On a date set by each Annual Conference, this Sunday calls the Church to celebrate the rural heritage of The United Methodist Church, to affirm worldwide the people and communities who work with and on the land by raising food and fiber, and to recognize the ongoing crisis occurring in the rural areas of the nation and world today. Emphases may include honoring persons who have been leaders in the rural church and community, observing Rogation Sunday (a service asking for God's blessing upon the earth and its crops, traditionally held on the three days prior to the Day of Ascension in the spring), and celebrating and showing a concern for God's created order.
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