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WHY MORE BIBLE READINGS DURING WORSHIP? The Revised Common Lectionary is the ecumenical Bible plan for public worship on Sundays. Many Protestant churches use it. In the United States of America, this includes the Disciples of Christ, the Christian Fellowship of the Unitarian Universalist Association, the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian Church USA, the Reformed Church in America, the United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church. There are four assigned readings for each Sunday. There is (1) a reading from either the Old Testament, which is sometimes now referred to as the Hebrew Scriptures, or a reading from the Acts of the Apostles, (2) a reading from the Psalms, which can be sung or read in unison or responsively, (3) a reading from either the Book of Revelation or the Epistles, which are the letters in the back of the New Testament, and (4) a reading from one of the four Gospels, which are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. There are a number of
benefits from using the Lectionary. Probably the biggest benefit is that
all of the major passages in the Bible are read in a three year period
during Sunday Worship. To make sure that we are a Biblically literate
church, we will begin using all of the Lectionary readings each Sunday,
rather than just one as we have been doing. Please give yourself some time
to get used to using the Lectionary before making any judgments about it.
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