Welcome to the BEMA Liturgy.

Engage the Liturgy.

As a facilitator, you’ll want to look ahead so you can prepare and assign readings to different members of your community. These dates have been updated to reflect the 2024–25 liturgical calendar.

Part A — A Time of Planting and Harvest

Introduction to Part A by Marty Solomon

• Trust: Goodness and Rest (Week 1, Sep 1)

• Knowing When to Say Enough (Week 2, Sep 8)

• Putting a Stop to Fear and Insecurity (Week 3, Sep 15)

• Putting Guilt in Its Place (Week 4, Sep 22)

• Dropping the Jawbone (Week 5, Sep 29)

• Refusing to Settle (Week 6, Oct 6)

• Becoming Our Brother’s Keeper (Week 7, Oct 13)

• Sharing, Generosity, and Hospitality (Week 8, Oct 20)

• The Harvest of Perseverance (Week 9, Oct 27)

• Shrewd as Serpents (Week 10, Nov 3)

• When It Looks Like It’s All for Naught (Week 11, Nov 10)

• Forgiveness: The Greatest Act of Trust (Week 12, Nov 17)

• The Audacity of Trust (Week 13, Nov 24)

  Conclusion to Part A by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent

Part B — Reflections on Death

Introduction to Part B by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent

• Hope: The Prophet Candle (Week 14, Dec 1)

• Peace: The Bethlehem Candle (Week 15, Dec 8)

• Joy: The Shepherd Candle (Week 16, Dec 15)

• Love: The Magi Candle (Week 17, Dec 22)
  [Christmas Eve] Child: The Christ Candle (Dec 24)

• How the Kingdom Comes (Week 18, Dec 29)

• Embracing the Embrace of God (Week 19, Jan 5)

• Yeast: Even This Could Be Holy (Week 20, Jan 12)

• Pronouncements of Favor (Week 21, Jan 19)

• On Abolishing and Fulfilling (Week 22, Jan 26)

• The Kingdom of God and the Anger of Men (Week 23, Feb 2)

• Regarding One Another (Week 24, Feb 9)

• Beyond the Borders of the World’s Love (Week 25, Feb 16)

• Like Him in His Death (Week 26, Feb 23)

Conclusion to Part B by Reed Dent

Part C — Reshaped by Hope and New Life

Introduction to Part C by Reed Dent

• Ash Wednesday I: Backward and Forward in Time (Week 27, Mar 2)

• Ash Wednesday II: Further Backward and Further Forward (Week 28, Mar 9)

• On Lent: Fasting (Week 29, Mar 16)

• On Lent: Testing (Week 30, Mar 23)

• A Liturgy of Searching (Week 31, Mar 30)

• Teaching in Riddles (Week 32, Apr 23)

• [Palm Sunday] A Statement of Triumph (Week 33, Apr 13)
  [Maundy Thursday] Beloved Betrayer (Apr 17)
  [Good Friday] Forsaken Together (Apr 18)
  [Holy Saturday] Even If I Make My Bed in Sheol (Apr 19)

• A Wedding Sermon for Easter (Week 34, Apr 20)

• Out of the Resurrection, Into the World (Week 35, Apr 27)

• Barn Building and the Generosity of Resurrection Life (Week 36, May 4)

• A Ridiculous Economy of Forgiveness: Two Servants in Need of Mercy (Week 37, May 11)

• The Good Samaritan Draws Near: Compassion as Action (Week 38, May 18)

• Like Him in His Life (Week 39, May 25)

Conclusion to Part C by Reed Dent and Josh Bossé

Part D — Children of the Resurrection

Introduction to Part D by Marty Solomon and Elle Grover Fricks

• A Big IN, a Bigger FOR, and a Huge WITH (Week 40, Jun 1)

• [Pentecost] Giving God a Chance (Week 41, Jun 8)

• Radical Commitments to Radical Community (Week 42, Jun 15)

• Radical Inclusion (Week 43, Jun 22)

• Radical Faithfulness (Week 44, Jun 29)

• The Faithfulness of Christ (Week 45, Jul 6)

• Empowered to Walk in the Truth of the Resurrection (Week 46, Jul 13)

• The Faith of Abraham in the Light of the Resurrection (Week 47, Jul 20)

• Living Stones for a Living Hope (Week 48, Jul 27)

• The Perseverance of the Saints (Week 49, Aug 3)

• A Great Cloud of Witnesses (Week 50, Aug 10)

• The Removal of the Intruder (Week 51, Aug 17)

• The Ending Is a New Beginning (Week 52, Aug 24)

Conclusion to Part D by Marty Solomon