Month

Day

Name

Occasion

Colour

Bible Readings

Jan

1

Christmas 1

White

Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Psalm 148; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:22-40

Jan

8

Jesus' Baptism

Green

Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11

Jan

15

Epiphany 2

Green

1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20); Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51

Jan

22

Epiphany 3

Green

Jonah 3:1-5,10; Psalm 62:5-12; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20

Jan

29

Epiphany 4

Green

Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28

Feb

5

Epiphany 5

Green

Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147:1-11, 20c; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39

Feb

12

Epiphany 6

Green

2 Kings 5:1-14; Psalm 30; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Mark 1:40-45

Feb

19

Transfiguration Sunday

Green

2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9

Feb

26

Lent 1

Purple

Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15

Mar

4

Lent 2

Purple

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:23-31; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 or Mark 9:2-9

Mar

11

Lent 3

Purple

Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22

Mar

18

Lent 4

Purple

Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21

Mar

25

Lent 5

Purple

Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12 or Psalm 119:9-16; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33

Apr

1

Lent 6

Purple

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16

Apr

6

Good Friday

Purple

Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42

Apr

8

Easter Day

White

Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 25:6-9' Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-8

Apr

15

Easter 2

White

Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31

Apr

22

Easter 3

White

Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48

Apr

29

Easter 4

Combined service

White

Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18

May

6

Easter 5

White

Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8

May

13

Easter 6

White

Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98; 1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17

May

20

Easter 7

White

Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Psalm 1; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19

May

27

Pentecost

Red

Acts 2:1-21 or Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Romans 8:22-27 or Acts 2:1-21; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

Jun

3

Trinity

Green

Isaiah 6:1-8 and Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17

Jun

10

Pentecost 2

Green

1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) and Psalm 138; Genesis 3:8-15 and Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35

Jun

17

Pentecost 3

Green

1 Samuel 15:34 - 16:13 and Psalm 20; Ezekiel 17:22-24 and Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, (11-13), 14-17; Mark 4:26-34

Jun

24

Pentecost 4

Church Anniversary

Red

1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 and Psalm 9:9-20 or 1 Samuel 17:57-18:5, 18:10-16 and Psalm 133; Job 38:1-11 and Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; Mark 4:35-41

Jul

1

Pentecost 5

Green

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 and Psalm 130; Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24 or Lamentations 3:22-33 and Psalm 30; 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43

Jul

8

Pentecost 6

Green

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 and Psalm 48; Ezekiel 2:1-5 and Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13

Jul

15

Pentecost 7

Green

2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 and Psalm 24; Amos 7:7-15 and Psalm 85:8-13; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29

Jul

22

Pentecost 8

Green

2 Samuel 7:1-14a and Psalm 89:20-37; Jeremiah 23:1-6 and Psalm 23; Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

Jul

29

Pentecost 9

Combined service

Green

2 Samuel 11:1-15 and Psalm 14; 2 Kings 4:42-44 and Psalm 145:10-18; Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21

Aug

5

Pentecost 10

Green

2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13a and Psalm 51:1-12; Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 and Psalm 78:23-29; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35

Aug

12

Pentecost 11

Green

2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 and Psalm 130; 1 Kings 19:4-8 and Psalm 34:1-8; Ephesians 4:25-5:2; John 6:35, 41-51

Aug

19

Pentecost 12

Green

1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 and Psalm 111; Proverbs 9:1-6 and Psalm 34:9-14; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58

Aug

26

Pentecost 13

Green

1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43 and Psalm 84; Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 and Psalm 34:15-22; Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69

Sep

2

Pentecost 14

Green

Song of Solomon 2:8-13 and Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9; Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 and Psalm 15; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sep

9

Pentecost 15

Green

Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 and Psalm 125; Isaiah 35:4-7a and Psalm 146; James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17; Mark 7:24-37

Sep

16

Pentecost 16

Green

Proverbs 1:20-33 and Psalm 19 or Wisdom of Solomon 7:26 - 8:1; Isaiah 50:4-9a and Psalm 116:1-9; James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38

Sep

23

Pentecost 17

Green

Proverbs 31:10-31 and Psalm 1; Wisdom of Solomon 1:16-2:1, 12-22 or Jeremiah 11:18-20 and Psalm 54; James 3:13 - 4:3, 7-8a; Mark 9:30-37

Sep

30

Pentecost 18

Green

Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 and Psalm 124; Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 and Psalm 19:7-14; James 5:13-20; Mark 9:38-50

Oct

7

Pentecost 19

Green

Job 1:1, 2:1-10 and Psalm 26; Genesis 2:18-24 and Psalm 8; Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12; Mark 10:2-16

Oct

14

Pentecost 20

Green

Job 23:1-9, 16-17 and Psalm 22:1-15; Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 and Psalm 90:12-17; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31

Oct

21

Pentecost 21

Green

Job 38:1-7, (34-41) and Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c; Isaiah 53:4-12 and Psalm 91:9-16; Hebrews 5:1-10; Mark 10:35-45

Oct

28

Pentecost 22

Green

Job 42:1-6, 10-17 and Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22); Jeremiah 31:7-9 and Psalm 126; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 10:46-52

Nov

4

Pentecost 23

Green

Ruth 1:1-18 and Psalm 146; Deuteronomy 6:1-9 and Psalm 119:1-8; Hebrews 9:11-14; Mark 12:28-34

Nov

11

Pentecost 24

Green

Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 and Psalm 127; 1 Kings 17:8-16 and Psalm 146; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44

Nov

18

Pentecost 24

Green

1 Samuel 1:4-20 and 1 Samuel 2:1-10; Daniel 12:1-3 and Psalm 16; Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25; Mark 13:1-8

Nov

25

Christ the King

White

2 Samuel 23:1-7 and Psalm 132:1-12, (13-18); Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 and Psalm 93; Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:33-37

Dec

2

Advent 1

Purple

Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36

Dec

9

Advent 2

Purple

Baruch 5:1-9 or Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 1:68-79; Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6

Dec

16

Advent 3

Purple

Zephaniah 3:14-20; Isaiah 12:2-6; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18

Dec

23

Advent 4

Purple

Micah 5:2-5a; Luke 1:46b-55 or Psalm 80:1-7; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45, (46-55)

Dec

30

Xmas 1

White

1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Psalm 148; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:41-52