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 19 (24)Sep 13, 2026
first Exodus 14:19-31psalm Psalm 114second Romans 14:1-12gospel Matthew 18:21-35
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The weeks ahead
Holy Cross
Sep 14, 2026
John 3:13-17
Turn soon
Proper 20 (25)
Sep 20, 2026
Matthew 20:1-16
Turn
Proper 21 (26)
Sep 27, 2026
Matthew 21:23-32
Turn
Proper 22 (27)
Oct 4, 2026
Matthew 21:33-46
Turn
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 →
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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.