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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.

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THE SEASON OF PENTECOST – Year B

November 21, 2021

REIGN OF CHRIST

Scripture: John 18:33-37

Sermon: “Do We Say This on Our Own?” – Mack Dennis, pastor

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CHURCH YEAR SEASONS

Seasons of Church Year

ADVENT

CHRISTMAS

EPIPHANY

LENT

EASTER

PENTECOST

THE SEASON OF PENTECOST – Year B

November 21, 2021

REIGN OF CHRIST

Scripture: John 18:33-37

November 14, 2021

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:1-10

November 7, 2021

ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY

Scripture: Isaiah 25:6-9

October 31, 2021

REFORMATION SUNDAY

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-18

October 24, 2021

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTENCOST

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7-12

October 17, 2021

CHILDREN’S SABBATH

Scripture: Mark 10:35-45

October 10, 2021

TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Mark 10:17-31

October 3, 2021

NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Psalm 26

September 26, 2021

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Revelation 21:22-27

September 19, 2021

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Revelation 2:9-14

September 12, 2021

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

September 5, 2021

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

August 29, 2021

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: John 3:1-21

August 22, 2021

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

August 15, 2021

TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Exodus 1:8-14, 22, 2:1-10

August 8, 2021

ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21

August 1, 2021

TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Exodus 16:2-4,9-15

July 25, 2021

NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-12

July 18, 2021

EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: John 2:1-11

July 11, 2021

SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Mark 6:14-29

July 4, 2021

SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Mark 6:1-13

June 27, 2021

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Mark 5:24-34

June 20, 2021

FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

June 13, 2021

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST