Does your church follow the ecumenical calendar? Most denominations would know it by that name however the Roman Catholic Church might call it the liturgical calendar. It follows seasons and holidays with time off for good behavior from June through October. Thanksgiving, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday, and Pentecost are all in its shadow. I once asked a pastor during Advent that if the Holy Spirit gave him a message to preach would he do it? He responded by saying he would do so after his Advent series. First Thessalonians 5 tells us not to quench the spirit
Strangely enough, the ecumenical calendar fellows hurricane season almost day for day. You can even find The Minister’s Revenge on this calendar. It is when on Christmas the pastor says, I suppose I’ll see you all next Easter to his packed congregation and he can say the same thing on Easter. I belong to an independent Bible Church that would by no means Follow The ecumenical calendar. The Holy Spirit is not reigned in by that yearly calendar. The denominations and the Roman Catholic Church can have it.