Heritage Sunday

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Heritage Sunday

Heritage Sunday occurs each year in April. It is a time to remember our United Methodist heritage ... the people, events, and stirrings of God's will that have brought us to this point in history.

From the Discipline ---
Heritage Sunday shall be observed on April 23, the day in 1968 when The United Methodist Church was created by the union o The Evangelical United Brethren Church and The Methodist Church, or the Sunday following that date. It falls during Eastertide, the season in which we remember the Resurrection and triumph of our Lord. Heritage Sunday calls the Church to remember the past by committing itself to the continuing call of God. The observance of Heritage Sunday shall be under the general supervision of the General Commission on Archives and History. Any general agency of the Church which desires to recommend a theme for a give year for this Sunday may do so one year prior to the observance for which the recommendation is made. This recommendation is to be made to the General Commission Archives and History, and the decision of the annual theme of this Sunday shall be made by the voting members of the General Commission on Archives and History.

• Heritage Sunday by the GCAH

Heritage Sunday Themes

2004 - 200th anniversary of the death of Barbara Heck, sometimes known as the "mother of American Methodistm"
2005 - Celebrating World Methodism
2006 - 50th anniversary of full clergy rights for women in Methodism
2007 - 300th anniversary of the birth of Charles Wesley
2008 - 100th anniversary of the Methodist Social Creed

More information on the theme will appear online at the GCAH website and in the Interpreter magazine as Heritage Sunday approaches each year.

Note: there is legislation that will be considered at General Conference 2004 that will move the date to May to avoid confilcts with Native American Ministries Sunday.

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