The liturgy for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (Mark) has themes of faith and trust, justice and compassion, wisdom and understanding. This blog post also provides sermon and preaching ideas on faith, social justice, and the pursuit of wisdom.

The Liturgy for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (Mark) has themes of love and righteousness, purity and sin, and wisdom and understanding. Preaching ideas for Mark 7, James 1, Psalm 15, Psalm 45, and Deuteronomy 4.

Explore the Scriptures for the Day and reflect on themes of commitment to God's presence and service, longing for His sanctuary, trust in His care, and spiritual reliance. Featuring passages from 1 Kings, Joshua, Psalms, Ephesians, and John. Discover inspiration and guidance in your faith journey.

The liturgy for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost exploresw themes of wisdom, righteousness, spiritual nourishment, and thanksgiving through Scripture passages: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14, Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 111, Psalm 34:9-14, Ephesians 5:15-20, and John 6:51-58. Reflect on God's wisdom, provision, and the call to live a life of praise and gratitude.

The liturgy for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost explores the themes of adversity, divine sustenance, repentance, hope, unity, and spiritual nourishment through Scripture passages: 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33; 1 Kings 19:4-8; Psalm 130; Psalm 34:1-8; Ephesians 4:25-5:2; John 6:35, 41-51. Reflect on God's mercy, provision, and love, guiding us towards unity and faith.

A prayer of intercession using Ephesians 2 and the theme of unity in the church, unity in Christ.

The liturgy for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost provides insights on sin, repentance, divine provision, unity, and spiritual nourishment through key Bible passages: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13, Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15, Psalm 51:1-12, Psalm 78:23-29, Ephesians 4:1-16, and John 6:24-35. Reflect on God's qualities and how they guide us towards a life of faith and growth.

A prayer of intercession using Ephesians 1.

Liturgy for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost includes themes of God's provision, spiritual nourishment, and divine intervention from 2 Samuel 11:1-15, Psalm 14, 2 Kings 4:42-44, Psalm 145:10-18, Ephesians 3:14-21, and John 6:1-21.

Liturgy for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (Mark) has themes of God's unwavering faithfulness and compassion from 2 Samuel 7:1-14a; Psalm 89:20-37; Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56.

The liturgy embraces the themes found in David's joyous reverence, Amos's unwavering mission, Psalms' praise of divine sovereignty, Ephesians' blessings in Christ, and Mark's poignant tale of John the Baptist.

In this liturgy for the seventh day after Pentecost, Year B, we confront the tension of doubt and the call to dedication. Through prayer and reflection, we seek God's guidance and celebrate His compassion. As we confess and receive assurance, we illuminate our hearts to understand His Word and dedicate ourselves anew to His purpose and glory.

In this liturgy, I try to integrate the Lamentations and Gospel reading as I sense what will be stirred in the congregation during the reading and preaching of the gospel text about the woman with the hemorrhage and Jairus’ daughter. Who hasn’t wondered if God’s compassion would fail? We need to hear the voices of others proclaim it, for theirs is louder than ours.

Worship liturgy for the Third Sunday of Easter, year B (Mark). This contains a call to worship, a prayer of confession, an assurance of pardon, a prayer of illumination, and a prayer of dedication.

This is liturgy for the Second Sunday after Easter, Year B (Mark) and also includes a call to worship that welcomes the congregation to Holy Communion.

Easter liturgy for year B (Mark), Resurrection Sunday. This contains a call to worship, a prayer of confession, an assurance of pardon, a prayer of illumination, and a prayer of dedication.