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CHURCH YEAR SEASONS
The Christian Year calendar is our guide for worship and Christian faith formation. The beginning of the Christian year is the season of Advent, approximately four weeks before Christmas Day, and continues with special days and seasons following the life of Christ and the mission of the church.
There are two major cycles in the Christian Year. One is the Advent-Christmas-Epiphany cycle that is focused upon Christmas and the mission of the church. The other is the Lent-Easter-Pentecost cycle that has Easter as its focus. The Season after Pentecost is sometimes referred to as “ordinary time.” This is not because they are “ordinary” days. Ordinary is taken from the word for “ordinal” numbers. The Sundays during this time are designated by the “first,” “second,” “third,” Sunday after Pentecost, for example. Therefore, they are designated “ordinary” time because of using ordinal numbers to mark them.
Seasons of Church Year
ADVENT
From the Latin word, adventus, Advent means “arrival” or “coming” and marks the coming of Jesus as human being into the world. Including the four Sundays prior to Christmas day, this season is used as a time of preparing for the coming of the Christ child. Advent marks the beginning of the church year and is the first season in the Christian calendar. While many people think of January 1 as the beginning of a new year, the church year begins with Advent.
CHRISTMAS
The season of Christmas is actually a period of twelve days which begins on Christmas Day and continues through January 5. We typically think of the season of Christmas as beginning after Thanksgiving and concluding on December 25. However, for the Church, December 25 is the culmination of Advent waiting, and marks the beginning of Christmas.
EPIPHANY
The Day of Epiphany follows the twelve days of Christmas. Epiphany, as a day and season of celebration, has been around as long as the celebration of Christmas. Our January 6 celebration, as Christians, emphasizes the epiphany, or manifestation of God, and represents the revelation of God to the world in Jesus Christ.
LENT
Lent is a season of prayer, penance, and self-discipline, beginning on the Wednesday of the seventh week before Easter. The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is forty days prior to Easter, not counting Sundays. The sixth Sunday in Lent is Palm Sunday, which begins Holy Week. Holy Week includes Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and officially ends on Holy Saturday. Easter Sunday then begins the season of Easter which lasts for seven weeks.
EASTER
Easter Day commemorates the day of resurrection of Jesus following the crucifixion. Easter is more than a day of celebration in the Christian calendar; it includes a period of seven weeks, and is known as The Great Fifty Days. The full period of Easter continues from Easter Sunday to the day of Pentecost.
PENTECOST
The day of Pentecost is the Sunday following the end of the fifty days of Easter. The Day of Pentecost commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit to the followers of Jesus in the immediate days after the ascension of Jesus.
THE SEASON OF PENTECOST – Year B
October 6, 2024
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-4
Sermon: “Our Global Kinship” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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September 29, 2024
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Mark 9:38-50
Sermon: “Boundless Ministry” – Mack Dennis, pastor
September 22, 2024
The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: James 4:1-10
Sermon: “The Art of Belonging, Pt. 3: Holy” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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September 15, 2024
The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: James 3:1-12
Sermon: “The Art of Belonging, Pt. 2: Beginning with the Benediction” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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September 8, 2024
The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: James 2:14-17
Sermon: “The Art of Belonging, Pt. 1: Skilled Faith” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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September 1, 2024
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Psalm 15
Sermon: “Perfection, Revisited” – Will Arledge, proclaimer
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August 25, 2024
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20
Sermon: “Equipped for Battle” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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August 18, 2024
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Psalm 111
Sermon: “God’s Wonderful Works” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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August 11, 2024
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:4-8
Sermon: “A Faith Survival Guide” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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August 4, 2024
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: John 6:24-35
Sermon: “The Bread of Life” – Amy Stertz, proclaimer
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July 28, 2024
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-15
Sermon: “Bathsheba” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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July 21, 2024
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:1-14a
Sermon: “No Domesticated God” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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July 14, 2024
The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19
Sermon: “The Promise and Peril of Worship” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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July 7, 2024
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Mark 6:1-13
Sermon: “At Home Among Strangers” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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June 30, 2024
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Mark 5:21-43
Sermon: “The Faith That Changed Everything” – Mackenzie Smith, proclaimer
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June 23, 2024
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: John 20:19-29
Sermon: “Blinders of Doubt” – Libby Bellinger, guest proclaimer
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June 16, 2024
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Mark 4:26-34
Sermon: “What Do We Know?” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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June 9, 2024
The Third Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Mark 3:20-35
Sermon: “Breaking and Entering” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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June 2, 2024
The Second Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Mark 2:23-3:6
Sermon: “Defiant Rest” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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May 26, 2024
Trinity Sunday
Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8
Sermon: “Sent” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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May 19, 2024
Pentecost
Scripture: Acts 2:1-21
Sermon: “Filled with New Wine” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF EASTER – Year B
May 12, 2024
Ascension Sunday
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11
Sermon: “Waiting for the Whirlwind” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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May 5, 2024
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Scripture: Acts 10:44-48
Sermon: “St. Peter the Agitator” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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April 28, 2024
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Scripture: Mark 10:35-45
Sermon: Youth Sunday – Members of First Baptist Church’s Youth Group
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April 21, 2024
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Scripture: Acts 4:1-12
Sermon: “Who’s In Charge Around Here?” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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April 14, 2024
The Third Sunday of Easter
Scripture: Luke 24:36b-48
Sermon: “The Resurrection of the Body” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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April 7, 2024
The Second Sunday of Easter
Scripture: John 20:19-31
Sermon: “The Nail-Scarred Hand of Forgiveness” – Doug Murray, proclaimer
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March 31, 2024
Easter Sunday
Scripture: John 20:1-20
Sermon: “From Grief to Joy” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF LENT – Year B
March 24, 2024
Palm Sunday
Scripture: Mark 15:22-39
Sermon: “Godforsaken” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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March 17, 2024
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Psalm 51: 1-12
Sermon: “A Sinner’s Prayer” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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March 10, 2024
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9
Sermon: “Antivenin” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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March 3, 2024
The Third Sunday in Lent
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-21, 24-25
Sermon: “Forty Days of Foolishness” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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February 25, 2024
The Second Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Mark 8:27-38
Sermon: “Put in Our Place” – Casey Callahan, proclaimer
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February 18, 2024
The First Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17
Sermon: “The Bow in the Clouds” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF EPIPHANY – Year B
February 11, 2024
Transfiguration Sunday
Scripture: Mark 9:2-9
Sermon: “The Terrifying Beauty of God” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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February 4, 2024
The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: Isaiah 40:21-31
Sermon: “Above the Circle of the Earth” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 28, 2024
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Sermon: “The Conscientious Care of Christ’s Body” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 21, 2024
The Third Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: Mark 2:13-22
Sermon: “You Belong at the Table” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 14, 2024
The Second Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10
Sermon: “The Word Is Aflame” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 7, 2024
Baptism of Our Lord
Scripture: Acts 19:1-7
Sermon: “To Be Baptized in Jesus’ Name” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS – Year B
December 31, 2023
The First Sunday after Christmas
Scripture: Luke 2:22-40
Sermon: “It Takes a Village” – Sully Hart, guest proclaimer
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December 24, 2023
Christmas Eve
Scripture: Luke 2:1-20
Sermon: “God Finds a Home” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF ADVENT – Year B
December 24, 2023
The Fourth Sunday of Advent and Family Christmas Eve
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December 17, 2023
The Third Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Luke 1:46b-55
Sermon: “Harmonizing With Mary”– Mack Dennis, pastor
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December 10, 2023
The Second Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Mark 1:1-8
Sermon: “A Wild Start to the Holidays”– Mack Dennis, pastor
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December 3, 2023
The First Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Mark 13:24-37
Sermon: “What Keeps You Up at Night?” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF LENT – Year B
March 24, 2024
Palm Sunday
Scripture: Mark 15:22-39
Sermon: “Godforsaken” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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March 17, 2024
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Psalm 51: 1-12
Sermon: “A Sinner’s Prayer” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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March 10, 2024
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9
Sermon: “Antivenin” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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March 3, 2024
The Third Sunday in Lent
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-21, 24-25
Sermon: “Forty Days of Foolishness” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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February 25, 2024
The Second Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Mark 8:27-38
Sermon: “Put in Our Place” – Casey Callahan, proclaimer
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February 18, 2024
The First Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17
Sermon: “The Bow in the Clouds” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF EPIPHANY – Year B
February 11, 2024
Transfiguration Sunday
Scripture: Mark 9:2-9
Sermon: “The Terrifying Beauty of God” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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February 4, 2024
The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: Isaiah 40:21-31
Sermon: “Above the Circle of the Earth” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 28, 2024
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Sermon: “The Conscientious Care of Christ’s Body” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 21, 2024
The Third Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: Mark 2:13-22
Sermon: “You Belong at the Table” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 14, 2024
The Second Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10
Sermon: “The Word Is Aflame” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 7, 2024
Baptism of Our Lord
Scripture: Acts 19:1-7
Sermon: “To Be Baptized in Jesus’ Name” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS – Year B
December 31, 2023
The First Sunday after Christmas
Scripture: Luke 2:22-40
Sermon: “It Takes a Village” – Sully Hart, guest proclaimer
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December 24, 2023
Christmas Eve
Scripture: Luke 2:1-20
Sermon: “God Finds a Home” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF ADVENT – Year B
December 24, 2023
The Fourth Sunday of Advent and Family Christmas Eve
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December 17, 2023
The Third Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Luke 1:46b-55
Sermon: “Harmonizing With Mary”– Mack Dennis, pastor
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December 10, 2023
The Second Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Mark 1:1-8
Sermon: “A Wild Start to the Holidays”– Mack Dennis, pastor
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December 3, 2023
The First Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Mark 13:24-37
Sermon: “What Keeps You Up at Night?” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF LENT – Year B
March 24, 2024
Palm Sunday
Scripture: Mark 15:22-39
Sermon: “Godforsaken” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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March 17, 2024
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Psalm 51: 1-12
Sermon: “A Sinner’s Prayer” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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March 10, 2024
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9
Sermon: “Antivenin” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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March 3, 2024
The Third Sunday in Lent
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-21, 24-25
Sermon: “Forty Days of Foolishness” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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February 25, 2024
The Second Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Mark 8:27-38
Sermon: “Put in Our Place” – Casey Callahan, proclaimer
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February 18, 2024
The First Sunday in Lent
Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17
Sermon: “The Bow in the Clouds” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF EPIPHANY – Year B
February 11, 2024
Transfiguration Sunday
Scripture: Mark 9:2-9
Sermon: “The Terrifying Beauty of God” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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February 4, 2024
The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: Isaiah 40:21-31
Sermon: “Above the Circle of the Earth” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 28, 2024
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Sermon: “The Conscientious Care of Christ’s Body” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 21, 2024
The Third Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: Mark 2:13-22
Sermon: “You Belong at the Table” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 14, 2024
The Second Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10
Sermon: “The Word Is Aflame” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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January 7, 2024
Baptism of Our Lord
Scripture: Acts 19:1-7
Sermon: “To Be Baptized in Jesus’ Name” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS – Year B
December 31, 2023
The First Sunday after Christmas
Scripture: Luke 2:22-40
Sermon: “It Takes a Village” – Sully Hart, guest proclaimer
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December 24, 2023
Christmas Eve
Scripture: Luke 2:1-20
Sermon: “God Finds a Home” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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THE SEASON OF ADVENT – Year B
December 24, 2023
The Fourth Sunday of Advent and Family Christmas Eve
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December 17, 2023
The Third Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Luke 1:46b-55
Sermon: “Harmonizing With Mary”– Mack Dennis, pastor
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December 10, 2023
The Second Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Mark 1:1-8
Sermon: “A Wild Start to the Holidays”– Mack Dennis, pastor
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December 3, 2023
The First Sunday of Advent
Scripture: Mark 13:24-37
Sermon: “What Keeps You Up at Night?” – Mack Dennis, pastor
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