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Being that I pastor neither a Lutheran nor a Presbyterian Church, and thus my connections as a Disciple to the Reformation of the 16th century are more derivative than direct, and perhaps because my sermon tomorrow has to do with the Worship of God, we'll take the All Saints Day route....

....One principal of the Reformation that would be appropriate to remember today is the one that goes by the tune of "Reformata et Semper Reformanda" -- "Reformed and Always Reforming."

This has always been solved in Lutheran churches I have belonged to by celebrating Reformation Sunday the Sunday before 10/31 and All Saints Sunday the Sunday after 10/31.

Luther started it on Halloween? Really? And that doesn’t indicate to you who his real father is? the devil took over martin’s soul and led him

The Methodist Church celebrates both Reformation Sunday (the last one in October) and All Saints Sunday, which comes a week later. At the All Saints service, the names of parishioners who have departed over the previous year are read, and we sing, “For All the Saints.” We could also sing, “When the Saints Go Marching In,” but that isn’t in our hymnal.

But, instead of For All the Saints,

I like Holy, Holy, Holy, but it is a poor substitute for For All The Saints.

Until I read the recent threads on the subject, I'd never even heard of Reformation Day.

The truth:

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