Friends: I will try to get these on on Sunday nights. Because it is Sunday night, I usually am fairly tired, but not for this. I love doing it. But I will not be editing my entry closely which means you get it kind of raw. Hope it still helps!
This next Sunday is known to Cox-Johnsons as "Fish Sunday." There is always a "Fish Sunday," in each of the three years of the lectionary cycle. This year's Gospel lessons are from Mark so the story here is short and sweet. I love it that the Old Testament is from Jonah..so I guess we could call it "Big Fish Sunday"...Wasn't there a movie recently of the same name, minus the Sunday part??? Any illusions there that would work here?
When I have preached this text from Mark I have taken varied approaches. I think I must have preached more often from Matthew than from Mark on this text. I really love the most the account in Luke, and the poignancy there of Peter's confession. I have a link before to a sermon I preached both at Community and at our evening service at Broadway where the theme was "being called from our comfort zones." Please forgive the misspelling and paragraph markings. I originally typed it in Claris, (o, I am old) and have opened in Text pad in Windows Vista. This sermon was preached from the Matthew version, but it works I think for Mark. Please note, though that the verses are from Matthew, I believe not Mark . And you WILL have to overlook the funny little symbol things, because I am not going to take the time to edit it:
http://sermonsfromsusan.blogspot.com/
But for me, this day just shimmers with possibilities for visuals. Did anyone say "fish?" Nets, nets, nets, folks, that some of your fisherpeople may have that are CLEAN, can be strewn, artistically of course, on the altar and other places Scarves with fish on them, any kind of fish will work, and other kinds of nets that are colorful would work well of course.
This gospel story is one that children can very easily act out, as they read it.
This next Sunday is known to Cox-Johnsons as "Fish Sunday." There is always a "Fish Sunday," in each of the three years of the lectionary cycle. This year's Gospel lessons are from Mark so the story here is short and sweet. I love it that the Old Testament is from Jonah..so I guess we could call it "Big Fish Sunday"...Wasn't there a movie recently of the same name, minus the Sunday part??? Any illusions there that would work here?
When I have preached this text from Mark I have taken varied approaches. I think I must have preached more often from Matthew than from Mark on this text. I really love the most the account in Luke, and the poignancy there of Peter's confession. I have a link before to a sermon I preached both at Community and at our evening service at Broadway where the theme was "being called from our comfort zones." Please forgive the misspelling and paragraph markings. I originally typed it in Claris, (o, I am old) and have opened in Text pad in Windows Vista. This sermon was preached from the Matthew version, but it works I think for Mark. Please note, though that the verses are from Matthew, I believe not Mark . And you WILL have to overlook the funny little symbol things, because I am not going to take the time to edit it:
http://sermonsfromsusan.blogspot.com/
But for me, this day just shimmers with possibilities for visuals. Did anyone say "fish?" Nets, nets, nets, folks, that some of your fisherpeople may have that are CLEAN, can be strewn, artistically of course, on the altar and other places Scarves with fish on them, any kind of fish will work, and other kinds of nets that are colorful would work well of course.
This gospel story is one that children can very easily act out, as they read it.
I have not checked out the suggested hymns on the GBOD website or on textweek, but ones I tended to use from the UMH are Jesus Calls Us; Dear Lord and Savior of Mankind (or Us All)...I think that is a Samuel Coleridge text...the tune and text are just beautiful and traditional, I know; Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore ... for some of us the rhythm is a bit tricky if this isn't sung very often--a good hymn to get your rhythm instruments out and let kids of all ages play; and I really like The Summons from The Faith We sing. Of course from the UMH is Lord of the Dance with its allusion to James and John.
Have fun with fish! And boats! And nets! I hope you have a great Ephiphany 3B!
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