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Seasonal Resources

We live by many calendars – social, seasonal, civil, and personal. The rhythm of our experiences and commitments shapes each of us and provides a context in which we can search for meaning in our personal lives, our relationships with God and others, through our work and play, in joy and pain, in our very living and dying. The church year gives us as Christians the same opportunity. At every point the focus is upon what God has done in Christ for all people in all ages, including our own day. In remembering and celebrating our Christian heritage we are not only drawn into the salvation story, but realize we as a people of God are part of the Story, to encounter and ponder, to proclaim and show forth Jesus Christ, who is “the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)

The church year gives us, as it has given Christian people throughout the ages, a way to live in Christ so that every year becomes the Year of Our Lord. So we mark our calendars Anno Domini, and with “Those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored” we “pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.”

The Sunday Readings:

  • The Prayer Book Guide to Christian Education (2009: Church Publishing) offers a variety of ideas for each Sunday of the church year as well as descriptions of the seasons and how to engage children, youth and adults in living out the season at home and in the community. Weekly postings on The Prayer Book Guide reflect on each Sunday’s lections (RCL). The above description of the church year is taken from this book.

For Advent and Christmas:

For Epiphany:

  • Epiphany Ideas that follow Year A (2011) readings, including Chalking the Door, Kings’ Cake and Feast of Lights service.

For Lent and Holy Week:

  • Lent Ideas that follow Year A (2011) readings, including bibliographies of devotionals, baptismal connections to the Sunday lections, Burying the Alleluia, Shrove Tuesday, and Ash Wednesday ideas.
  • Holy Week Ideas
  • Stations of the Cross

For Easter:

  • Simpler Easter - Ideas for making the Easter season simpler and environmentally friendly.

For Pentecost and Ordinary Time (Sundays after Pentecost):


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