2nd Sunday After Epiphany (Year B)
1 Samuel 3:1-20 This text is ripe and ready to be presented as a readers’ theater. You will need people to read the voices of Samuel, Eli, the Lord, and a narrator. God does not give Samuel an easy...
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2nd Sunday after Pentecost [Ordinary 10B] (Year B)
1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) The NRSV is a good translation, but I also really like the Common English Bible. The people of Israel wanted a king – and the Lord told them, “Be careful...
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3rd Sunday after Pentecost [Ordinary 11B] (Year B)
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 How often do we judge people/groups/etc based purely on how they look on the outside? Only God has the proper vision to be able to judge anyone’s hearts. Period. So, why do we...
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</body> Call to Worship (inspired by 1 Samuel 16:4-5) How do you come to worship today? We come with peace to this place. Why have you come to worship today? We come to present ourselves to the...
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4th Sunday after Pentecost [Ordinary 12B] (Year B)
1 Samuel 17:1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49 We may think that the story of David and Goliath is probably familiar to a lot of folks sitting in church on Sunday, but that (sadly) is not necessarily the case....
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25th Sunday after Pentecost [Ordinary 33B] (Year B)
1 Samuel 1:4-20 After considering Ruth for the past 2 weeks, we are introduced to another strong female: Hannah. Hannah is bullied by her “rival”, Peninnah (Elkanah’s other wife). Bullying is a huge...
View Article25th Sunday after Pentecost [Ordinary 33B] – Words for Worship (Year B)
Call to Worship (adapted from 1 Samuel 2:1-10) There is only one Holy One of God; God is the foundation on which we build our lives. The Lord strengthens the weak and encourages the weary. Our Savior...
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1st Sunday After Christmas (Year C)
1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 Just a few weeks have passed since we talked about Hannah and her deep desire to bear a son. Now, we are introduced to her son: Samuel. Hannah had dedicated her son to the Lord...
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4th Sunday in Lent (Year A)
Worship Ideas 1 Samuel 16:1-13 is a story of hope. God does not only call the biggest and strongest and or oldest among us: God often calls those whom the world may otherwise overlook. Are there people...
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