First Congregational Church

The seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter have now passed, and we enter the 33 or 34-week period of the Liturgical Calendar that we as a universal church call Ordinary Time. You could say that the mountain top periods of our lives as Christians have passed until we enter the next Liturgical year which begins on December 1st, the first Sunday of Advent 2024.

Most of our daily lives are lived in the valleys, those ordinary days when the anticipation and excitement of the holidays have passed, family gatherings are fewer, its back to work or volunteer commitments and routines of life take precedence. We do celebrate other events during the year, of course, like our National Holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, and vacations which allow us to experience high points of our lives as individuals and a nation. After a day or weekend or week of celebrating though, it’s back to the ordinary days of life.