BE THE CHURCH — MEMORY PASSAGES
Dates: January 4 - January 24, 2026
[3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
[4] to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
[5] who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Dates: January 25 - February 14, 2026
Memory Passage: 1 Corinthians 1:26–29 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[26] For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
[27] But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
[28] God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
[29] so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
3. Be the Church - Rooted in Repentance
Dates: February 15 - April 4, 2026
Memory Passage: Psalm 51:1–4 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[1] Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
[2] Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
[3] For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
[4] Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
4. Be the Church - Filled with Power
Dates: April 5 - May 2, 2026
Memory Passage: Romans 8:2–6 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[2] For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
[3] For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
[4] in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
[5] For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
[6] For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
5. Be the Church - Filled with Power
Dates: May 3 - May 23, 2026
Memory Passage: Titus 2:11–14 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[11] For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
[12] training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
[13] waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
[14] who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
6. Be the Church - Formed in Wisdom and Love
Dates: May 24 - July 4, 2026
Memory Passage: Proverbs 2:1–5 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[1] My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
[2] making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
[3] yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
[5] then you will understand the fear of the LORD
and find the knowledge of God.
7. Be the Church - Formed in Wisdom and Love
Dates: July 5 - August 15, 2026
Memory Passage: Proverbs 3:5–8 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[5] Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
[6] In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.
[7] Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.
[8] It will be healing to your flesh
and refreshment to your bones.
8. Be the Church - Formed for Mission
Dates: August 16 - September 5, 2026
Memory Passage: Acts 1:8 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[8] But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
9. Be the Church - Formed for Mission
Dates: September 6 - October 3, 2026
Memory Passage: Matthew 28:18–20 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[18] And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
[19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
[20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
10. Be the Church - Formed in Worship
Dates: October 4 - October 31, 2026
Memory Passage: Psalm 9:1–2 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[1] I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
[2] I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
11. Be the Church - Abiding in Love
Dates: November 1 - November 28, 2026
Memory Passage: John 15:1–5 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[1] “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
[2] Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
[3] Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
[4] Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
[5] I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
12. Be the Church - Formed in Expectation (Advent)
Dates: November 29 - December 26, 2026
Memory Passage: John 1:9–13 (ESV)
Scripture Text:
[9] The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
[10] He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. [11] He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
[12] But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
[13] who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.