The church, Christian calendar starts with Advent. The 2020-21 calendar started on 29 November 2020.
Today (09 May 2021) is the start of week 24 on the church calendar.
The “normal” calendar starts on a Sunday, and today is the beginning of week 19 (where the first Sunday (03 January) of the year was the start of the first week of the year).
Many churches in South Africa and around the world uses reading lectionaries to plan their Sunday and other services, sermons and messages. One of these lectionaries that are used by some in the Dutch Reformed Church (NG Kerk) in South Africa, is the Revised Common Lectionary. I also use this lectionary’s Bible texts most of the time.
Week 24’s texts that are commonly used, is:
- Acts 10:44-48
- Psalm 98
- 1 John 5:1-6
- John 15:9-17
On the Christian calendar, today is the sixth Sunday in Easter time.
During week 24 on the Christian calendar, we also commemorate the day of the Ascension of the Lord, on Thursday, 13 May 2021. There are a few texts on the lectionary for this day as well. These texts are:
- Psalm 47
- Acts 1:1-11
- Ephesians 1:15-23
- Luke 24:44-53
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