1 - 7 July 2006
Worship Together1 - 7 July 2006
Proper 8
Mark 5.21-43Give, because God first gave to you (AAA)
The message to the Church today is plain and simple: be generous in response to others’ need.
He’s got the power! (CYP)
Mark is using these two healing stories to build up a bigger picture, and to claim much more about Jesus than that he was simply a healer.
Additional resources
Touched by the hem of his garment (AAA) focused on 2 Corinthians 8.7-15
It’s difficult (though probably much more necessary) to be the church of the margins, the excluded church, the church that can only reach out secretly as far as the hem of Jesus’ garment.
These resources were first published in 2006.
Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 8 Year B
Mark 5.21-43
2 Corinthians 8.7-15
Lamentations 3.22-33
Psalm 30
Find more resources on these readings
- Proper 8 focused on Mark 5.21-43