Introduction

Each Sunday we have volunteer liturgists -- usually lay persons -- who read the Scripture, assist in leading worship, and assist in serving Communion when it is celebrated.  Liturgy is, quite literally, "the work of the people"; and we seek in this and other ways to broaden participation in worship leadership throughout the Englewood United Methodist Church family, and through such shared leadership to offer possibilities for deepening spiritual roots for each of us and all of us.

This page provides a calendar of scheduled liturgists, and links for each person to the Scripture texts for that particular Sunday.  This calendar is organized according to the Christian Year, which begins with Advent (often the Sunday after Thanksgiving).  Since this calendar was created mid-year, for this first year the list begins with July 9, 2006 and continues through the end of the current Christian Year on November 26, 2006.  The next year will begin with the First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2006.

Advent 2006

Advent consists of the four Sundays preceding Christmas, and is a time for preparing for the coming of Jesus Christ.  Advent marks the beginning of each new Christian Year.

•     The next Christian Year will begin December 3, 2006 with the First Sunday of Advent.

•     The dates, names of liturgists, and links to Scripture texts will be added as this season draws nearer.

Christmas and Christmas Season 2006-2007

Christmas and Christmastide -- the season and Sundays of Christmas (yes, there is more than one Sunday of Christmas!) -- celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ, both "back then," now, and yet to be.

•     The dates, names of liturgists, and links to Scripture texts will be added as this season draws nearer.

Epiphany and the Sundays After Epiphany 2007

Epiphany (literally, the "revealing") celebrates the revealing of Jesus Christ to all the world, in particular to the Gentiles (non-Jews).  The Sundays After Epiphany are a season of variable length leading from Epiphany (and Baptism of the Lord Sunday) toward Lent, and constitute part of what is known as Ordinary Time in the Christian Year.

•     The dates, names of liturgists, and links to Scripture texts will be added as this season draws nearer.

Lent 2007

Lent is a time of self-examination and preparation for the celebration of resurrection and new life that is Easter.

•     The dates, names of liturgists, and links to Scripture texts will be added as this season draws nearer.

Easter and Easter Season 2007

Easter remembers and celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and also the rebirth into new life that is offered to each committed Christian.  The Sundays after Easter, up to and including Pentecost (which celebrates the birth of the Christian church), continue this celebration of new life and new beginnings.

•     The dates, names of liturgists, and links to Scripture texts will be added as this season draws nearer.

The Sundays After Pentecost, 2006

The Sundays After Pentecost make up part of Ordinary Time in the calendar of the Christian year.  This season of Ordinary Time continues until Reign of Christ Sunday, the Sunday before the beginning of a new Christian Year starting with the First Sunday of Advent.

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