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 (for Part A and B so far) have been updated to reflect the 2026–27 liturgical calendar.

Part A — A Time of Planting and Harvest

Introduction to Part A by Marty Solomon

• Trust: Goodness and Rest (Week 1, Aug 30)

• Knowing When to Say Enough (Week 2, Sep 6)

• Putting a Stop to Fear and Insecurity (Week 3, Sep 13)

• Putting Guilt in Its Place (Week 4, Sep 20)

• Dropping the Jawbone (Week 5, Sep 27)

• Refusing to Settle (Week 6, Oct 4)

• Becoming Our Brother’s Keeper (Week 7, Oct 11)

• Sharing, Generosity, and Hospitality (Week 8, Oct 18)

• The Harvest of Perseverance (Week 9, Oct 25)

• Shrewd as Serpents (Week 10, Nov 1)

• When It Looks Like It’s All for Naught (Week 11, Nov 8)

• Forgiveness: The Greatest Act of Trust (Week 12, Nov 15)

• The Audacity of Trust (Week 13, Nov 22)

  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, Nov 29)

• Peace: The Bethlehem Candle (Week 15, Dec 6)

• Joy: The Shepherd Candle (Week 16, Dec 13)

• Love: The Magi Candle (Week 17, Dec 20)
  [Christmas Eve] Child: The Christ Candle (Dec 24)

• How the Kingdom Comes (Week 18, Dec 27)

• Embracing the Embrace of God (Week 19, Jan 3)

• Yeast: Even This Could Be Holy (Week 20, Jan 10)

• Pronouncements of Favor (Week 21, Jan 17)

• On Abolishing and Fulfilling (Week 22, Jan 24)

• The Kingdom of God and the Anger of Men (Week 23, Jan 31)

• Regarding One Another (Week 24, Feb 7)

• (Ash Wednesday is Feb 10 in 2027. Adjust as desired.)

• Beyond the Borders of the World’s Love (Week 25, Feb 14)

• Like Him in His Death (Week 26, Feb 21)

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, Feb 28)

• Ash Wednesday II: Further Backward and Further Forward (Week 28, Mar 7)

• On Lent: Fasting (Week 29, Mar 14)

• On Lent: Testing (Week 30, Mar 21)

• [Palm Sunday] A Statement of Triumph (Week 31, Mar 29)
  [Maundy Thursday] Beloved Betrayer (Apr 2)
  [Good Friday] Forsaken Together (Apr 3)
  [Holy Saturday] Even If I Make My Bed in Sheol (Apr 4)

• A Wedding Sermon for Easter (Week 32, Apr 5)

• Out of the Resurrection, Into the World (Week 33, Apr 12)

• A Liturgy of Searching (Week 34, Apr 19)

• Teaching in Riddles (Week 35, Apr 26)

• Barn Building and the Generosity of Resurrection Life (Week 36, May 3)

• A Ridiculous Economy of Forgiveness: Two Servants in Need of Mercy (Week 37, May 10)

• The Good Samaritan Draws Near: Compassion as Action (Week 38, May 17)

• [Pentecost] Giving God a Chance (Week 39, May 24)

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

• Like Him in His Life (Week 40, May 31)

• Radical Commitments to Radical Community (Week 41, Jun 7)

• Radical Inclusion (Week 42, Jun 14)

• Radical Faithfulness (Week 43, Jun 21)

• The Faithfulness of Christ (Week 44, Jun 28)

• Empowered to Walk in the Truth of the Resurrection (Week 45, Jul 5)

• The Faith of Abraham in the Light of the Resurrection (Week 46, Jul 12)

• A Big IN, a Bigger FOR, and a Huge WITH (Week 47, Jul 19)

• Living Stones for a Living Hope (Week 48, Jul 26)

• The Perseverance of the Saints (Week 49, Aug 2)

• A Great Cloud of Witnesses (Week 50, Aug 9)

• The Removal of the Intruder (Week 51, Aug 16)

• The Ending Is a New Beginning (Week 52, Aug 23)

Conclusion to Part D by Marty Solomon