{"id":140,"date":"2026-07-24T21:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:36:24","slug":"sermon-seeds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/?page_id=140","title":{"rendered":"Sermon Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Year A 2025-2026 Seeds and Ways Focus and Roadmap: Stay Awake<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2026 After Pentecost Series: Faithful and Vital<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

July 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming Sermon Seeds Series Roadmaps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to SERMON <\/strong>SEEDS<\/strong>

\u201cSpeak, for your servant is listening\u2026.\u201d (1 Samuel 3:10)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sermon Seeds is a preparation resource designed for use with the Revised Common Lectionary. Each week, you\u2019ll find that Sunday\u2019s Lectionary texts and a reflection on the focus text. Sermon Seeds are also adapted as \u201cWeekly Seeds\u201d on ucc.org for Bible study in the local church and for personal devotion and study.  Along with the text and reflection, you\u2019ll find a prayer, additional thoughts for reflection, and focus questions for discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Church of Christ participates in the Consultation on Common Texts, which has designed the Revised Common Lectionary. For more information on the Lectionary, go to commontexts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would you like to discuss the sermon you\u2019re preparing for this Sunday? You\u2019re invited to join us on Facebook at <\/em>Sermon Seeds (United Church of Christ)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Lectionary-based worship resources<\/strong> for each Sunday from the United Church of Christ, go to Worship Ways.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sermon Seeds and Weekly Seeds are produced by Local Church Ministries of the United Church of Christ.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Revised Common Lectionary<\/a><\/em> is \u00a9 Consultation on Common Texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texts are from the New Revised Standard Version of Holy Scripture<\/em>, \u00a9 1989 by The Division of Christian Education, National Council of Churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The psalm antiphon is from The New Century Hymnal<\/em>,<\/a> \u00a9 1995, The Pilgrim Press. Used with permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay, Minister for Worship and Theology (info@citychurchcommunity.online<\/a><\/a>), also serves as a local church pastor and worship scholar-practitioner with a particular interest in the proclamation of the word in gathered communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Year A 2025-2026 Seeds and Ways Focus and Roadmap: Stay Awake 2026 After Pentecost Series: Faithful and Vital July 19, 2026 July 26, 2026 August 2, 2026 Upcoming Sermon Seeds Series Roadmaps Welcome to SERMON SEEDS\u201cSpeak, for your servant is listening\u2026.\u201d (1 Samuel 3:10) Sermon Seeds is a preparation resource designed for use with the Revised Common Lectionary. Each week, you\u2019ll find that Sunday\u2019s Lectionary texts and a reflection on the focus text. Sermon Seeds are also adapted as \u201cWeekly Seeds\u201d on ucc.org for Bible study in the local church and for personal devotion and study.  Along with the text and… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":130,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-no-sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-140","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions\/141"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citychurchcommunity.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}