These readings are from the lectionary. At any service different readings may be chosen.
Brackets round readings indicate that those readings will not be printed in the weekly bulletin.
Brackets round readings indicate that those readings will not be printed in the weekly bulletin.
| Day | Pro -per | Suggested Theme | Readings | ||||
| Old Testament | Epistle | Gospel | Psalm | ||||
| Nov 27 | Advent 1 (Purple) | The Day of the Lord | Isaiah 64:1-9 | (1 Corinthians 1:3-9) | Mark 13:24-37 | (Psalm 80:1-8) | |
| Dec 4 | Advent 2 (Purple) | John the Baptist | Isaiah 40:1-11 | (2 Peter 3:8-15a) | Mark 1:1-8 | (Psalm 85:8-end) | |
| Dec 11 | Advent 3 (Purple) | Prepare the Way | Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11 | (1 Thessalonians 5:16-24) | John 1:6-8, 19-28 | (Psalm 126) | |
| Dec 18 | Advent 4 (Purple) | The Annunciation | 2 Samuel 7:1-11,16 | (Romans 16:25-27) | Luke 1:26-38 | (Psalm 89:1-8) | |
| Dec 24 | Christmas Eve (Purple) | Jesus is Born! | Isaiah 52:7-10 | (Hebrews 1:1-4) | John 1:1-14 | (Psalm 98) | |
| Dec 25 | Christmas Day (White) | Jesus is Born! | Isaiah 9:2-7 | (Titus 2:11-14) | Luke 2:1-14 | (Psalm 96) | |
| 2012 | |||||||
| Jan 1 | Christmas 1 (White) | New beginning | (Isaiah 61:10 - 62:3) | Galatians 4:4-7 | Luke 2:15-21 | (Psalm 148:7-end) | |
| Jan 8 | Epiphany (White) | Wise men seek the King | (Isaiah 60:1-6) | Ephesians 3:1-12 | Matthew 2:1-12 | (Psalm 72:10-15) | |
| Jan 15 | 2nd of Epiphany (White) | Follow me | (1 Samuel 3:1-10) | Revelation 5:1-10 | John 1:43-51 | (Psalm 139:1-9) | |
| Jan 22 | 3rd of Epiphany (White) (Wk of prayer for Christian Unity) | Water into wine | (Genesis 14:17-20) | Revelation 19:6-10 | John 2:1-11 | (Psalm 128) | |
| Jan 29 | 4th of Epiphany (White) | New teaching | Deuteronomy 18:15-20 | (Revelation 12:1-5a) | Mark 1:21-28 | (Psalm 111) | |
| Feb 5 | 3rd before Lent (Green) | 1 | Good news for all | (Isaiah 40:21-31) | 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 | Mark 1:29-39 | (Psalm 147:1-12) |
| Feb 12 | 2nd before Lent (Green) | Who is Jesus? | (Proverbs 8:1,22-31) | Colossians 1:15-20 | John 1:1-14 | (Psalm 104:26-end) | |
| Feb 19 | Next before Lent (Green) | Seeing the light | (2 Kings 2:1-12) | 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 | Mark 9:2-9 | (Psalm 50:1-6) | |
| Feb 22 | Ash Wednesday (Purple) | True fasting | Isaiah 58:1-12 | John 8:1-11 | |||
| Feb 26 | 1st of Lent (Purple) | Significant signs | Genesis 9:8-17 | (1 Peter 3:18-22) | Mark 1:9-15 | (Psalm 25:1-9) | |
| Mar 4 | 2nd of Lent (Purple) | Significant promises | Genesis 17:1-7,15,16 | (Romans 4:13-25) | Mark 8:31-38 | (Psalm 22:23-end) | |
| Mar 11 | 3rd of Lent (Purple) | Significant action | Exodus 20:1-17 | (1 Corinthians 1:18-25) | John 2:13-22 | (Psalm 19:7-end) | |
| Mar 18 | 4th of Lent (Purple) (Mothering Sunday) | The cost of love | Exodus 2:1-10 | (2 Corinthians 1:3-7) | John 19:25-27 | (Psalm 127:1-4) | |
| Mar 25 | 5th of Lent (Purple) | The new covenant | Jeremiah 31:31-34 | (Hebrews 5:5-10) | John 12:20-33 | (Psalm 51:1-13) | |
| Apr 1 | Palm Sunday (Red) | Meekness and Majesty | Isaiah 50:4-9a | (Philippians 2:5-11) | Mark 11:1-11 | (Psalm 118:19-24) | |
| Apr 8 | Easter Day (White) | Jesus lives! | (Isaiah 25:6-9) | Acts 10:34-43 | John 20:1-18 | (Psalm 118:14-24) | |
| Apr 15 | 2nd of Easter (White) | Seeing is believing? | (Exodus 14:10-31, 15:20-21) | Acts 4:32-35 | John 20:19-31 | (Psalm 133) | |
| Apr 22 | 3rd of Easter (White) | Resurrection response | (Zephaniah 3:14-20) | Acts 3:12-19 | Luke 24:36-48 | (Psalm 4) | |
| Apr 29 | 4th of Easter (White) | Resurrection power | (Genesis 7:1-5,11-18, 8:6-18, 9:8-13) | Acts 4:5-12 | John 10:11-18 | (Psalm 23) | |
| May 6 | 5th of Easter (White) | Resurrection fruit | (Genesis 22:1-18) | Acts 8:26-40 | John 15:1-8 | (Psalm 22:25-end) | |
| May 13 | 6th of Easter (White) | Resurrection promises | (Isaiah 55:1-11) | Acts 10:44-48 | John 15:9-17 | (Psalm 98) | |
| May 17 | Ascension Day (White) | Jesus reigns | Acts 1:1-11 | Luke 24:44-53 | |||
| May 20 | 7th of Easter (White) | Sent by Christ | (Ezekiel 36:24-28) | Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 | John 17:6-19 | (Psalm 1) | |
| May 27 | Pentecost (Red) | The Holy Spirit | (Ezekiel 37:1-14) | Acts 2:1-21 | John 15:26 - 16:15 | (Psalm 104:24-end) | |
| Jun 3 | Trinity Sunday (White) | Triune God | Isaiah 6:1-8 | (Romans 8:12-17) | John 3:1-17 | (Psalm 29) | |
| Jun 10 | 1st after Trinity (Green) | 5 | Discipleship 1: Called to Jesus | (1 Samuel 8:4-20) | 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 | Matthew 4:18-22 | (Psalm 138) |
| Jun 17 | 2nd after Trinity (Green) | 6 | Discipleship 2: Called to Follow | (I Samuel 15:34 - 16:13) | 1 Corinthians 10:31 - 11:1 | John 10:1-13 | (Psalm 20) |
| Jun 24 | 3rd after Trinity (Green) | 7 | Discipleship 3: Called to Serve | (1 Samuel 17:32-49) | Philippians 2:4-13 | John 13:1-7 | (Psalm 9:9-end) |
| Jul 1 | 4th after Trinity (Green) | 8 | Discipleship 4: Called to be Witnesses | (2 Samuel 1:1,17-27) | 1 Peter 3:8-17 | Matthew 28:16-20 | (Psalm 130) |
| Jul 8 | 5th after Trinity (Green) | 9 | Discipleship 5: Called to Pray | (2 Samuel 5:1-5,9-10) | Ephesians 6:10-20 | Luke 11:1-4 | (Psalm 48) |
| Jul 15 | 6th after Trinity (Green) | 10 | Discipleship 6: Called to Worship | (2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19) | Acts 2:40-47 | John 20:19-23 | (Psalm 24) |
| Jul 22 | 7th after Trinity (Green) | 11 | Discipleship 7: Called to Hope | (2 Samuel 7:1-14a) | 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 | John 14:1-6 | (Psalm 89:20-37) |
| Jul 29 | 8th after Trinity (Green) | 12 | Meeting Needs | 2 Samuel 11:1-15 | (Ephesians 3:14-21) | John 6:1-21 | (Psalm 14) |
| Aug 5 | 9th after Trinity (Green) | 13 | The Bread of Life | 2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13a | (Ephesians 4:1-16) | John 6:24-35 | (Psalm 51:1-13) |
| Aug 12 | 10th after Trinity (Green) | 14 | Living Bread | 2 Samuel 18:5-9,15,31-33 | (Ephesians 4:25 - 5:2) | John 6:35,41-51 | (Psalm 130) |
| Aug 19 | 11th after Trinity (Green) | 15 | Real Food and Drink | 1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 | (Ephesians 5:15-20) | John 6:51-58 | (Psalm 111) |
| Aug 26 | 12th after Trinity (Green) | 16 | Words of Life | 1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-43 | (Ephesians 6:10-20) | John 6:56-69 | (Psalm 84) |
| Sep 2 | 13th after Trinity (Green) | 17 | Clean and Unclean | Song of Solomon 2:8-13 | (James 1:17-end) | Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 | (Psalm 45 1-7) |
| Sep 9 | 14th after Trinity (Green) | 18 | Persevering Faith | Proverbs 22:1,2,8,9,22,23 | (James 2:1-17) | Mark 7:24-37 | (Psalm 125) |
| Sep 16 | 15th after Trinity (Green) | 19 | Take up your cross | Proverbs 1:20-33 | (James 3:1-12) | Mark 8:27-38 | (Psalm 19:1-6) |
| Sep 23 | 16th after Trinity (Green) | 20 | How to be First | Proverbs 31:10-31 | (James 3:13 - 4:8a) | Mark 9:30-37 | (Psalm 1) |
| Sep 30 | 17th after Trinity (Green) | 21 | Radical Faith | Esther 7:1-6,9,10 | (James 5:13-20) | Mark 9:38-50 | (Psalm 124) |
| Oct 7 | 18th after Trinity (Green) | 22 | The Glory of Christ | (Job 1:1; 2:1-10) | Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 | Mark 10:2-16 | (Psalm 26) |
| Oct 14 | 19th after Trinity (Green) | 23 | The Sympathy of Christ | (Job 23:1-9,16-17) | Hebrews 4:12-16 | Mark 10:17-31 | (Psalm 22:1-15) |
| Oct 21 | 20th after Trinity (Green) | 24 | The Great High Priest | (Job 38:1-7) | Hebrews 5:1-10 | Mark 10:35-45 | (Psalm 104:1-10) |
| Oct 28 | Last after Trinity (Green) (Bible Sunday) | 25 | Complete Salvation | (Job 42:1-6,10-end or Isaiah 55:1-11) | Hebrews 7:23-28 (or 2 Timothy 3:14 - 4:5) | Mark 10:46-52 (or John 5:36b-47) | (Psalm 34:1-8 or Psalm 19:7-14) |
| Nov 4 | All Saints Day (White) | Saints | Isaiah 25:6-9 | (Revelation 21:1-6a) | John 11:32-44 | (Psalm 24:1-6) | |
| Nov 11 | 3rd before Advent (Red) Remembrance Sunday | Follow Me | Jonah 3:1-5, 10 | (Hebrews 9:24-28) | Mark 1:14-20 | (Psalm 62:5-end) | |
| Nov 18 | 2nd before Advent (Red) | The end of the age | Daniel 12:1-3 | (Hebrews 10:11-25) | Mark 13:1-8 | (Psalm 16) | |
| Nov 25 | Christ the King (Red) | Christ the King | Daniel 7:9,10,13,14 | (Revelation 1:4b-8) | John 18:33-37 | (Psalm 93) | |
| Dec 2 | Advent 1 (Purple) | The Day of the Lord | (Jeremiah 33:14-16) | 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 | Luke 21:25-36 | (Psalm 25:1-10) | |
| Dec 9 | Advent 2 (Purple) | The forerunner | (Malachi 3:1-4) | Philippians 1:3-11 | Luke 3:1-6 | (Psalm 75 or Benedictus) | |
| Dec 16 | Advent 3 (Purple) | The Lord is near | (Zephaniah 3:14-20) | Philippians 4:4-7 | Luke 3:7-18 | (Psalm 50:1-6) | |
| Dec 23 | Advent 4 (Purple) | Joyful anticipation | (Micah 5:2-5a) | Hebrews 10:5-10 | Luke 1:39-45 | (Psalm 80:1-7 or Magnificat) | |
| Dec 24 | Christmas Eve (Purple) | Our Saviour is born! | (Isaiah 62:6-12) | Titus 3:4-7 | Luke 2:8-20 | ||
| Dec 25 | Christmas Day (White) | Our Saviour is born! | (Isaiah 52:7-10) | Hebrews 1:1-4 | John 1:1-14 | ||
| Dec 30 | Christmas 1 (White) | The childhood of Jesus | (1 Samuel 2:18-20,26) | Colossians 3:12-17 | Luke 2:41-52 | (Psalm 148) | |