29 August - 4 September 2021
Worship Together
29 August - 4 September 2021
Outside, inside
Mark 7.1-8,14-15,21-23Some Pharisees and scribes accuse Jesus’ disciples of eating with unwashed hands. Jesus tells the Pharisees that it is what is inside the heart that is important. He says that they honour God with their lips but not their hearts. It is not what goes into a person’s body that defiles a person, but rather the words and actions that can come from the inside.
The choices we make and the words we speak reflect what is important to us, the values that we hold. How do the choices we make reflect the values we hold? Who and what influences those values? Today we are thinking about the things that make a healthy, supportive community, and what we need to help us live as disciples.
This week we explore helping each other to live consistently.
Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 17 Year B
Deuteronomy 4.1-2,6-9
Psalm 15
James 1.17-27
Mark 7.1-8,14-15,21-23
This week's session plans
Ready-to-go complete sessions
29 August - 4 September 2021
Children & YouthFind 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)