At my first parish as a Catholic, there was coffee and donuts in the basement after Mass (with a lot of lingering) and then adult sunday school taught by Dominican friars.
Once the weather is better, I expect we'll scooter a block and a half from our parish to the nearby Tot Lot and do picnic lunch with friends on the reg.
Thank you for this wonderful exposition of the Christian sabbath, Ben! This was a very helpful meditation on an important topic.
One quibble: I hope that Anglicanism, over time, will move back towards strict teaching and away from suggestions. We can both be inclusive of all those who seek to unite themselves to Christ, while insisting on orthodox Christian teaching.
I do the early service and my wife and I started it years ago when we both taught school, her as elementary Special Ed and me high school math. We found the early service gave us time to come home, have breakfast, read the Washington Post then start grading. The mid morning service killed the day. Also having the option I would do a sung evensong just for the beauty, peace and comfort of the service
At my first parish as a Catholic, there was coffee and donuts in the basement after Mass (with a lot of lingering) and then adult sunday school taught by Dominican friars.
Once the weather is better, I expect we'll scooter a block and a half from our parish to the nearby Tot Lot and do picnic lunch with friends on the reg.
This is lovely!
Thank you for this wonderful exposition of the Christian sabbath, Ben! This was a very helpful meditation on an important topic.
One quibble: I hope that Anglicanism, over time, will move back towards strict teaching and away from suggestions. We can both be inclusive of all those who seek to unite themselves to Christ, while insisting on orthodox Christian teaching.
I do the early service and my wife and I started it years ago when we both taught school, her as elementary Special Ed and me high school math. We found the early service gave us time to come home, have breakfast, read the Washington Post then start grading. The mid morning service killed the day. Also having the option I would do a sung evensong just for the beauty, peace and comfort of the service