July 2025 Preaching Plan
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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 6th July 2025 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 66 v10-14; Psalm 66 v1-9; Galatians 6 v1-16; Luke 10 v1-20. The power of personal testimony In today’s gospel reading Luke recalls that Jesus sent seventy-two of his followers into the towns and villages ahead of him as he made his way…
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 29th June 2025 Lectionary Readings: 1 Kings 19 v15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16; Galatians 5 v1, 13-25; Luke 9 v51-62 Guidelines for followers of Jesus. Luke relates how Jesus reacted when he and his followers encountered rejection by the inhabitants of a village in Samaria. They simply move…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Isaiah 55:1.
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C 22nd June 2025 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 65 v1-9; Psalm 22 v19-28; Galatians 3 v23-29; Luke 8 v26-39. ‘But the people were terrified’ (Luke 8 v35d) In the gospel reading for today we read of Jesus healing a man possessed by ‘many demons’. This poor man had been…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Psalm 119:10.
Trinity Sunday Year C 15th June 2025 Lectionary readings: Proverbs 8 v1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5 v1-5; John 16 v12-15. The source of Wisdom. “You made us a little lower than yourself. You let us rule everything your hands have made. And you put all of it under our power”. (Psalm 8 v5,6).…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on John 21:15-19.
Pentecost Year C 8th June 2025 Lectionary Readings: Genesis 11 v1-9; Psalm 104 v24-34, 35b; Romans 8 v14-17; Acts 2 v1-21; John 14 v8-17. The Gift and Work of the Holy Spirit. In the Jewish tradition, the festival of Pentecost, a celebration of first fruits of harvest, comes fifty days after Passover. Some Christians…
This week, our 10 minute service reflects on Acts 2:1-3.