This is my first time to spend Labor Day in an area where public schools did not all close. Some people told me this is common practice in the valley. Do you know of any other areas where schools stay in session for Labor Day?
I learned in Chicago how holidays vary across the country. When I was a student there, classes were called off for Martin Luther King Day but not called off for July 4th. What other variations in holidays have you discovered?
Both Bishop Eaton and Bishop Briner have suggested congregations not have remote or virtual Holy Communion services. I suggest First Lutheran abide by this advice and not have Holy Communion services
The poncho-like vestment worn at most worship services is to be worn by the presiding minister at Holy Communion. Since there was no sacrament, the vestment was not worn.
Church signs with message boards like the one at First Lutheran Church in Edinburg can create some interesting situations. Sometimes the sign does not communicate what is intended. Following 9/11 at