Thursday Evenings at All Hallows (Thursday, May 1, 2025) Is Now Online

Welcome to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows.

This Thursday is the first day of May, also known as May Day, and is traditionally viewed as the beginning of summer in the British Isles and elsewhere. Among the traditions associated with May Day is going a maying on May Eve, gathering the flowering branches of the May Tree, crowning a May Queen on May Day, dancing around the Maypole, and Morris dancing.

In Catholic parishes May Day is marked by special devotions in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. These observances include processions, May Crownings in which a statue of Mary is crowned with a wreath of flowers, and the recitation of the Rosary.

In the seventeenth century the Puritans banned the traditional May Day practices along with Christmas and Easter. They were revived at the time of the Restoration. They also enjoyed a revival in the nineteenth century.

This evening’s message responds to the question, “Is it a sin to not go to church on a Sunday or a holy day?”

Reading: Colossians 2:16-3:11

Message: Is It a Sin Not to Go to Church on a Sunday or a Holy Day?

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