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Christian Year

“Central to the fulfillment of our commission to make disciples of Jesus Christ is remembering and teaching the whole story of Jesus over and over again. This is liturgical catechesis. There is no better way for the worshiping church to accomplish this than by following the Christian year—not only celebrating Christmas and Easter but preparing our hearts and minds through the disciplines of Advent and Lent; not only remembering Jesus’ birth and death, but completing the story of his ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit as well as remembering other significant events during his earthly ministry. Observing the seasons and special days in our corporate worship reinforces the story of Jesus among the gathered community and also provides psychological and social structures for keeping God’s story central to our individual stories.” 
—Paul E. Detterman, “What Calendar Do You Follow?” © March 2019, ReformedWorship.org, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. 

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