Sundays at All Hallows (November 8, 2026)
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. This Sunday, November 8, 2026, is the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity and the Third Sunday before Advent. Adventide is a short liturgical season of four Sundays. It is a season of preparation and waiting for the celebration of the nativity of our Lord and most importantly his coming again in glory. Among the practices associated with Adventide are decking the communion table and the lectern-pulpit with blue paraments in keeping with the Old English Usage, Advent calendars, the lighting of a candle on the Advent wreath, the hanging of Old Testament and New Testament symbols on the Jesse tree, the service of Christingle, and the hanging of the greens, the decorating of the body and chancel of the church with boughs of evergreen and sprigs of rosemary for the Christmas Eve Service and Christmas Day. Adventide has its own hymns and carols. While members of the congregation may go caroling in their neighborhoods and communities during the Season of Adven...
