Suggested Readings for April & May, 2024

Week of Sunday, March 31 (Resurrection of the Lord/Easter Day):  Acts 10:34-43 or Isa. 25:6-9 and Ps. 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Cor. 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-18;

Week of Sunday, April 7 (2nd Sunday of Easter):  Acts 4:32-35 and Psalm 133 or Isa. 65:17-25 and Ps. 3; 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31

Week of Sunday, April 14 (3rd Sunday of Easter):  Acts 3:12-19 and Ps. 4 or Isa. 6:1-9a and Ps. 40:1-5; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48

Week of Sunday, April 21, (4th Sunday of Easter):  Acts 4:5-12 and Ps. 23 orZech. 10:1-12 and Ps. 80:1-7; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18

Week of Sunday, April 28, (5th Sunday of Easter):  Acts 8:26-40 and Ps. 22:25-31 and Ex. 19:1-6 and Ps. 118:19-25; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8

Week of Sunday, May 5 (6th Sunday of Easter:  Acts 10:44-48 and Ps. 98 or Gen. 35:9-15 and Ps. 101; 1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17

Week of Sunday, May 12(Mother’s Day & 7th Sunday of Easter):  Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 and Psalm 1 or Jer. 10:1-10a and Ps. 108; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19

Week of Sunday, May 19 (Day of Pentecost):  Acts 2:1-21 or Ezek. 37:1-14 and Ps. 104:24-34, 35b; Rom. 8:22-27 or Acts 1:1-21; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

Week of Sunday, May 26, (Trinity Sunday):  Isa. 6:1-8 and Ps. 29: Rom. 8:12-17; John 3:1-17

  (These suggested scripture reading are from the 2024-2025 Presbyterian Planning Calendar. The Scripture passages listed are from the Revised Common Lectionary (1992), a lectionary for Sundays and festivals prepared by the Consultation on Common Texts and published in the Book of Common Worship (2018).