Be sure to be a part of this annual commemoration on Sunday, November 5
Each year worship for All Saints’ Sunday includes the Remembrance of the Faithful Departed, naming most especially those from our congregational family who have died since the last All Saints’ Sunday (November 6, 2022).
Remembered, this All Saints’ Sunday will be nearly 20 persons from our congregational fellowship who have died since the last All Saints Day. Many received the ministry of the congregation and her pastors in their final days, others relied only on a gathering of family and friends. About the same number of other friends and family members will be remembered, including three young students from our communities who died in tragic accidents within the past month.
All Saints’ Sunday this year is Sunday, November 5. November 1st is the middle of three days of remembrance in the Christian calendar. All Hallows Eve (celebrated as Reformation Day in the Lutheran Church) is on October 31. All Saints’ Day is a day to celebrate all of the saints of the church, including those who may not have a special day of remembrance. Actually, the Remembrance of the Faithful Departed is a tradition originally associated with All Souls’ Day, November 2.
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