Christian Seasons Calendar 2008

Salt of the Earth — The Christian Seasons Calendar 2008-2009

The new edition of the calendar has just arrived from the printer! Click here to order. We welcome all our returning calendar clients to the new Christian year, which begins with the first Sunday of Advent, November 30. Follow along the Christian seasons, through Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, and the long period of ordinary time that follows.
Click here or on the image at the right to see sample pages. The calendar represents the life of the church and moves in the rhythm of seven seasons, rather than twelve months. Each of the pages marks one of the seven Christian seasons: Advent , Christmas, The Season After Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter and The Season After Pentecost.	Some history This alternative calendar was created in 2000 to enable the re-telling of the life and story of Jesus Christ. It encourages people to live differently from the dominant culture; its unique shape and design remind those using it that there is a different time going on here - that we're living in God's time, not the world's time.
Walter Brueggemann: "I am so glad to see the emergence of this calendar because we Christians are in an emergency about time. (more) Stanley Hauerwas: “Few things are more important for Christians today than reclaiming the calendar as our time. This wonderful calendar helps us do that . . . ." (more) Eugene Peterson: "Every day is holy, a gift of time in which we enter into the great rhythms of God’s creation . . . . (more)
The calendar includes: Scripture readings for each Sunday in the Revised Common Lectionary Brief descriptions of each of the seven Christian seasons Each season identified by its liturgical colour Art work depicting our Christian story	Subverting Secular Time Our secular calendar has its beginning with the Roman Empire where on January 1 Roman state officials took office. The Christian calendar is to be a daily reminder that we are first citizens of the kingdom of God and secondly citizens of the state and culture.
Copyright (c) University Hill Congregation 2008

What is a Lectionary?

A lectionary is a list of Sunday scripture readings used in most denominations of Christianity. The sermon and/or worship theme often will reflect one or more of the scripture passages read from the lectionary. While there are numerous lectionaries, The Revised Common Lectionary, is used in the calendar. There is significant overlap between this much used lectionary and the RC lectionary.