January 2023

In preparing the material for the Season of Epiphany, we gathered a number of people whose work has a pioneering perspective and held conversations about how they might create worship, based on the Lectionary, that reflects their approach. Their conversations drew on the themes of renewal, the universal completeness of God's love embodied in the revelation of Christ to the Gentiles, and of welcome, inclusion and acceptance into God's family, through the story of Jesus' baptism.

1 January, 1st Sunday after Christmas

On the first Sunday after Christmas, Rev David Coleman sets out on a hopeful journey to see what the New Year has to offer.

8 January, 1st Sunday after Epiphany

On the first Sunday after Epiphany, our contributors discuss the dramatic visual scene-setting that reveals God’s upside-down kingdom.

15 January, 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

On the second Sunday after Epiphany our contributors consider what it means to be called into the bigger mission of God.

22 January, 3rd Sunday after Epiphany

On the third Sunday after Epiphany we join with Christians Together in Britain and Ireland to celebrate the Week of Prayer of Christian Unity.

29 January, 4th Sunday after Epiphany

On the fourth Sunday after Epiphany our contributors consider the past, present and future, and how God wants us to live and act.