Recommended Resources on the Web
SERMON PREPARATION
- Bible Study Spot: a listing of various bible study and sermon resources. http://www.biblestudyspot.com/sermon.html.
- Catholic Homilies and Sermons: Various authors, Roman Caholic. Featuring rich resources for sermon prep, full homily MS posted in advance. www.homilies.com/
- Catholic Lectionary Homilies & Ideas: by Fr. Jim Mazzone, Roman Catholic. Various resources. Entire homily MS posted by Friday evening. http://members.aol.com/homilies/
- Church of God: Official web site of the Church of God, Cleveland, Tenn. Sermons, spiritual help, and all about the COG. http://www.angelfire.com/ms2/crenshawchurchofgod
- Commentary on the RCL Readings: by Chris Haslam, Anglican Church of Canada, commentary and more. www.montreal.anglican.org/comment/
- Common Reading--lectionary notes by Rev. Anthony Robinson
http://www.anthonybrobinson.com/reading.htm
- Community Church Sermons: by Martin C. Singley - Sermon MS posted by Saturday. Large archive. www.tellicochurch.org/sermons.html
- Crosswise: Iona College, United Church of Canada. Exegeses of lectionary passages and worship resources such as prayers, etc. www.ionacollege.edu/CrossWise/index.html
- Desperate Preacher's Site. by Frank Schaefer. An ecumenical lectionary and sermon site that features dialogue to help create sermons for upcoming Lections. Full sermon manuscripts on the RCL are listed ahead of Sundays. www.desperatepreacher.com
- Fish Hooks For Preaching: by Rick McCracken-Bennett. Inspirational reflection on the upcoming RCL texts. http://users.cham-cor.com/ohcyclist/fishhooks.html
- From The Pulpit of First UMC: by Rev. Billy Strayhorn, First UMC in Joshua, Texas. Lectionary sermon ms posted by Saturday.
http://www.epulpit.net
- From the Pulpit: by Vince Gerhardy, Australia. Sermon MS posted by Fridays. http://home.austarnet.com.au/gerhardy/sermon.html
- Gathering: From the Journal "Gathering", United Church of Canada.
Features prayers and more on the RCL
http://www.united-church.ca/gathering/home.shtm
- http://www.ifindsermons.com -- a sermon site search engine.
- Into Thy Word Ministries: Comprehensive site concerned with teaching the Bible in a simple, clear, concise way with a reformed perspective. www.intothyword.com
- Keeping The Faith in Babylon: is a high quality lectionary based pastoral resource for "Christians in and out of the institutional church" by Barry Robinson of "Fernstone" in Lion's Head, Ontario. www.fernstone.org/
- Ken Collin's Website. by Ken Collins. Scripture-indexed sermons. http://www.kencollins.com/zindex.htm
- Grace UMC's Sunday's Sermon: by Rev. Alex Stevenson, United Methodist. Sermon manuscripts and more. Readily available archived sermons. http://www.geocities.com/alexstevenson.geo/
- Lectionary At Lunch: Concordia Seminary. Hear (not just read) the lectionary passages on this site. www.csl.edu/Lection.htm
- Lectionary Bible Study: Order quarterly study booklets for adults and teens. Ministry by Elizabeth C. Chapman. www.lectionarybiblestudy.org
- Lectionary Resources by Bill Loader: by Prof Bill Loder, Murdoch University, AU. Reflection and Exegesis. www.staff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/lectionaryindex.html
- Lift Up Your Hearts. by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada. Various helpful worship resources. www.worship.ca
- Liturgies Online: by Rev. Dr Moira Laidlaw, Uniting Church in Australia. Ecumenical site featuring complete liturgies based on the RCL. www.liturgiesonline.com.au/
- Meeting Christ in The Liturgy: The Word on The Web. by Father Cusick, Roman Catholic. Gopsel reflections on the RCL (RC version). www.christusrex.org/www1/mcitl/
- OZ Sermon Illustrations a site featuring free sermon illustrations with hundreds of high quality stories by Rev. Scott Higgins, a baptist pastor in Newcastle, Australia. http://www.ozsermonillustrations.com.
- Pastor Holwick's Illustrations. Rev. Holwick. Hundreds of sermon illustrations in various formats. http://holwick.com/illust.html
- Pastor John's Sermons: by Rev. John Pavelko, Presbyterian Church. Lectionary sermon ms posted in advance http://www.crossroadspc.org/thebarrel/index.htm
- Preachers Exchange: Reflections On Next Week's Scripture. by Fr. Jude Siciliano, roman Catholic.Resources and sermons based on the RCL (Cath. version) in English and Spanish. www.televar.com/~jhp/sermons.html
- Preaching The Lectionary: The McGregor Page. by Rev. Roland McGregor, United Methodist. Commentary, sermon manuscripts and more posted in advance. www.webspawner.com/users/mcgregorpage/
- RCL Sermons by Peter Blackburn. by Peter Blackburn. Sermon manuscripts based on the RCL posted in advance (one or two). Archived sermons by scripture passages. http://members.xoom.com/pblackburn/sermons/rcl.htm
- Sermon Central. Ecumenical Site. Featuring thousands of sermon manuscripts and sermon outlines. http://www.sermoncentral.com
- Sermon Ideas 4U. by Rev. Beth Johnston, United Church of Canada. Resources and sermon ms posted by Friday. Sermon Archive. www.angelfire.com/in/preachrcl/sermon.htm
- Sermon Library. by Rev. David Leininger. Lectionary sermon ms posted by Saturday evening. Archive of sermons. www.unidial.com/~stpaul/pulpit.html
- Sermon Seeds: by the United Church of Christ. Resources and sermon ms posted in advance. www.ucc.org/worship/seeds.htm
- Sermon / Worship Services 2000: The archive and current/advance sermon and worship service page of Rev. Mark Haverland of Polk City United Methodist Church. Posted by Friday night or Saturday noon. www.cinetserv.com/archive20.htm
- Sermons by Paul J. Fritz. by Dr. Paul J. Fritz. 500 Sermons and sermon outlines. http://www.sermoncentral.com/fritz/fritz.html
- Sermons and Sermon-Lectionary Resources. by Richard Fairchild, United Church of Canada. Entire Sundays service including sermon ms based on the RCL posted in advance. Christmas and Easter Resources. Extensive listing of ecumentical resources.
- St. Luke's website. Rev. Vince Gerhardy, Lutheran Church of Australisa--sermons on the RCL posted in advance. www.ozemail.com.au/~gerhardy/sermon.htm
- The Pastoral Preaching Web Site. by the Athenaeum of Ohio. An ecumenical site featuring resources, articles, and sermon manuscripts on the RCL in advance. www.mtsm.org/preach.htm
- The Saving Word Down Under. by Fr Terence McKenna, Anglican Church of Australia. Commentary on the Lectionary via E-Mail. Anybody can subsribe from the site. www.netconnect.com.au/~tmckenna
- The Sermon Barrel. by Ralph Milton, from joinhands.com. Sermons and much more. http://barrel.joinhands.com
- The Journey with Jesus: a weekly essay on the Biblical lectionary by Daniel B. Clendenin. http://www.journeywithjesus.net/
- The Text This Week. by Jenee Woodard. Ecumenical study and history resources on the RCL. www.textweek.com/
- Tim Zingale's Sermon Illustrations. by Tim Zingale, Lutheran Church. Illustrations and more on the RCL (Lutheran version). www.dodgenet.com/~tzingale/SermonIllst.html
- Weekly Spiritual Reflection. by Fr. Patrick Umberger, St. Bronislava Parish. Questions and reflections on the RCL. http://frpat.com/weekend.htm
- Word of God Hour. by Fr. John Mole, Roman Catholic. RCL readings in light of the feast days. www.wordofgod.ca/
- Worship That Works: Selected Sermons. Ecumenical resources and entire sermon manuscripts based on the RCL. www.dfms.org/worship-that-works/
CHILDREN'S SERMONS AND RESOURCES
- Talks to Children -- www.talks2children.itsforministry.org
- The Bible's Way to Victory over ADHD and Other Childhood Challenges, Free ebook. Sound answers on preventing and overcoming Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome. -- http://www.audiblox2000.com/onlinebook/index.htm, email: benetta@mweb.co.za
YOUTH MINISTRY RESOURCES
- UM Youth-Worker List -- http://gh1.com/um-youth
- http://www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com - http://www.CreativeYouthIdeas.com
WORSHIP
PRAYERS
- Prof. Bill Loader's Lectionary Resources-- Prayers and Litanies for the upcoming texts prepared by Dr. Loader, New Testament Professor at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/home.html
ONLINE BIBLES AND LECTIONARY SCRIPTURE READINGS
- Blue Letter Bible. Strongs Lexicon and Concordance www.khouse.org/blueletter/index.html
SEASONAL RESOURCES
JOURNALS
OTHER RESOURCES
- Mental Health Ministries -- a site by RSGS that provides resources to help erase the stigma of mental illness in our faith communities. "We strive to be interfaith and one of our main missions is to provide actual tools for faith groups to use." www.MentalHealthMinistries.net
- A Journey Home -- Dale Crow's true and inspirational story about reconciliation with his father (great for Father's Day)
- Christian Theological Seminary Image Library -- www.cts.edu/FacHomePages/imagelibrary/imagelibrary.htm
- JavaCasa Web Resources -- ecumenical news headlines, ecu calendar, Christian resources, and much more -- www.javacasa.com
- Pastors Prayer Fellowship in Sonoma County -- We are one church, many congregations united in Christ through prayer growing revival in Sonoma County! -- http://www.churchofsonomacounty.org
- MissionTrips.com -- www.missiontrips.com
- www.timchristoffersen.net --sermons and photographs of people in Burma (Myanmar) and Vietnam
- Writings of the Apocrypha -- http://wesley.nnc.edu/noncanon/apocrypha.htm
- www.PsycheAndSpirit.com -- an e-magazine featuring clergy care issues
- www.suesommer.com -- Sue Sommer Ministries - when you need a professional, encouraging, praise, and worshipful experience through music and testimony! www.suesommer.com
DENOMINATIONAL RESOURCES
- The Official United Methodist Web Site: Information, Resources, Doctrinal Stance, History, Interaction, Job Listings, etc. www.umc.org
- The EPA Conference Web Site: Information, Resources, Doctrinal Stance, History, Interaction, Job Listings, etc http://www.epaumc.org
- SAMUEL. United Church of Christ. Acronyn for "Scripture And Mission Electronic Library. www.ucc.org/worship/samuel/index.html