I know so many clergy who have trouble coming up with what to write a newsletter article on each month! So I tried to come up with a collection of topics that are always good to talk about with congregations and might not come up that often in sermons, found Bible passages for each of them, and put them into a calendar. The calendar goes along with the RCL but you certainly don't have to be on the RCL to use this. Each topic is scheduled so that any season or holiday it's talking about comes up during the month that the newsletter is for, so they're all a little ahead of the game. The summers, I admit, are a bit of "everything else we mean to talk about but don't get around to often enough."
Enjoy! Each month has the general theme, the Bible passage, and the more specific theme/possible title for your article. I was hoping to add a couple questions to each one, but to be honest, this has been on my hard drive a for several months now and clearly that's never going to happen, so I figured I should get it out there rather than having it sit uselessly.
Year A- Matthew
Dec- Christmas, Mt 1:18-25, Respectability & Jesus
Jan- Epiphany, Mt 2:13-15, Holy Family Refugees
Feb- Lent, Mt 27:24-26, Church & Antisemitism
Mar- Easter, Mt 28:1-10, Women: The First Apostles
Apr- Pentecost, 1Cor 12:4-14, Gifts & Body
May- Charity, Jn 5:2-18, Disability & Charity
June- Welcome, Acts 8:26-39, What Prevents?
July- Civic, Mt 22:15-22, Render Unto Caesar
Aug- Prayer, Mt 6:5-8, Prayer & Appearances
Sep- Creation, Gen 1:1-5, Science & Big Bang
Oct- All Saints, Mt 14:1-12, Those Who Spoke Truth
Nov- Advent, Mt 3:1-6, Repentance
Year B- Mark (& John)
Dec- Christmas, Jn 1:14-18, Word Became Flesh
Jan- Epiphany, Mk 1:9-11, Torn Heavens & Baptism
Feb- Lent, Mk 14:17-20, Betrayed by a Friend
Mar- Easter, Mk 16:1-8, Alarm, Terror & Amazement
Apr- Pentecost, Jn 15:26-27, 16:4b-15, Spirit's Work
May- Charity, Mk 12:38-44, Charity & Capitalism
June- Welcome, Jn 9:1-7, God's Works Revealed
July- Civic, Ro 13:1-10, Justice & Government
Aug- Prayer, 1 Kings 19:11-14, Don't Forget to Listen
Sep- Creation, Ge 1:26-27, Dominion or Stewardship
Oct- All Saints, Acts 5:1-11, What Not To Do
Nov- Advent, Mk 1:1-4, Preparing the Way
Year C- Luke
Dec- Christmas, Lk 2:1-6, No Family At Christmas
Jan- Epiphany, Lk 2:25-38, Anna & Simeon
Feb- Lent, Lk 23:50-56, Holy Saturday: Jesus is Dead
Mar- Easter, Jn 20:19-31, Thomas & Doubt
Apr- Pentecost, Acts 2:1-21, Many Languages
May- Charity, Lk 6:27-38, Give to Everyone
June- Welcome, Lk 10:29-37, Who Is My Neighbor
July- Civic, Col 3:5-17, Living in Community
Aug- Prayer, 1 Jn 1:5-10, Confession as Prayer
Sep- Creation, Job 12:7-12, Learning from Creation
Oct- All Saints, Lk 12:4-12, What is Persecution
Nov- Advent, Lk 1:46-55, God's Justice Proclaimed
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