Worship: Lectionary & Preaching

Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary: Understanding the Bible Anew Through the Mimetic Theory of René Girard is a website full of resources to support a Memetic Theory reading of the Bible, especially in preparation for preaching.

Clergy Stuff offers resources for Narrative and Revised Common Lectionaries, including confirmation, worship, preaching, children's stories, and VBS.

Cooking with Elsa provides weekly worship resources reflective of the RCL: sermon fodder, worship elements and many creative, thoughtful tips.

shares timely ideas and encouragement for worship and preaching based both on the Narrative Lectionary and the Revised Common Lectionary.

Vanderbilt Divinity Library has updated their Revised Common Lectionary webpages with newly integrated print pdfs and slides, making them seamlessly accessible for every Sunday/Holy Day with links to slides and images.

offers preaching insights to the Older Testament (i.e., “First Reading”) of the RCL

In word of GOD, word of LIFE Gail Ramshaw offers ten insights into the value and wisdom of the three-year lectionaries, combining deep historical, biblical, liturgical, and ecumenical knowledge with a keen perspective on the contemporary church.

Offers Connections, the commentary series for preachers who use the Revised Common Lectionary. Save 35% on this and all Connections volumes when you purchase from PC(USA) Store.

Looking into the Lectionary provides weekly resources for worship and preaching preparation.

The PC(USA) Store has compiled a list of resources for Preaching & Teaching Women's Stories and Books for LGBTQIA+ Inclusion.

Ongoing Resources for Preaching & Praying in Light of the Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict

The Sacred Words Project is about reclaiming the ancient and rich gifts 
of traditional religious language, or as many call it, the language of reverence.

Find numerous sacred words worship packets, updated regularly.

Equity Lens on Preaching & Praying: Regarding the Insurrection on Capital Hill

from the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area; by Rev. Anna Kendig Flores, PTCA Anti-Racism Institutional Assessment Coordinator

• Dr. Aana Marie Vigen shared an essential-reading-for-white-Christians response to the Epiphany Riots: Jan. 6 Was the Whitest Epiphany: White Christians, Where Do We Go from Here?

• For clergy preaching in these difficult days, Dr. Valerie Bridgeman prays, "May You Be Brave".

• Dr. Eric Barreto encourages preaching about the traumas our communities have endured, the scars we still carry, the hopes we cannot yet articulate in Where Do We Go From Here?

Frank Schaeffer, son of Francis Schaeffer, who created and shaped the evangelical political movement of the '80s, which brought us to today, shared this compelling video: part confession, part admonition. Important insight for creating helpful study and/or sermons.

Padraig O Tuama reads Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi's poem, Say My Name and discusses it's ramifications for personal history, identity, belonging and awareness - and the many ways these can be stripped by people who dismiss or mispronounce other's names.

Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs posted his Open Letter to White Clergy shortly after the killing of George Floyd; it's important for clergy to read prior to preparing sermons that call for peace, and it could be an important conversation starter

offers tips for Preaching to an Empty Room

Diana Butler Bass freely shares her sermon, Jesus is the Way - originally preached at Platte Woods UMC in Kansas City. It is an exploration of based on John 14:6. The post includes a concluding benediction.

faith in action for social justice

El Camino - The Way

Engage immigrant justice. Find transformative sermons.

Sign up to receive recommended sermons, tips for preaching about immigration, and tools for churches seeking justice with immigrant communities. Includes sermons from two MN Annual Conference UMC preachers: Nate Melcher and Jean Carlos Diaz.

offers RECORDED SERMONS

provides FREE lectionary-based video sermons by America’s best preachers for use in worship, Bible study, small groups, Sunday school classes, or for individual use.

The Ministry Lab is excited to share access to Rev. Jia Starr Brown's transformative series, Journey to Freedom: Embracing God's Cultural Mosaic of People. Along with diversity trainings, Bible studies, and book groups, the 2020 them, Intersectionality, was brought to life by six guest preachers reflecting on John 4:4-26 (The Woman at the Well) and poetry and music from Minnesota-based artists.