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Sixth Sunday of Easter

Devotional

Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Stephen P. McCutchan
John 14:15-21
excerpted from Water From the Well: Lectionary Devotional For Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Stephen P. McCutchan
1 Peter 3:13-22
excerpted from Water From the Well: Lectionary Devotional For Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Stephen P. McCutchan
Psalm 66:8-20
excerpted from Water From the Well: Lectionary Devotional For Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Stephen P. McCutchan
Acts 17:22-31
excerpted from Water From the Well: Lectionary Devotional For Cycle A

Drama

Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Robert F. Crowley
Psalm 148
excerpted from Lectionary Scenes : 57 Vignettes For Cycle A

Preaching

Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Elizabeth Achtemeier
Acts 17:22-31
excerpted from Preaching and Reading the Old Testament Lessons: With an Eye to the New
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Jerry L. Schmalenberger
Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Preaching Workbook: Series VII, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Carlos Wilton
Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Preaching Workbook: Series VIII, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Stan Purdum
Psalm 66:8-20
excerpted from Hear My Voice: Preaching The Lectionary Psalms for Cycles A, B, C
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
E. Carver Mcgriff
Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Preaching Workbook : Series VI, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
John R. Brokhoff
Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Preaching Workbook : Series IV
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
George M. Bass
Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Preaching Workbook : Series III, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Russell F. Anderson
Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Preaching Workbook : Series V, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
John R. Brokhoff
Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Preaching Workbook : Cycle A, THIRD EDITION

Sermon

Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
David O. Bales
1 Peter 3:13-22
excerpted from Sermons On The Second Readings : Series II, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
David O. Bales
John 14:15-21
excerpted from To The Cross and Beyond: Cycle A Gospel Sermons for Lent and Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Tony S. Everett
Acts 17:22-31
excerpted from Show-and-Tell: First Lesson Cycle A Sermons for Lent and Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Schuyler Rhodes
Acts 17:22-31
excerpted from Sermons On The First Readings : Series II, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Lee Griess
John 14:15-21
excerpted from Sermons On The Gospel Readings : Series II, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Frank Luchsinger
1 Peter 3:13-22
excerpted from Love Is Your Disguise : Second Lesson Sermons For Lent/Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Richard L. Sheffield
John 14:15-21
excerpted from The Lord Is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed! He Really Is! : Gospel Sermons For Lent/Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Richard E. Gribble, CSC
Acts 17:22-31
excerpted from Cross, Resurrection, And Ascension : First Lesson Sermons For Lent/Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Theodore F. Schneider
Acts 17:22-31
excerpted from CALLED TO JERUSALEM: SENT TO THE WORLD : Sermons For Lent And Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Mark Ellingsen
John 14:15-21
excerpted from PREPARATION AND MANIFESTATION : Sermons For Lent And Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Robert J. Elder
Acts 17:22-31
excerpted from RESTORING THE FUTURE : First Lesson Sermons For Lent/Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Albert G. Butzer, III
John 14:15-21
excerpted from Tears Of Sadness, Tears Of Gladness : Gospel Sermons For Lent/Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Bill Mosley
Acts 17:22-31
excerpted from Sermons On The First Readings : Series I, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Richard E. Gribble, CSC
John 14:15-21
excerpted from Sermons on the Gospel Readings: Series I, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Richard W. Ferris
1 Peter 3:13-22
excerpted from Sermons On The Second Reading : Series I, Cycle A

Stories

Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
David E. Leininger
Acts 17:22-31
excerpted from Lectionary Tales For The Pulpit: Series VI, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Timothy J. Smith
John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Tales For The Pulpit : Series II Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Constance Berg
John 14:15-21
excerpted from LECTIONARY TALES FOR THE PULPIT : Series III, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Gregory L. Tolle
1 Peter 3:13-22
excerpted from Lectionary Tales For The Pulpit : Series IV, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
John E. Sumwalt
John 14:15-21, Psalm 66:8-20
excerpted from Shining Moments : Visions Of The Holy In Ordinary Lives

Worship

Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Thom M. Shuman
Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Worship Aids, Cradled in God's Heart: Series VIII, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
H. Burnham Kirkland
Psalm 66:8-20
excerpted from Lectionary Worship Aids: Series VI, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
H. Burnham Kirkland
Acts 17:22-31
excerpted from Lectionary Worship Aids: Series VI, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
H. Burnham Kirkland
1 Peter 3:13-22
excerpted from Lectionary Worship Aids: Series VI, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
H. Burnham Kirkland
John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Worship Aids: Series VI, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Dallas A. Brauninger
Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Worship Aids: Series V, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Wayne H. Keller
John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Worship Workbook: Series II, Cycle A Gospel Texts
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
B. David Hostetter
Acts 17:22-31, Psalm 66:8-20, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from LECTIONARY WORSHIP AIDS : Series III, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Dallas A. Brauninger
1 Peter 3:13-22
excerpted from In the Beginning Was the Word: Scriptures For The Lectionary Speaking Choir, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Amy C. Schifrin
Martha Shonkwiler
John 14:15-21, Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, Psalm 66:8-20
excerpted from Lectionary Worship Workbook: Series III, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Norman A. Beck
Psalm 66:8-20, Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Scripture Notes : For use with Common, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Lectionaries
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Beverly S. Bailey
Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, Psalm 66:8-20, John 14:15-21
excerpted from Lectionary Worship Workbook: Series IV, Cycle A
Sixth Sunday of Easter - A
Frank Ramirez
Acts 17:22-3, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21
excerpted from LECTIONARY WORSHIP AIDS : Series VII, Cycle A

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Richard E. Gribble, CSC
When Charlie Atlas was a teenager his parents purchased for him a dresser mirror that he placed in his bedroom. Before this, whenever Charlie needed to use a mirror, he went to the bathroom, but there he was only able to see his head and possibly his shoulders. When he got dressed up he used his parents' full-length mirror in their bedroom. Charlie was happy with his new mirror; he spent many hours in front of it.
Elizabeth Achtemeier
There is a strange belief abroad in our land at the present time, the belief that we cannot know God. Such a belief rises partly from a feeling of awe before the divine -- the feeling that God is so unfathomable, so other, so beyond our feeble understanding that we cannot possibly experience who he truly is in all of his fullness and perfection. And perhaps that is the reason that the Athenians have erected that idol "to an unknown God" that Paul encounters when he visits their city. They know that there is a god beyond them, but they cannot define him or name him.
Stan Purdum
(See Proper 23/Pentecost 21/Ordinary Time 28, Cycle C, for an alternative approach to vv. 1-12.)

Psalm 66 is a song of communal thanksgiving, probably composed to celebrate some national deliverance. Because of the personal language of verses 13-20, there is some speculation that this psalm was originally two hymns, but as it stands, it contains a combination of corporate and personal prayers, both appropriate in worship.
Russell F. Anderson
BRIEF COMMENTARY ON THE LESSONS

Lesson 1: Acts 17:22--31 (C, E, L)
Schuyler Rhodes
Are you one of those people who always has a backup plan? Do you make your commitments and focus your energies on one thing, but have an alternative in mind just in case things don't work out with the first one? You might call it "Plan B" or something else, but basically you're hedging your bets and covering yourself in case the situation goes south.
Mark Ellingsen
Jesus was still in the middle of his farewell discourse to his disciples. He was trying to comfort the despair that they were feeling when they had first heard the news (during the last supper) that Jesus would be leaving them (John 13:21, 33; 14:1). He had comforted them with the good news that he was on the way to God the Father, that in associating with Jesus, the disciples had been in fellowship with the Father (John 14:6-11). Whoever believed in him, Jesus said, would be able to do the works that he had done, even greater works (John 14:12).
Albert G. Butzer, III
Here are two statements about the world. Tell me if both of them ring true for you. The first of them is this: "The world is a beautiful place." And the second statement is this: "The world is a terrible and dangerous place." Both statements are true - don't you agree? - and yet, ironically, they seem to say the exact opposite thing. How much easier it would be to affirm one statement or the other, but not both.
Richard E. Gribble, CSC
The name Robert Stroud is not one commonly heard in ordinary conversation, but this man's contribution to humanity will live on in the minds of many under a different title, "The Birdman of Alcatraz." By nature, Robert Stroud was not a congenial man. As a youth he was always getting into fights, disagreements, and various altercations. When he was only nineteen he killed a man in a barroom brawl, was convicted of second--degree murder, and was sentenced to the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, since the crime was committed on Federal land.
Richard W. Ferris
In a large stone cathedral in Europe there was a grand, magnificent pipe organ. On a particular Saturday afternoon, the sexton was making one final check of the choir and organ loft high in the balcony at the back of the church. As he was making his inspection, he was startled to hear footsteps echoing up the stone stairway behind him. He thought the doors were all locked and that no one else was in the church. He turned to see a man in slightly tattered traveling clothes coming toward him.
Dallas A. Brauninger
First Lesson: Acts 17:22-31
Theme: To A Known God

Call To Worship
Leader: God is a known God who continually gives us evidence of presence.
People: God is a knowable God who extends to us the hand of hope.
All: Come, let us worship God. Amen.

Collect
Beverly S. Bailey
Hymns
Our Cities Cry To You, O God (PH437)
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (PH376, UM384, LBW315, NCH43)
Holy Spirit, Truth Divine (PH321, UM465)
There's A Sweet, Sweet Spirit (PH398, UM334)
Thy Holy Wings, O Savior (UM502)
Come Down, O Love Divine (LBW508, NCH289, PH313)
O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee (OBW492, NCH502, PH357)
My Song Is Love Unknown (LBW94, NCH222, PH76)

Anthems
Praise The Lord, Service Music, Hal Hopson, CGA, Unison 2--part

The Immediate Word

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John Fitzgerald
Contents
"Reason for Hope" by John Fitzgerald

Reason for Hope
by John Fitzgerald
1 Peter 3:13-22

Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the classic Little House on the Prairie series neared an end to her
life. At this juncture she penned an essay about hope in face of the constant current of change. Here is an excerpt from that writing: 
Frank Ramirez
Peter Andrew Smith
Contents
What's Up This Week
"Always Be Ready" by Frank Ramirez
"Looking for God" by Peter Andrew Smith
"A Gentle Profession" by Peter Andrew Smith


What's Up This Week

Emphasis Preaching Journal

Mark Ellingsen
The lessons for the Sixth Sunday of Easter direct us to sermons on the great things God’s love does, appreciating in two cases this love’s cosmic character (especially leading to a stress on justification by grace). This is an appropriate theme with the festival of the Ascension in view, which celebrates Christ’s almighty power and cosmic vindication. 

Acts 17:22-31
William H. Shepherd
Schuyler Rhodes
In Garret Kreizer's novel, God of Beer (2002), the high school social studies teacher tells the class about Gandhi's assertion that if God ever came to India, he'd have to come as bread, in order to get the attention of the starving peasants. The teacher then asks the class what form God would have to take in order to get the attention of their high school. "Beer," says one student. "Yeah," another chimes in, "it's the only thing to do around here."

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Prayers usually include these concerns and may follow this sequence:

The Church of Christ

Creation, human society, the Sovereign and those in authority

The local community

Those who suffer

The communion of saints


These responses may be used:


Lord, in your mercy
Hear our prayer
Lord, hear us.
Lord, graciously hear us.

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Hi there, boys and girls! How many of you have rules that you have to follow at home? (show of hands) What are some of the rules you have? (let them tell you) What about at school? Do you have rules there? What are they? (let them tell you)

Why should we even have rules? (see what they think) I think we have rules because it makes it easier for us to be together. If we are all kind to each other, we will all be happier. If there are rules, then maybe people will fight less.
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