Its Harvest Festival time of year again, will you be going?

LordSutch

I love the smell of all the fruit & vegetables in the church + the hymns and the whole atmosphere it creates at the end of summer, beginning of autumnn. Anybody else looking forward to their harvest festival service? Christ Church C of I (Bray) has their harvest service tonight . . .

'We plough the fields and scatter'.

lmaopml

Enjoy Lord Sutch, what a lovely tradition and festival - a wonderful time to remember to give thanks.

Around this time there was a tradition similar called Michaelmas when Catholics give thanks, and bread is baked, and fruit is displayed in baskets. A time of celebration, remembrance, and thanksgiving. I think it's cool to bring it back to remembrance and to restore it.

I was travelling this time last year around the midlands, and I must say, I was drawn into more than a few 'festivals' - and it was lovely. A very good thing.

Benny_Cake

It's a great tradition, and one which has never been so relevant in a time when most of us are completely detached from how our food is produced. I hope it was an uplifting service Lord Sutch - I grew up not far from that church.

LordSutch

Expect a harvest festival service every Sunday for the next few sundays in every C of I/ Methodist Church dotted up and down the country.
Christ Church Dun Laoghaire (beside the peoples park) have theirs this Sunday 29th/ at 3:30pm.

KatyMac

I managed 2 on the one Sunday - 3pm and 8pm. I'm all 'ploughed and scattered' out 'til next week! My favourite hymn is God is working His purpose out!

jeffery lebowski

I like to get in a few Harvest services during the season. Very fond of the Hymns and atmosphere. But I do prefer a Friday/sunday night rather than day time. Something very warm and cosy about it being dark outside while in giving thanks. Also Love when there is supper in the hall afterwards!!

The services I attend are usually in Sligo and Cavan. Rural, farming parishes.

martinedwards

we have the Methodist President leading ours on Sunday.

at a worship team meeting we decided that Harvest was a good time to go all hymny and give the band a week off.

we got a message from Heather begging us to have the band as she's sick to death of the hymns and would love a more contemporary service.

OK Boss, will do!

homer911

A few photos from our service last year..

homer911

and one more..

LordSutch

Many thanks Homer911, that's a great haul of fruit, veg and bread your church has there. Like most churches our Church is giving the harvest to the poor and needy after the service, which is this Sunday. Its a lovely Christian tradition alright.