Thursday Evenings at All Hallows (Thursday, May 29, 2025) Is Now Online
Welcome to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows.
This Thursday, May 29, is Ascension Day, or the Feast of the Ascension. It is a key Christian festival along with Christmas, Easter, Whitsun, and Trinity Sunday. Ascension Day commemorates the ascent of Jesus Christ into heaven forty days after he rose from the dead and appeared to the disciples and other witnesses. It also reminds us that all power and authority has been given to Jesus, that Jesus entrusted his disciples with what is known as the Great Commission to go to farthest corners of the earth, to proclaim the gospel, and to make disciples of all peoples, and that Jesus promised to be with his disciples until the end of the age.
Since Ascension Day is a key Christian festival, the structure for this evening’s service is that of the Service of the Word (Ante-Communion) outlined in the Additional Directions on pages 406-407 of The Book of Common Prayer (1979).
The topic of this evening’s message is the doctrine of the ascension.
Readings: Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23, and Luke 24:44-53
Message: What Do Christians Believe about the Ascension?
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May Thursday Evenings at All Hallows be a blessing to you.
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