament		Proverbs 4:14-23
The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Galatians 5:25-6:10	Ephesians 4:8-16	I John 2:12-17	Romans 14:1-12	II Thessalonians 3:6-13
	Gospel	Matthew 6:24-34	Luke 11:5-13 Luke 18:1-8	Luke 12:13-21	Acts 14:8-20	John 11:1-11
	Old Testament		I Kings 17:1-16
The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Ephesians 3:13-21	I thessalonians 5:14-24	I John 2:28-3:8	Romans 14:13-23	Hebrews 12:18-24
	Gospel	Luke 7:11-17	Matthew 25:14-30	John 15:1-11	Acts 16:16-34	Matthew 11:25-30
	Old Testament		I Kings 17:17-24
The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Ephesians 4:1-6	James 3:13-18	Hebrews 4:9-13	Romans 7:18-25	Hebrews 4:9-13
	Gospel	Luke 14:1-11	Luke 10:38-42	John 9:1-7	Acts 17:16-28	Matthew 12:1-8
	Old Testament		Proverbs 16:1-9
The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	I Corinthians 1:4-9	II Corinthians 7:6-10	I John 4:7-12	Romans 13:1-7	James 2:10-17
	Gospel	Matthew 22:34-46	Luke 7:36-50	John 9:24-39	Mark 10:35-45	Mark 10:17-27
	Old Testament		Jeremiah 17:5-10
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Ephesians 4:22-28	II Thessalonians 3:5-12	James 3:13-18	Colossians 3:17-4:1	James 5:13-20
	Gospel	Matthew 9:1-8	Matthew 12:1-13	Luke 7:36-50	Acts 19:23-40	John 9:24-41
	Old Testament		I Kings 19:1-18
The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Ephesians 5:15-21	Ephesians 6:1-9	I Timothy 2:1-6	James 3:13-18	Romans 14:1-9
	Gospel	Matthew 22:1-14	Luke 19:1-5	Luke 18:1-8	Acts 20:17-38	John 15:1-8
	Old Testament		I Kings 21:17-25
The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Ephesians 6:10-17	II Corinthians 8:1-12 I Timothy 6:3-12	I Corinthians 15:35-40 (We will be using the text from the 20th Sunday) I Timothy 2:1-6	I John 3:1-3	Ephesians 6:1-9
	Gospel	John 4:46-54	Luke 12:15-21	John 11:32-45	Acts 21:8-14	Mark 10:13-16
	Old Testament		Isaiah 30:15-19
The Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Philippians 1:3-11	James 5:7-11	II Corinthians 4:11-18	II Thessalonians 3:6-13	Hebrews 13:1-9
	Gospel	Matthew 18:23-35	Luke 10:17-22	Matthew 22:23-33	Acts 24:24-27	Luke 9:57-62
	Old Testament		Zephaniah 3:14-20
The Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Philippians 3:17-21	Colossians 3:1-4 Hebrews 4:9-13	Revelation 21:1-8	Philippians 1:21-30	I Timothy 4:4-11
	Gospel	Matthew 22:15-22	Luke 13:23-30	Luke 14:16-24	Mark 12:38-44	Matthew 10:24-33
	Old Testament		Haggai 2:1-10
The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	Colossians 1:9-14	I Thessalonians 5:1-11	Hebrews 11:1-10	II Timothy 4:1-8	I Thessalonians 5:14-24
	Gospel	Matthew 9:18-26	Matthew 24:1-14	Matthew 16:5-12	Luke 20:27-40	John 10:23-30
	Old Testament		Isaiah 63:1-9
The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	I Thessalonians 4:13-18	II Thessalonians 2:1-12	James 4:4-10	II Corinthians 5:1-10	Hebrews 10:32-39
	Gospel	Matthew 24:15-28	John 11:21-27	Matthew 21:33-43	John 14:1-6	John 5:19-29
	Old Testament		Isaiah 35:4-10
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	II Peter 3:3-14	Revelation 7:9-17 Hebrews 12:18-24	Hebrews 12:18-24	Revelation 21:1-7	Revelation 2:8-11
	Gospel	II Thessalonians 1:3-10	John 5:19-29	Matthew 25:14-30	Matthew 24:42-51	Luke 19:11-27
	Old Testament
The Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Trinity	Epistle	I Thessalonians 5:1-11	Revelation 21:1-7	I Thessalonians 5:14-24	Hebrews 12:22-25	Revelation 7:9-17
	Gospel	Matthew 25:1-13	Luke 12:35-46	Mark 13:33-37	Matthew 5:8-12	Luke 12:35-43
	Old Testament
The Festival of the Reformation	Epistle	Revelation 14:6-7	Hebrews 13:7-9	This was blank Added our Reformation service text Jude 3-4		I Corinthians 3:11-23
	Gospel	Matthew 11:12-15	John 2:15-17 John 8:30-36	This was blank Added our Reformation service text II Choronicles 34:29-33	This was blank Added our Reformation service text Matthew 4:16	John 2:13-17
	Old Testament		Psalm 87:1-3 II Chronicles 29:12-19
Thanksgiving (Historic) The Festival of Harvest (Eisenach)	Epistle	I Timothy 2:1-8	II Corinthians 9:6-15	none (we will be using) Psalm 100		II Corinthians 9:6-11
	Gospel	Luke 17:11-19	Matthew 15:29-39 Luke 12:15-21			John 6:24-29
	Old Testament		Psalm 145:15-21 Deuteronomy 26:1-11
The Festival of Missions	Epistle		Acts 13:44-49 Acts 16:8-10
	Gospel		Matthew 9:35-38			John 6:24-29
	Old Testament		Psalm 69
A Day of Humiliation and Prayer	Epistle		Hebrews 12:12-15
	Gospel		Luke 13:1-5
	Old Testament		Daniel 9:3-19