Welcome to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows.
In the Church calendar a number of holy days occur during the Twelve Days of Christmas, all of which fall closely on the heels of Christmas Day—the Feast of Saint Stephen the first martyr, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, and the Feast of Saint John the evangelist. Today, the day after Christmas Day, is the Feast of Saint Stephen. This evening’s reading is Luke’s account of Stephen’s martyrdom from the Acts of the Apostles. (The bulk of Stephen’s address to the Council has been omitted.) In this evening’s message we unpack the implications of Stephen’s death for twenty-first century Christians.
Some psalms like Psalm 36, the variable psalm chosen for this evening’s service, are best spoken by a single voice. As well as expressing the particular character of the Psalm, this enables the speaker and those who may be listening to reflect upon its words. Instead of the Gloria Patri at the end of the Psalms, a prayer is provided for Psalm 36 in order to express in words that the individual or group’s prayer is in Christ.
Reading: Acts 6:8-15; 7:1, 51-59
Message: Lessons from the Martyrdom of Stephen, Christianity’s First Martyr
Link: https://allhallowsmurray.blogspot.com/2024/12/thursday-evenings-at-all-hallows_26.html
Please feel free to share this link with anyone who may be interested.
If you are new to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows, you may find these directions helpful:
-It is recommended that after reading or hearing a lesson to take time to reflect on what you read or heard during the period of silence which follows the lesson. It is also recommended that you do the same thing after reading or hearing the message.
-When you open the link to a video in a new tab, check auto-play to make sure it is in the off position. Otherwise, a second video with a different song will follow the first.
-If an ad plays when you open a link to a video in a new tab, click the refresh icon of your browser until the song appears.
-If a song begins partway through the video, click pause, move the slider to the beginning, and then click play.
-An ad may follow a song so as soon as the song is finished, close the tab.
May Thursday Evenings at All Hallows be a blessing to you.
In the Church calendar a number of holy days occur during the Twelve Days of Christmas, all of which fall closely on the heels of Christmas Day—the Feast of Saint Stephen the first martyr, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, and the Feast of Saint John the evangelist. Today, the day after Christmas Day, is the Feast of Saint Stephen. This evening’s reading is Luke’s account of Stephen’s martyrdom from the Acts of the Apostles. (The bulk of Stephen’s address to the Council has been omitted.) In this evening’s message we unpack the implications of Stephen’s death for twenty-first century Christians.
Some psalms like Psalm 36, the variable psalm chosen for this evening’s service, are best spoken by a single voice. As well as expressing the particular character of the Psalm, this enables the speaker and those who may be listening to reflect upon its words. Instead of the Gloria Patri at the end of the Psalms, a prayer is provided for Psalm 36 in order to express in words that the individual or group’s prayer is in Christ.
Reading: Acts 6:8-15; 7:1, 51-59
Message: Lessons from the Martyrdom of Stephen, Christianity’s First Martyr
Link: https://allhallowsmurray.blogspot.com/2024/12/thursday-evenings-at-all-hallows_26.html
Please feel free to share this link with anyone who may be interested.
If you are new to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows, you may find these directions helpful:
-It is recommended that after reading or hearing a lesson to take time to reflect on what you read or heard during the period of silence which follows the lesson. It is also recommended that you do the same thing after reading or hearing the message.
-When you open the link to a video in a new tab, check auto-play to make sure it is in the off position. Otherwise, a second video with a different song will follow the first.
-If an ad plays when you open a link to a video in a new tab, click the refresh icon of your browser until the song appears.
-If a song begins partway through the video, click pause, move the slider to the beginning, and then click play.
-An ad may follow a song so as soon as the song is finished, close the tab.
May Thursday Evenings at All Hallows be a blessing to you.
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