Join the 30-Day Psalm Challenge!

Join the July 30-Day Psalm Challenge!

The liturgical color for the Season after Pentecost (Ordinary Time) is green, which points the natural growth that happens during the months of Spring and Summer. It is also a time for us to grow deeper in our faith, and dig deeper into the Bible. We don’t have special seasons or feast days to prepare for and celebrate. So our time is spent digging deeper, and establishing our spiritual roots as a firm foundation for our faith.

So during the month of July, I invite you to join me in reading the entire Psalter (Books of Psalms). That is roughly 5 Psalms a day. Our Adult Formation classes during the month of July will be focused on the Book of Psalms – it’s origins, authorship, purpose, categories, why we include them in the Book of Common Prayer (it takes up almost 1/3 of our Prayer Book!) and how we can use it today for our own spiritual practice and enrichment. The Psalter was Jesus’ prayer book, so how might we be drawn closer to Christ by praying the same prayers he prayed?

The Psalter in the Book of Common Prayer (pp. 585-808) is actually organized in such a way so that those who want to read the Psalter over a 30-day period while praying the Daily Office can. There are headings that say, for example, “First Day: Morning Prayer” and “First Day: Evening Prayer.”

But we have also created a reading schedule (that is in alignment with the BCP’s schedule) on a separate sheet of paper for you to use if you’d prefer. Those are available in the church narthex and church office, as well as right here:

30-Day Psalter Reading Schedule for the month of July

Psalter begins on p. 585 in the Book of Common Prayer

July 1: Psalms 1-8

July 2: Psalms 9-14

July 3: Psalms 15-18

July 4: Psalms 19-23

July 5: Psalms 24-29

July 6: Psalms 30-34

July 7: Psalms 35-37

July 8: Psalms 38-43

July 9: Psalms 44-49

July 10: Psalms 50-55

July 11: Psalms 56-61

July 12: Psalms 62-67

July 13: Psalms 68-70

July 14: Psalms 71-74

July 15: Psalms 75-78

July 16: Psalms 79-85

July 17: Psalms 86-89

July 18: Psalms 90-94

July 19: Psalms 95-101

July 20: Psalms 102-104

July 21: Psalms 105-106

July 22: Psalms 107-109

July 23: Psalms 110-115

July 24: Psalms 116-119 (verses 1-32)

July 25: Psalm 119 (verses 33-104)

July 26: Psalm 119 (verses 105-176)

July 27: Psalms 120-131

July 28: Psalms 132-138

July 29: Psalms 139-143

July 30: Psalms 144-50