The Churches Rural Group has asked both urban and rural congregations to use Rogation Sunday as a day of prayer for the farming community.
Churches of all denomination in towns and villages across the UK are invited to adopt a rural theme for their services for Rogation Sunday on 20 May.
Rogation Sunday was marked again this year by members of the congregation of St James' Church walking through the village and stopping from time to time to say prayers.
Proposing the ancient tradition be revived in Barnoldswick, he suggested it should happen annually on Rogation Sunday, so that the participants had a bank holiday to recover.
Definition of Rogation Sunday in US English:
Rogation Sunday
noun
The Sunday preceding the Rogation Days.
祈祷日前主日（祈祷日前的星期天）
Example sentencesExamples
Proposing the ancient tradition be revived in Barnoldswick, he suggested it should happen annually on Rogation Sunday, so that the participants had a bank holiday to recover.
Churches of all denomination in towns and villages across the UK are invited to adopt a rural theme for their services for Rogation Sunday on 20 May.
The Churches Rural Group has asked both urban and rural congregations to use Rogation Sunday as a day of prayer for the farming community.
Rogation Sunday was marked again this year by members of the congregation of St James' Church walking through the village and stopping from time to time to say prayers.