1 - 7 September 2012
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1 - 7 September 2012
Proper 17
James 1.17-27Doers of the Word - Week 1 of 5
Five weeks in which we use the Letter of James to celebrate God’s gifts and consider our response.
Gratitude
We begin a five-week consideration of the Letter of James, a piece of early Christian writing deeply rooted in Jewish faith and practice. This week we explore the importance of gratitude.
This week's reading, James 1.17-27, provides us with an opportunity to:
- learn a bit more about James, ‘the Lord’s brother’ (Galatians 1.19) (AAA & CYP)
- be aware of Jewish Christianity rooted in a deep sense of gratitude to God (AAA & CYP)
- explore how we might develop an attitude of gratitude (AAA & CYP).
These resources were first published in Issue 61 September/October 2012. Extracts of these resources have since been republished in the Methodist Bible Month 2017 magazine.
Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 17
Deuteronomy 4.1-2,6-9
Psalm 15
James 1.17-27
Mark 7.1-8,14-15,21-23
Find more resources on these readings
- Proper 17 focused on James 1.17-27 (2024)
- Proper 17 focused on Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 (2021)
- Proper 17 focused on Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 (2018)
- Proper 17 focused on Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 (2015)
- Proper 17 focused on James 1.17-27 (2012)
- Proper 17 focused on Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 (2009)
- Proper 17 focused on James 1.17-27 (2006)
- Proper 17 focused on Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 (2003)