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Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church, Worship Resources; PO Box 340003-0003;
January
Toll free Tel. 877.899.2780, ext. 7070; Worship-Preaching-Music Web Site http://www.umcworship.org; Email: worshipcenter@gbod.org
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 New Year’s Day – 2 3 4
(White or Gold)
Eccl 3:1-13, Ps 8
(UMH 743), Rev
21:1-6a, Mt 25:31-46
5 Epiphany Sunday 6 Epiphany of the Lord 7 8 9 10 Korean American 11 Human Trafficking

(white or gold) (white) Awareness Day Awareness Day
Twelfth Night, May be observed first
Isa. 60:1-6 Sunday of January
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 or Isa 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-7,
UMH 795 10-14 (UMH 795); Eph
Eph. 3:1-12 3:1-12; Mt 2:1-12
Matthew 2:1-12
12 Baptism of the Lord, 13 Korean American 14 15 16 17 18 Week of Prayer
1st Sunday after the Day for Christian Unity
Epiphany, Isa. 42:1-9, 18-25
Ps. 29, Acts 10:34-43,
Mt. 3:13-17
19 2nd Sun after Epiph. 20 Martin Luther 21 22 23 24 25

(green) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
King, Jr. (b.1929), Observed
Human Relations Day
Isa. 49:1-7
Psalm 40:1-11 or UMH
774
1 Cor. 1:1-9
John 1:29-42
26 3rd Sunday after 27 28 29 30 31

Epiphany (green) Call to Prayer and Self-
Isa. 9:1-4 Sundays determined by Annual Conference: Denial: any period Jan-
Psalm 27:1, 4-9 or UMH - Christian Education Mar
758 - Rural Life
1 Cor. 1:10-18 - Disability Awareness
Matt 4:12-23 - International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
- Golden Cross Sunday
2020
February

Black History Month: 1 National Freedom
February Day
Brotherhood/Sisterhood
Week, 3rd week of Feb.
2 4th Sunday after 3 4 5 6 7 8

Epiphany (green)
Mic. 6:1-8, Psalm 15
or UMH 747, 1 Cor.
1:18-31, Matt. 5:1-12
Groundhog Day
9 5th Sun after Epiphany 10 11 12 Lincoln’s Birthday 13 14 Valentine’s Day 15
(green) Scouting Sunday
Isa. 58:1-9a, 9b-12,
Psalm 112:1-10 or UMH
833, 1 Cor. 2:1-12, 13-
16, Matt. 5:13-20
16 6th Sunday after the 17 Presidents Day 18 19 20 21 22 Washington’s

Epiphany (green) Birthday
Deut. 30:15-20, Psalm
119:1-8 or UMH 840, 1
Cor. 3:1-9, Matt. 5:21-
37
Brotherhood/Sisterhood
Wk (16-22)
23 Transfiguration Sun 24 25 26 Ash Wednesday 27 28 29
(white or gold) (Purple or Gray)
Exod. 24:12-18, Psalm Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm
99 or UMH 819, 2 Pet. 51:1-17 (UMH 785); 2
1:16-21, Matt. 17:1-9 Cor. 5:20b-6:10; Matt
6:1-6, 16-21
2020
March

1 1st Sunday in Lent 2 John Wesley d. 3 4 5 6 World Day of Prayer 7
(purple) Gen. 2:15-17, 1791
3:1-7, Psalm. 32 or
(UMH 766), Rom. 5:12-
19, Matt. 4:1-11
Women’s History
Month
8 2nd Sunday in Lent 9 Purim 10 11 12 13 14
(purple)
Gen. 12:1-4a, Psalm 121
or UMH 844, Rom. 4:1-
5, 13-17, John 3:1-17
Scouting Sunday
(Alternate)
Daylight Savings Time
begins
15 3rd Sunday in Lent 16 17 St Patrick’s Day 18 19 20 Vernal Equinox – 21
(purple) First Day of Spring
Exod. 17:1-7, Psalm 95
or UMH 814, Rom. 5:1-
11, John 4:5-42
22 4th Sunday in Lent 23 24 25 26 27 28

(purple) 1 Sam. 16:1-13
Psalm 23 or UMH 754
or 137, Eph. 5:8-14,
John 9:1-41
UMCOR Sunday
29 5th Sunday in Lent 30 31
(purple) Ezek. 37:1-14,
Psalm 130 or UMH 848,
Rom. 8:6-11, John 11:1-
45
Charles Wesley d.1788
2020
April

Religion in American 1 2 3 4
Life Month: April
5 Passion/Palm Sunday 6 Monday of Holy 7 Tuesday of Holy 8 Wednesday of Holy 9 Maundy Thursday 10 Good Friday (No 11 Easter Eve/Easter
(Purple or Red) Week (Purple or Red) Week (Purple or Week (Purple or Red) (Purple or Red) Ex. Color) Isa. 52:13- Vigil - White or Gold
*See box notes below. Isa. 42:1-9, Psalm Red) Isa. 49:1-7, Isa. 50:4-9, Psalm 70 12:1-4, 5-10, 11-14 53:12, Psalm 22 or *See box notes below.
36:5-11 or UMH 771, Psalm 71:1-14 or or UMH 793, Heb. Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 UMH 752, Heb.
Heb. 9:11-15, John UMH 794, 1 Cor. 12:1-3, John 13:21-32 or UMH 837 10:16-25, John 18:1-
12:1-11 1:18-31, John 12:20- 1 Cor. 11:23-26 19:42
36 John 13:1-17, 31b-35
12 Easter 13 14 15 16 17 18
Acts 10:34-43, Psalm US Federal Income
118:1-2, 14-24 or UMH Tax Due
839, Col. 3:1-4 , John
20:1-18, or Matt. 28:1-
10
19 Second Sunday of 20 21 Holocaust 22 Earth Day 23 24 National Arbor Day 25 World Malaria
Easter - Festival of Remembrance Day Administrative Day
God's Creation - White Professionals Day
or Gold Acts 2:14a, 22-
32, Psalm 16 or UMH
748, 1 Pet. 1:3-9, John
20:19-31
26 Third Sunday of 27 28 29 30
Easter - Native
American Ministries Palm/Passion Sunday: Liturgy of the Palms: Matt. 21:1-11; Ps 118:1-2, 19-29 (UMH 839) Liturgy of the Passion: Isa 50:4-9a; Ps 31:9-16
Sunday - White or Gold (UMH 764); Phil 2:5-11; Matt. 26:14-27:66 or Matt. 27:11-54
Acts 2:14a, 36-41
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 or EASTER VIGIL: The number of readings may vary, but Exodus 14 and at least two other readings from the Old Testament should be used
UMH 837, 1 Pet. 1:17- in addition to the New Testament readings. Old Testament Readings and Psalms: Gen 1:1-2:4a/Ps 136:1-9, 23-26 or Ps 33 (UMH 767);
23, Luke 24:13-35
Gen 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13/Ps 46 (UMH 780); Gen 22:1-18/Ps 16 (UMH 748); Ex 14:10-31; 15:20-21; Ex 15:1b-13, 17-18 (UMH
135); Isa 55:1-11/Isa 12:2-6; Ezek 36:24-28/Ps 42 (UMH 777); Ezek 37:1-14/Ps 143 (UMH 856); Second Reading and Psalm: Rom 6:3-
11; Ps 114 (UMH 835); Gospel Reading: Matt. 28:1-10
2020
May

Asian Pacific American National Family Week: 1 May Friendship 2
Heritage Month: May week ending May 13 Day
Christian Home Month:
May
3 Fourth Sunday of 4 5 Cinco de Mayo 6 Nurses Day 7 National Day of 8 9

Easter Prayer
Acts 2:42-47, Ps 23,
UMH 754 or 137, 1 Pet
2:19-25, John 10:1-10
10 Fifth Sunday after 11 12 13 14 15 16 Armed Forces Day

Easter , Mother’s Day
Festival of the Christian
Home, Acts 7:55-60
Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 or
UMH 764
1 Pet. 2:2-10
John 14:1-14
17 Sixth Sunday of 18 Victoria Day 19 20 21 Ascension Day 22 23
Easter (Canada) Acts 1:1-11
Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 47 or UMH
Psalm 66:8-20 or UMH 781
790 Eph. 1:15-23
1 Pet. 3:13-22
John 14:15-21
Luke 24:44-53
24 Ascension Sunday, 25 Memorial Day 26 27 28 29 30 Memorial Day
Aldersgate Day, (Observed) (Traditional)
Heritage Sunday
Acts 1:6-14
Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 or
UMH 816
1 Peter 4:12-14, 32-35
John 17:1-11
31 Pentecost Acts
2:1-21, Psalm 104:24-
34, 35b or UMH 826
2020
1 Cor. 12:3b-13
John 7:37-39
June

1 Canada Day 2 3 4 5 6
7 Trinity Sunday, Peace 8 9 10 11 12 13

with Justice Sunday
Gen. 1:1-2:4a
Psalm 8 or UMH 743
2 Cor. 13:11-13
Matt. 28:16-20
14 Second Sunday 15 16 17 18 19 Juneteenth 20

After Pentecost
Gen. 18:1-15
Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19
or UMH 837
Rom. 5:1-8
Matt. 9:35-10:8 (9-
23)
21 Third Sunday After 22 23 24 25 26 27
Pentecost, Father’s Day
Gen. 21:8-21
Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 or
UMH 749
Rom. 6:1b-11
Matt. 10:24-39
28 Fourth Sunday After 29 30
Pentecost
Gen. 22:1-14
Psalm 13 or UMH 746
Rom. 6:12-23
Matt. 10:40-42
John Wesley’s Birthday

(1703)
2020
July

1 2 3 4 US Independence
Day
5 Fifth Sunday After 6 7 8 9 10 11

Pentecost
Gen. 24:34-38, 42-49,
58-67 , Psalm 45:10-
17 , Psalm 72 or
UMH 795, Rom.
7:15-25a, Matt.
11:16-19, 25-30
12 Sixth Sunday After 13 14 15 16 17 18
Pentecost
Gen. 25:19-34
Psalm 119:105-112 or
Psalm 25 or UMH 756
Rom. 8:1-11
Matt. 13:1-9, 18-23
19 Seventh Sunday 20 21 22 23 24 25
After Pentecost
Gen. 28:10-19a
Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24
or UMH 806
Rom. 8:12-25
Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43
26 Eighth Sunday After 27 28 29 30 31
Pentecost
Gen. 29:15-28
Psalm 105:1-11, 45b or
UMH 828
Rom. 8:26-39
Matt. 13:31-33, 44-52
2020
August

1
2 Ninth Sunday After 3 Civic Holiday 4 5 6 7 8

Pentecost, Friendship (Canada)
Day
Genesis 32:22-31
Psalm 17:1-7, 15 or
UMH 749
Rom. 9:1-5
Matt. 14:13-21
9 Tenth Sunday After 10 11 12 13 14 15
Pentecost
Gen. 37:1-4, 12-28
Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22,
45b or UMH 828
Rom. 10:5-15
Matt. 14:22-23
16 Eleventh Sunday 17 18 19 20 21 22
After Pentecost
Gen. 45:1-15
Psalm 133 or UMH 850
Rom. 11:1-2a, 29-32
Matt. 15:(10-20), 21-28
23 Twelfth Sunday 24 25 26 27 28 29
After Pentecost
Exod. 1:8-2:10
Rom. 12:1-8
Matt. 16:13-20
30 Thirteenth Sunday 31
After Pentecost
Exod. 3:1-15
Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26,
45c or UMH 828
Rom. 12:9-21
Matt. 16:21-28
2020
September

1 2 3 4 5
6 Fourteenth Sunday 7 Labor Day 8 9 10 11 12

After Pentecost
Exod. 12:1-14
Psalm 149 or 148 or
UMH 861
Rom. 13:8-14
Matt. 18:15-20
13 Fifteenth Sunday 14 15 16 17 Constitution/ 18 Rosh Hashanah 19
After Pentecost Citizenship Day Begins
Exod. 14:19-31
Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21
or UMH 135
Rom. 14:1-12
Matt. 18:21-35
20 Sixteenth Sunday 21 22 23 Autumnal Equinox 24 25 26
After Pentecost – First Day of
Exod. 16:2-15 Autumn
Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45
or Psalm 78 or UMH
799, Phil. 1:21-30
Matt. 20:1-16
27 Seventeenth Sunday 28 29 30
After Pentecost
Exod. 17:1-7
Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 or
UMH 799
Phil. 2:1-13
Matt. 21:23-32
Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15th – October 15th
2020
October

1 2 Sukkot 3
4 Eighteenth Sunday 5 6 7 8 9 10
After Pentecost, World
Communion Sunday
Exod. 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
Psalm 19 or UMH 750
Phil. 3:4b-14
Matt. 21:33-46
11 Nineteen Sunday 12 13 14 15 16 Children’s Sabbath 17
After Pentecost (16-18)
Exod. 32:1-14
Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23
or UMH 829
Phil. 4:1-9
Matt. 22:1-14
18 Twentieth Sunday 19 20 21 22 23 24 United Nations
After Pentecost, Laity Day
Sunday
Exod. 33:12-23
Psalm 99 or UMH
819
1 Thess. 1:1-10
Matt. 22:15-22
25 Reformation Sunday 26 27 28 29 30 31 Reformation Day,
Deut. 34:1-12 Halloween
Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 or
UMH 789
1 Thess. 2:1-8
Matt. 22:34-46
2020
November

1 All Saints Sunday 2 3 4 5 6 World Community 7
Rev. 7:9-17 Day
Psalm 34:1-10, 22 or
UMH 769
1 John 3:1-3
Matt. 5:1-12
8 Twenty-Third Sunday 9 10 11 Veterans Day, 12 13 14
After Pentecost, Organ Remembrance Day
and Tissue Donor (Canada)
Sunday Josh. 24:1-3a,
14-25, Psalm 78:1-7 or
UMH 799, 1 Thess.
4:13-18, Matt. 25:1-13
15 Twenty-Fourth 16 17 18 19 20 Universal 21
Sunday After Pentecost Children’s Day
Judg. 4:1-7
Psalm 123 or 76 or
UMH 797
1 Thess. 5:1-11
Matt. 25:14:30
22 Christ the King, 23 24 25 26 Thanksgiving Day 27 28
Reign of Christ, Deut 8:7-18
Thanksgiving Sunday Ps 65 or UMH 789
Ezek. 34:11-16, 20-24 2 Cor 9:6-15
Psalm 100 or UMH 821 Lk 17:11-19
Eph. 1:15-23
Matt. 25:31-46
29 First Sunday of 30
Advent, UM Student
Day
Isa. 64:1-9
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 or
UMH 801
1 Cor. 1:3-9
Mark 13:24-37
2020
December

1 World AIDS Day 2 3 4 5
6 Second Sunday of 7 8 9 10 Hannukkah 11 12

Advent (Channukah) Begins
Isaiah 40:1-11
Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 or
UMH 806
2 Pet. 3:8-15a
Mark 1:1-8
13 Third Sunday of 14 15 16 17 18 Charles Wesley’s 19
Advent Birthday (1707)
Isa. 61:1-4, 8-11
1 Thess. 5:16-24
John 1:6-8, 19-28
20 Fourth Sunday of 21 22 Winter Solstice, 23 24 Christmas Eve 25 Christmas Day 26 Kwanzaa (Dec. 26-
Advent First Day of Winter Isa. 9:2-7 Isa. 52:7-10 Jan. 1), Boxing Day
2 am. 7:1-11, 16 Psalm 96 or UMH Psalm 98 or UMH (Canada)
Luke 1:47-55 or 815 818
UMH 199 Titus 2:11-14 Heb. 1:1-4, 5-12
Rom. 16:25-27 Luke 2:1-20 John 1:1-14
Luke 1:26-38
27 First Sunday After 28 29 30 31 New Year’s Eve,
Christmas Day Watch Night
Isa. 61:10-62:3
Gal. 4:4-7
Luke 2:22-40
2020

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Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church, Worship Resources; PO Box 340003-0003;

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5 Epiphany Sunday 6 Epiphany of the Lord 7 8 9 10 Korean American 11 Human Trafficking

19 2nd Sun after Epiph. 20 Martin Luther 21 22 23 24 25

26 3rd Sunday after 27 28 29 30 31

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2 4th Sunday after 3 4 5 6 7 8

16 6th Sunday after the 17 Presidents Day 18 19 20 21 22 Washington’s

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22 4th Sunday in Lent 23 24 25 26 27 28

Charles Wesley d.1788

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3 Fourth Sunday of 4 5 Cinco de Mayo 6 Nurses Day 7 National Day of 8 9

10 Fifth Sunday after 11 12 13 14 15 16 Armed Forces Day

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7 Trinity Sunday, Peace 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 Second Sunday 15 16 17 18 19 Juneteenth 20

John Wesley’s Birthday

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5 Fifth Sunday After 6 7 8 9 10 11

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2 Ninth Sunday After 3 Civic Holiday 4 5 6 7 8

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

6 Fourteenth Sunday 7 Labor Day 8 9 10 11 12

Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15th – October 15th

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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6 Second Sunday of 7 8 9 10 Hannukkah 11 12

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