Here are the readings from the Revised Common Lectionary for today, the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, the Twenty-first after Trinity.

Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 and Psalm 127 or 1 Kings 17:8-16 and Psalm 146, Hebrews 9:24-28, Mark 12:38-44


Denominational variations and commentary:

American Baptist: http://members.aol.com/ashes2fire/mss/lection.htm
Anglican (Canada): http://www.montreal.anglican.org/comments/bpr31m.shtml
Episcopal (USA): http://www.io.com/~kellywp/YearB/Pentecost/BProp26.html
Evangelical Lutheran (Canada): http://www.worship.ca/text/wpchb0506.pdf
United Church (USA): http://www.ucc.org/worship/samuel/s110506.html
United Methodist: http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=19940&loc_id=1,612,32,52
Reformed Church in America: http://www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=1865&srcid=1880
Roman Catholic: http://www.word-sunday.com/Files/B/26-b/A-26-b.html

Collect (ECUSA):

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Sunday-school Lesson plans:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/documents/Proper_26-Older_Children_Year_B.doc
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/documents/Proper_26-Older_Children_Year_B.doc
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/documents/Proper_26-Adults_Year_B.doc

Crafts or Art:

http://www.sermons4kids.com/

Pew-work

http://Logrus.ca/HomeChurchWeb/Pewwork_adult.html
http://Logrus.ca/HomeChurchWeb/Pewwork_middleschool.html
http://Logrus.ca/HomeChurchWeb/Pewwork_elementary.html
http://Logrus.ca/HomeChurchWeb/Pewwork_preschool.html