Did The Way celebrate Reformation

[DogLover]

This made me remember something the HQ Corps Coordinator said to the 12th in-residence at the time) and 13th Corps (interim year on staff at the time) at a Sunday after-meeting when he was talking about the upcoming Uncle Harry/Burn the Chaff Day.  He misspoke and called it Burn Uncle Harry day.  That would have been 1984, so Uncle Harry had rejoined the soil 6.5 years before (he died in the summer of 1977, IIRC). The name of the event had recently been changed from Uncle Harry Day to Burn the Chaff day.  We all cracked up.  He was embarrassed, but Michael always enjoyed a good laugh, even at his own expense.

[Thomas Loy Bumgarner]

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[WordWolf]

How long it took to go from "name it after my uncle" to "name it after something they did in the Bible."   More than a decade after it started, more than 5 years after its namesake's death, and THEN it changed.   For those paying attention, it mocks the idea that the Bible is the only important thing in twi. 

[Grace Valerie Claire]

On 11/2/2019 at 8:09 AM, Twinky said:

Next stop (at least in the UK): Remembrance Sunday - the nearest Sunday to the 11th day of the 11th month. Commonly called "Poppy Day." 

Remembrance Day itself is observed on 11 November in most countries to recall the end of hostilities of First World War on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month."  Mostly observed as such in Commonwealth countries. 

On the Sunday, there will be parades at all UK churches, with Scouts, Guides, etc and the British Legion (ex-service personnel) with flags and wreaths.  Prayers and thanks for the dead in action.  There's a startling 2-min silence at 11am, broken by a bugler playing the last post.  In our village, most of the traffic (at least past the church) also stops (a voluntary action).

I think the emphasis is a little different from the US Veterans' Day.  

It's good to remember and honour the sacrifices of those who have died in honorable combat.

Twinky, here in the US, 11/11 is Veterans Day.  Veterans Day is for the living Veterans, and Memorial Day is for deceased Veterans.