This post is a work in progress and will be updated with collaboration.

Encounters w/ God*		Summer
1 – 1/5 – Hagar (Gen 16:1-14)	17 – 4/27 –	27 – 7/6 –	36 – 9/7 –
2 – 1/12 – Sarai (Gen 18:1-15)	18 – 5/4 –	28 – 7/13 –	37 – 9/14 –
3 – 1/19 – Jacob (Gen 32:9-12,22-32)	19 – 5/11 – Mother’s	29 – 7/20 –	38 – 9/21 –
4 – 1/26 – Joseph (Gen 41:14-36)	20 – 5/18 –	30 – 7/27 –	39 – 9/28 –
5 – 2/2 – Israel (Gen 46:1-7,26-30)	21 – 5/25 –	31 – 8/3 –	40 – 10/5 –
6 – 2/9 – Encountering the Great Command (Duet 6:1-9)	22 – 6/1 –	32 – 8/10 –	41 – 10/12 –
7 – 2/16 – Encountering the Great Commission (Matt 28:16-20)	23 – 6/8 – Pentecost	33 – 8/17 –	42 – 10/19 –
Encounters w/ Jesus (in John’s Gospel)**	24 – 6/15 – Father’s	34- 8/24 –	43 – 10/26 –
8 – 2/23 – Nathaniel (John 1:47-51)	25 – 6/22 –	35 – 8/31 –	44 – 11/2 –
9 – 3/2 – Nicodemus (John 3:1-21)	26 – 6/29 –		45 – 11/9 –
10 – 3/9 – Samaritan Woman (John 4:7-26)			46 – 11/16 –
11 – 3/16 – The Man at the Pool (John 5:1-16)b			47 – 11/23 –
12 – 3/23 – Mary and Martha (John 11a)
13 – 3/30 – Lazarus (John 11b)b		Advent 2025
14 – 4/6 – Mary of Bethany (John 12)b		48 – 11/30 –	49 – 12/7 –
15 – 4/13 -Pilate (John 18:33-19:12)		50 – 12/14 –	51 – 12/21 –
16 – 4/20 – EASTER – Mary Mag & Thomas (20:1-17)		52 – 12/28 –

*Encounters with God from the Old Testament
Leaves two open weeks in this first draft. Lot does receive a visit (Gen 19) and loses his wife. Abraham’s warning about Sodom and Gomorrah could be another (Gen 18b). But two open weeks would provide a buffer should anything need to be added.

**Encounters with Jesus from John’s Gospel

Late Spring Options (10 Sundays):
– Ten weeks is a little long for one series, but it is fine to do. 6 to 8 week series really work well and might leave a 2-4 week smaller series.
– Judges (7-9 weeks),
– Hebrews (8-10 weeks) otherwise it’s 13-15 weeks to cover it all
– Colossians (6-8 weeks)
– Other ideas? (more 1 Corinthians, more Isaiah, etc)??

Summer Options (9 Sundays):
– Psalms, Who is Jesus from John’s Gospel (more chapters from John), 9 OT Kings or Good King Bad Kings of Judah, …

Fall Options (12 Sundays):
– Longer section could be two 6 weeks series or a longer series with a shorter one or one long 12 week masterful exposition.

• Small fillers:
  • Biblical
    • Jude
    • Philemon
  • Topical
    • Distraction

Advent Options:
I have a post of options here and I’m open to other thoughts / ideas.

Biblical Coverage So Far (let me know if these photos need clarification):

Key Sunday Dates, Three Day Weekends and Church or Denomination Events:
Jan 19 – MLK Weekend
Jan 26 – Sunday before Lunar New Year (Wed, Jan 29)
Feb 9 – Sunday after the EFCA Theology Conference in Chicago, Pastor Chris attending
Feb 16 -23 – Presidents Day Weekend & Public Schools Winter Break until returning Mon, Feb 24
Mar 9 – Daylight Savings Sunday, Ash Wednesday is just before, Mar 5th
Mar 16 – Sunday after EFCA East Theology Refresher (Mar 13 & 14) in PA.
April 13 – 20 – Palm Sunday begins Holy Week culminating in Easter on the 20th
April 13 – 20 – Youth In House Spring Retreat some or many of these days? (Check with Johnny)
May 11 – Mother’s Day
May 25 – Memorial Day Weekend
June 8 – Pentecost Sunday
June 15 – Father’s Day (and Trinity Sunday and Juneteenth week (Thursday June 19th)
July 6 – Independence Day Weekend will be a three day weekend, Friday to Sunday
Aug 31 – Labor Day Weekend
Oct 12 – Columbus / Indigenous People Weekend
Oct 26 – POSSIBLY Sunday after the EFCA East District Conference (not yet posted)
Nov 30 – First Sunday of Advent
Dec 13 – Second Saturday is traditional day for our Christmas Party
Dec 28 – Sunday after Christmas and before New Years Day

Key Things I need to get dates for and add before ministry calendar shapes up:
– Membership Meetings
– Quarterly All Churches Meals
– Baptism in Spring (with NYCEF invited early enough)
– Quarterly Outreach Plans
– What else?