One Deacon's Journey

Many main line Protestant churches use the Revised Common Lectionary as a resource for preaching and worship planning. As a personal practice, I use the suggested readings as part of my regular discipline of devotions and reading. There are several places I like to go to preview upcoming lectionary texts. The first is the General Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church. This UMC resource provides endless resources for weekly, seasonal and topical worship services. Included with the full lectionary readings for the week are suggested hymns, prayers and other liturgies.

My second ‘go to’ site is the library at Vanderbuilt University.  Here you will also find suggested art and prayers as well as weekly scriptural reflections.