So what activities do you do on the Lord's Day/Sabbath afternoons, between worship services, or after morning service? (check all that apply)


I am not intending for this to become a debate over that which is or is not lawful to do, rather to be a poll of what those here do.

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Bryan Riddle
1689 London Baptist Confession
Bethel Baptist Church Owasso, Oklahoma

Read Christian books.

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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)

oops I messed up the poll and didnt make it check all that apply, maybe a mod can fix that

Well, it depends on my schedule - if I've got Saturday & Sunday off, then my Sunday tends to look like church - hang out / fellowship talking about anything (incl. theology, scripture) - church. Any other work schedule involves some napping on Sunday . . . and if I'm working Saturday & Sunday I don't always make it to church at all (I work nights - sometimes 8s, sometimes 12s). So then there's a lot of acts of mercy / charity / necessity going on (I'm a nurse).

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Jessica H.
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Work: www.uwmedicine.org/Facilities/Harborview/

Oh make this heart rejoice or ache; / Decide this doubt for me; / And if it be not broken, break -- / And heal it, if it be. ~William Cowper

A, B, C, D, H, I

I didn't vote in the poll because the use of radio buttons seems to suggest mutually-exclusive as opposed to multiple-response, and for us most Lord's Days are not all six. It varies.

Bible study is in the broad sense for us and includes reading Christian or divine works; e.g. Gospel Worship, Bondage of the Will, catechisms, devotional material.

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~Jay~
Husband of ENS, father of J II. | Indian Trail, NC
disabled - cancer
Communicant Member, Precentor | Presbyterian Reformed Church of Charlotte, NC | Presbyterian Reformed Church

zzzzzz ...

Since we meet in the evening, rather than the morning, I spend at least some of the afternoon hours preparing for worship (usually with a cup of coffee and an open Bible). The rest of the morning/afternoon is "whatever" time -- which can include watching football, playing outside with my daughter, napping, or... whatever.

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Rae W. | Elder @ Grace Central Presbyterian Church | Columbus, OH
Online presence: blog | twitter | facebook

On occasion I do other things, but I checked Private/Family Bible study, because I usually spend the chunk of my afternoon getting ready for our small group Bible study in the early evening.

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J Baldwin
Keowee Presbyterian Church, PCA
Pickens, SC
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Lord's Day/ Sabboth are they the same day?

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Bruce
PCUSA
Ocean City NJ

Many people, including myself, believe that yes they are the same. The Lord's Day has been viewed as the Christian Sabbath throughout most of church history (or so Im told i know very little of church history).

I put the / there so that people whether they hold to it being the sabbath or the Lord's Day would still answer.

I've done all of those options at one time or another. I also can't answer this poll with one specific answer.

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Bill Brown
Elder
Reformed Baptist
Maryland

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My favorite past time on Sunday after lunch is nap. I tier easily because of a heart condition and sleep is good for me.

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1689er
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What is a "Sabboth"?

I have done them all. My favortie is to fry fresh meatballs in oil with some fresh italian bread and chunks of reggiano cheese and enjoy a BIG glass of Red Wine.

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N. Robert
RCA

"Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right."

That is the term Luther uses in his uninspired hymn, A Mighty Fortress, when he refers to the phrase, "Lord Sabboth His name." I suppose you do not sing that hymn in Belfast.

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Stephen Welch
PCA Teaching Elder
Nova Scotia :cheers:

Definitely not.

You are my kind of man.

Since I have two congregations, I preach in the morning and afternoon. My wife and I are gone from 10AM to 5PM, so our day is taken up in worship.

As I have to drive 10 miles to get to church, the a big glass of red wine is out of the question

I do the most spiritual of all . . . meditate on the PB.

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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You cannot drive in Belfast with a glass of wine? I hope your congregations use fermented wine in communion and not this watered down grape juice that Americans claim Jesus blessed.

I have to drive to Dromara, which is out in the countryside in the middle of nowhere. Its a scary place.

I will show you some scary places in Nova Scotia.

A correction, Luther's hymn uses Sabaoth, not Sabboth. It means something completely different in Hebrew.

Sabaoth: "Host" (As in an army) Lord Sabaoth: Mighty God, Lord of Hosts, Lord of the Heavenly Army.

Sabbath: "Seven" (as in seventh day)

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Raymond Victor Bottomly
Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Tacoma, WA

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I picked nap, that is what I do in the afternoon from 1-4pm. After that I go to evening worship and the evening is spent in private reading, family worship, and spending time with my wife.

If we are at someone else's church, the first 2 options are usually what happens. This happens often since I preach a great deal around Mississippi.

So I would have chosen one of the first four options. Although, I attempt to guard my discussion. I won't talk about ANYTHING. I try not to talk about sports, work, or school.

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Rev. Andrew J. Barnes
Husband of Dena
Father of Oliver
Master of Bruce
Pastor of Tchula Presbyterian Church

What can I say, I like blogs!

Fellowship and discuss any matters and nap. Couldn't pick both so I chose the first.

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~Gloria G.~
Bride of Warren G.
Member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, PCA, Southeast Georgia

"Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways." Psalm 119:37

Quite often I do the same. We have very few reformed theological outlets here and the PB thus becomes the outlet and where I like to spend the afternoon on the Lord's Day.

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Kevin, husband of a truly angelic woman, and father to ten.
Zion United Reformed Church of Sheffield
Ontario, Canada

You still ain't answered the question Vic, what is a "Sabboth"?

A spelling variant of Sabbath, as far as I can tell. (I won't say misspelling because it is a transliteration of the Hebrew).

I sleep, although I would like very much to have theological discussions.

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Andrew DeShazo
Husband of Kathryn
Father of Phillip-Giles B. DeShazo
Deacon
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN
"From out of the depth of unbroken Infinfity arose the Question, "Who am I?" And to that Question there is the answer, "I am God!" -Meher Baba, died 1969.

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