February 3, 2008:
Last Sunday after Epiphany/Transfiguration/Black History WHITE
Exodus 24:12-18 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered it
Psalm 2 / [2 Peter 1:16-21]
Matthew 17:1-9 Jesus … led them up a high mountain by themselves
“Happy Are Those
Who Take Refuge in God”
February 6, 2008: Ash Wednesday
PURPLE
Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love
Psalm 51:1-17
/ [2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10]
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 “your Heavenly
Parent who sees in secret will reward you”
“Create In Me A Clean Heart,
O God”
February
10, 2008: First Sunday of Lent/Black History
PURPLE
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 the eyes of both
were opened, and they knew that they were naked
Psalm 32 / [Romans 5:12-19]
Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness
“Happy Are Those Whose Transgressions Is Forgiven”
February 17, 2008: Second
Sunday of Lent/Black History
PURPLE Genesis 12:1-4a in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed
Psalm 121
/ [Romans 4:1-5, 13-17]
John 3:1-17 “God did not send the
Child into the world to condemn the world”
“God Will Keep Your Going Out and Your Coming In”
February 24, 2008: Third
Sunday of Lent/Black History
PURPLE Exodus 17:1-7 “Strike the rock, and water will come out of it”
Psalm 95 / [Romans 5:1-11]
John 4:5-42 “those who worship God
must worship in spirit and truth.”
“Let Us Come into God’s Presence with Singing”
March 2, 2008:
Fourth Sunday of Lent/Women’s History
PURPLE
1 Samuel 16:1-13 the spirit of God came
mightily upon David from that day forward
Psalm 23
/ [Ephesians 5:8-14]
John 9:1-41 As Jesus walked along, he
saw a man blind from birth
“You Anoint My Head with Oil, My Cup Overflows”
March 9, 2008: Fifth
Sunday of Lent/Women’s History
PURPLE Ezekiel 37:1-14 “I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live”
Psalm 130
/ [Romans 8:6-11]
John 11:1-45 Jesus cried with a loud voice,
“Lazarus, come out!”
“I Wait for God, My Soul Waits”
March 16, 2008:
Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion/Women’s History PURPLE [Isaiah 50:4-9a] / Psalm 31:9-16
Philippians 2:5-11 Let the same mind be
in you that was in Christ Jesus
Matthew 26:14-27:66 Then they led him away to crucify him
“Blessed is the One Who Comes in the Name of God”
March 23, 2008: Easter Sunday/Women’s History
WHITE
Jeremiah 31:1-6 “I have loved you
with an everlasting love”
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 / [Colossians 3:1-4]
Matthew 28:1-10 they left the tomb quickly
with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples
March 30, 2008: Second Sunday of Easter
WHITE
[Acts 2:14a, 22-32] / Psalm 16
1 Peter 1:3-9 God has given us a new birth
into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus
John 20:19-31 “Have you believed
because you have seen me?”
“In Your Presence There Is Fullness of Joy”
April 6, 2008: Third Sunday of Easter
WHITE
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 “the promise is
for you, for your children, and for all who are far away”
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 / [1 Peter 1:17-23]
Luke 24:13-35 Jesus took bread, …
and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened
“I Will Lift Up the Cup of Salvation and Call on the Name of God”
April 13, 2008: Fourth Sunday of Easter /Good Shepherd Sunday
WHITE
Acts 2:42-47 [they] ate
their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God
Psalm 23 / [1 Peter 2:19-25]
John 10:1-10 “I
came that they may have life, and have it abundantly”
“God Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want”
Joint Service with Church of the Good Shepherd, at Good Shepherd
April 20, 2008: Fifth Sunday of Easter
WHITE
[Acts 7:55-60] / Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16
1 Peter 2:2-10 you are a chosen race,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people
John 14:1-14 “I am the way, and
the truth, and the life”
“In You, O God, I Seek Refuge”
April 27, 2008: Sixth Sunday of Easter
WHITE
Acts 17:22-31 God is not far from each
one of us. ‘In God we live and move and have our being’
Psalm 66:8-20
/ [1 Peter 3:13-22]
John 14:15-21 “This is the Spirit
of truth…[who] will be in you”
“Make a Joyful Noise to God, All the Earth”
May 4, 2008: Seventh Sunday of Easter /Ascension Sunday
WHITE
[Acts 1:1-11]
/ Psalm 47
Ephesians 1:15-23 the hope to which God
has called you
Luke 24:44-53 “stay
here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high”
“Shout to God with Loud Songs of Joy”
May 11, 2008: Pentecost Sunday /Mothers’ Day
RED
Acts 2:1-21 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b / [1 Corinthians 12:3b-13]
John 7:37-39 “Let anyone who is
thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink”
“You Renew the Face of the Ground”
May 18, 2008: Trinity Sunday
WHITE
Genesis 1:1-2:4a God saw everything that
had been made, and indeed, it was very good
Psalm 8
/ [2 Corinthians 13:11-13]
Matthew 28:16-20 “Go therefore and
make disciples of all nations”
“How Majestic Is Your Name in All the Earth!”
