Lectern

You don’t have to choose between the lectionary and a series — the lectionary is a deck of series waiting to be dealt. A workbench over the church year: the day’s readings anchored, with sermon companions, hymns, calls to worship, the church’s reading-traditions, and the Turn arranged around them.

a Wroot Press workbench

This Sunday · Year A
Proper 9 (14)Jul 5, 2026
first Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67psalm Psalm 45:10-17second Romans 7:15-25agospel Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
The Turn readyCall readyOpen the workbench →
The weeks ahead
Proper 10 (15)
Jul 12, 2026
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Turn
Proper 11 (16)
Jul 19, 2026
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Turn
Proper 12 (17)
Jul 26, 2026
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
Turn
Proper 13 (18)
Aug 2, 2026
Matthew 14:13-21
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The workbench
Readings
The day's appointed texts, anchored — semicontinuous or complementary track.
Sermons
Wesley sermons that resonate by meaning, connected through shared faceted tags.
Hymns
UMH & Faith We Sing recommendations from the day's images — pointer-only.
Call to Worship
Three registers per Sunday — spare, immersive, hybrid — woven from the readings.
Lenses
How the church has read it: Catena, Topographia, Annales, and the day's doctrine.
The Turn
Two or three attested focus drafts from the church's own readings — one thing to say.
Browse the church year
Year A
Matthew · the kingdom in parables
76 occasions · as series →
Year B
Mark · the way of the cross
76 occasions · as series →
Year C
Luke · the great reversal
76 occasions · as series →
Recommendations connect readings, sermons, and hymns by shared faceted tags — not scripture coincidence. The Turn’s focus drafts are surfaced from the church’s attested reading-traditions (Catena Aurea), not generated. Pointer-only: no copyrighted hymn, sermon, or confessional text is stored.