Part II
The seasons
Read in order, the church year tells the whole story of God with us: coming, with us, with us in the wilderness, in suffering, beyond death, and finally within us.
The church year
- AdventThe four Sundays before Christmas
- ChristmasDecember 25 through January 5, the twelve days
- EpiphanyJanuary 6, and the weeks after
- LentAsh Wednesday through Holy Saturday, forty days
- Holy WeekPalm Sunday through Holy Saturday
- EasterEaster Sunday and the fifty days after
- AscensionForty days after Easter, a Thursday
- PentecostFifty days after Easter
- Ordinary TimeThe long green season from late spring to late fall
- All SaintsNovember 1
- Christ the KingThe last Sunday before Advent
The civil year
- New YearJanuary
- GraduationMay and June
- Back to SchoolAugust and September, when ministry years begin
- ThanksgivingThe fourth Thursday of November
- SummerJune through August
Any season
Doors that stay open all year
Keep walking
- The Calendarthis year’s dates