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First Sunday after Pentecost of Trinity Sunday

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Deuteronomy 4:32-40	Isaiah 6:1-8	Proverbs 8:22-31
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Psalms	Psalm 33:1-12	Psalm 29:1-11	Psalm 8:1-9
Messages			Still God (We’re humans and will always be error prone humans. God is God and loves and forgives us anyway.)
Gospels	Matthew 28:16-20	John 3:1-17	John 16:12-15
Messages	Evangelism - Not just a Game (God has a simple purpose for our churches, for us.)
Epistles	2 Corinthians 13:5-14	Romans 8:12-17	Romans 5:1-5
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Sunday between May 29th and June 4th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Genesis 12:1-9	1 Samuel 16:1-13	1 Kings 8:22-23
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Psalms	Psalm 33:12-22	Psalm 20:1-9	Psalm 100:1-5
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Gospels	Matthew 7:21-29	Mark 2:23-3:6	Luke 7:1-10
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Epistles	Romans 3:21-28	2 Corinthians 4:5-12	Galatians 1:1-10
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Sunday between June 5th and 11th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Genesis 22:1-18	1 Samuel 16:14-23	1 Kings 17:17-24
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Psalms	Psalm 13:1-6	Psalm 57:1-11	Psalm 113:1-9
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Gospels	Matthew 9:9-13	Mark 3:20-35	Luke 7:11-17
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Epistles	Romans 4:13-18	2 Corinthians 4:13-18	Galatians 1:11-24
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Sunday between June 12th and 18th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Genesis 25:19-34	2 Samuel 1:17-27	1 Kings 19:1-8
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Psalms	Psalm 46:1-11	Psalm 46:1-11	Psalm 42:1-11
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Gospels	Matthew 9:35-10:8	Mark 4:26-34	Luke 7:36-8:3
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Epistles	Romans 5:6-11	2 Corinthians 5:6-10	Galatians 2:15-21
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Sunday between June 19th and 25th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Genesis 28:10-17	2 Samuel 5:1-12	1 Kings 19:9-14
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Psalms	Psalm 91:1-10	Psalm 48:1-14	Psalm 43:1-5
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Gospels	Matthew 10:24-33	Mark 4:35-41	Luke 9:18-24
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Epistles	Romans 5:12-19	2 Corinthians 5:18-6:2	Galatians 3:23-29
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Sunday between June 26th and July 2nd

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Genesis 32:22-32	2 Samuel 6:1-15	1 Kings 19:15-21
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Psalms	Psalm 17:1-7	Psalm 24:1-10	Psalm 44:1-8
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Gospels	Matthew 10:34-42	Mark 5:21-43	Luke 9:51-62
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Epistles	Romans 6:3-11	2 Corinthians 8:7-15	Galatians 5:13-25
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Sunday between July 3rd and 9th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 1:6-14	2 Samuel 7:1-17	1 Kings 21:1-3
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Psalms	Psalm 124:1-8	Psalm 89:20-37	Psalm 5:1-8
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Gospels	Matthew 11:25-30	Mark 6:1-6	Luke 10:1-12,17-20
Messages		Amazing Unbelief (Our own lack of understanding and self-reliance is keeping God from working in us.)
Epistles	Romans 7:14-25	2 Corinthians 12:1-10	Galatians 6:7-18
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Sunday between July 10th and 16th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 2:11-22	2 Samuel 7:18-29	2 Kings 2:6-14
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Psalms	Psalm 69:6-15	Psalm 132:11-18	Psalm 139:1-12
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Gospels	Matthew 13:1-9	Mark 6:7-13	Luke 10:25-37
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Epistles	Romans 8:9-17	Ephesians 1:1-10	Colossians 1:1-14
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Sunday between July 17th and 23rd

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 3:1-12	2 Samuel 11:1-15	2 Kings 4:8-17
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Psalms	Psalm 103:1-13	Psalm 53:1-6	Psalm 139:13-18
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Gospel	Matthew 13:24-30	Mark 6:30-34	Luke 10:38-42
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Epistles	Romans 8:18-25	Ephesians 2:11-22	Colossians 1:21-29
Messages		Nothing to Divide Us (No matter what tries to divide us into little groups, we are ONE in Christ.)

Sunday between July 24th and 30th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 3:13-20	2 Samuel 12:1-14	2 Kings 5:1-15
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Psalms	Psalm 105:1-11	Psalm 32:1-11	Psalm 21:1-7
Messages		The High Price of Silence (Hiding our sins never works, but confession will bring happiness.)
Gospels	Matthew 13:44-52	John 6:1-15	Luke 11:1-13
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Epistles	Romans 8:26-30	Ephesians 3:14-21	Colossians 2:6-15
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Sunday between July 31st and August 6

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 12:1-14	2 Samuel 12:15-24	2 Kings 13:14-20
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Psalms	Psalm 143:1-10	Psalm 34:11-22	Psalm 28:1-9
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Gospels	Matthew 14:13-21	John 6:24-35	Luke 12:13-21
Messages		Hungry for Jesus (We can have spiritual eating disorders too, but God wants us to be healthy and filled with the love of Christ.)	The Cure for Hurryitis (We must invest our time in what and who are important or we will lose them.)
Epistles	Romans 8:31-39	Ephesians 4:1-6	Colossians 3:1-11
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Sunday between August 7th and 13th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 14:19-31	2 Samuel 18:9-15	Jeremiah 18:1-11
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Psalms	Psalm 106:4-12	Psalm 143:1-8	Psalm 14:1-7
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Gospels	Matthew 14:22-33	John 6:41-51	Luke 12:32-40
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Epistles	Romans 9:1-5	Ephesians 4:25-5:2	Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-19
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Sunday between August 14th and August 20th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 16:2-15	2 Samuel 18:24-33	Jeremiah 20:7-13
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Psalms	Psalm 78:1-3, 10-20	Psalm 102:1-12	Psalm 10:12-18
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Gospels	Matthew 15:21-28	John 6:51-58	Luke 12:49-56
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Epistles	Romans 11:13-16, 29-32	Ephesians 5:15-20	Hebrews 12:1-2, 12-17
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Sunday between August 21st and 27th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 17:1-7	2 Samuel 23:1-7	Jeremiah 28:1-9
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Psalms	Psalm 95:1-11	Psalm 67:1-7	Psalm 84:1-12
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Gospels	Matthew 16:13-20	John 6:55-69	Luke 13:22-30
Messages	Gates of Hell (When we understand the context of Jesus' stories, they often have more meaning)
Epistles	Romans 11:33-36	Ephesians 5:21-33	Hebrews 12:18-29
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Sunday between August 28th and September 3rd

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 19:1-9	1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12	Ezekiel 18:1-9
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Psalms	Psalm 114:1-8	Psalm 121:1-8	Psalm 15:1-5
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Gospels	Matthew 16:21-28	Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23	Luke 14:7-14
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Epistles	Romans 12:1-13	Ephesians 6:10-20	Hebrews 13:1-8
Messages		Take It Up (We have incredible spiritual possibilities before us, but we have to use them.)

Sunday between September 4th and 10th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 19:16-24	Proverbs 2:1-8	Ezekiel 33:1-11
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Psalms	Psalm 115:1-11	Psalm 119:129-136	Psalm 94:12-22
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Gospels	Matthew 18:15-20	Mark 7:31-37	Luke 14:25-33
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Epistles	Romans 13:1-10	James 1:17-27	Philemon :1-20
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Sunday between September 11th and 17th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 20:1-20	Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9	Hosea 4:1-3, 5:15-6:6
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Psalms	Psalm 19:7-14	Psalm 125:1-5	Psalm 77:11-20
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Gospels	Matthew 18:21-35	Mark 8:27-38	Luke 15:1-10
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Epistles	Romans 14:5-12	James 2:1-5, 8-10, 14-17	1 Timothy 1:12-17
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Sunday between September 18th and 24th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 32:1-14	Job 28:20-28	Hosea 11:1-11
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Psalms	Psalm 106:7-8	Psalm 27:1-6	Psalm 107:1-9
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Gospels	Matthew 20:1-16	Mark 9:30-37	Luke 16:1-13
Messages			What shall I Do? (What we have is really God's and is to be used wisely to further God's work.)
Epistles	Philippians 1:21-27	James 3:13-18	1 Timothy 2:1-7
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Sunday between September 25th and October 1st

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Exodus 33:12-23	Job 42:1-6	Joel 2:23-30
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Psalms	Psalm 99:1-9	Psalm 27:7-14	Psalm 107:33-43
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Gospels	Matthew 21:28-32	Mark 9:38-50	Luke 16:19-31
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Epistles	Philippians 2:1-13	James 4:13-17, 5:7-11	1 Timothy 6:6-19
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Sunday between October 2nd and 8th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Numbers 27:12-23	Genesis 2:18-24	Amos 5:6-15
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Psalms	Psalm 81:1-10	Psalm 128:1-6	Psalm 108:1-8
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Gospels	Matthew 21:33-43	Mark 10:2-16	Luke 17:5-10
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Epistles	Philippians 3:12-21	Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:9-11	2 Timothy 1:1-14
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Sunday between October 9th and 15th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Deuteronomy 34:1-12	Genesis 3:8-19	Micah 2:1-10
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Psalms	Psalm 135:1-14	Psalm 90:1-12	Psalm 26:1-12
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Gospels	Matthew 22:1-14	Mark 10:17-30	Luke 17:11-19
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Epistles	Philippians 4:1-9	Hebrews 4:1-3, 9-13	2 timothy 2:8-15
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Sunday between October 16th and 22nd

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Ruth 1:1-22	Isaiah 53:7-12	Habakkuk 1:1-3, 2:1-4
Messages	What Love Can Do (God is at work in even the worst circumstances of our life, through the people around us and the seemingly ordinary things of life.)
Psalms	Psalm 146:1-10	Psalm 35:17-28	Psalm 119:137-144
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Gospels	Matthew 22:15-22	Mark 10:35-45	Luke 18:1-8
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Epistles	1 Thessalonians 1:1-10	Hebrews 4:14-16	2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
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Sunday between October 23rd and 29th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Ruth 2:1-13	Jeremiah 31:7-9	Zephaniah 3:1-9
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Psalms	Psalm 128:1-6	Psalm 126:1-6	Psalm 3:1-8
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Gospels	Matthew 22:34-46	Mark 10:46-52	Luke 18:9-14
Messages		And Along Came Jesus (To Jesus everyone matters, and Jesus is ready to help us live our lives to the fullest)
Epistles	1 Thessalonians 2:1-8	Hebrews 5:1-6	2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
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Sunday between October 30th and November 5th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Ruth 4:7-17	Deuteronomy 6:1-9	Haggai 2:1-9
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Psalms	Psalm 127:1-5	Psalm 119:33-48	Psalm 65:1-8
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Gospels	Matthew 23:1-12	Mark 12:28-34	Luke 19:1-10
Messages			Equipped to Minister (God has equippped you to get involved with people, so you can show them love and Christ.)
Epistles	1 Thessalonians 2:9-13, 17-20	Hebrews 7:23-28	2 Thessalonians 1:5-12
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Sunday between November 6th and 12th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Amos 5:18-24	1 Kings 17:8-16	Zechariah 7:1-10
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Psalms	Psalm 50:7-15	Psalm 146:1-10	Psalm 9:11-20
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Gospels	Matthew 25:1-13	Mark 12:38-44	Luke 20:27-38
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Epistles	1 Thessalonians 4:13-18	Hebrews 9:24-28	2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5
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Sunday between November 13th and 19th

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Zephaniah 1:12-18	Daniel 7:9-14	Malachi 4:1-6
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Psalms	Psalm 76:1-12	Psalm 145:8-13	Psalm 82:1-8
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Gospels	Matthew 25:14-30	Mark 13:24-32	Luke 21:5-19
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Epistles	1 Thessalonians 5:1-11	Hebrews 10:11-18	2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
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Last Sunday after Pentecost

	Year A	Year B	Year C
OT	Ezekiel 34:11-16	Jeremiah 23:1-6	2 Samuel 5:1-5
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Psalms	Psalm 23:1-6	Psalm 93:1-5	Psalm 95:1-11
Messages	Jehovah - Rohi, Shepherd (We find contentment only when we accept God as our shepherd)
Gospels	Matthew 25:31-46	John 18:33-37	John 12:9-19
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Epistles	1 Corinthians 15:20-28	Revelation 1:4-8	Colossians 1:11-20
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