27/10/2024
To all Lay people of the Church who committed their Life, Time Talent and Treasure, for the establishing and widening the Kingdom of God...God bless you all.
History of Laity Sunday
Methodism, in all its roots, has a long history celebrating and recognizing the ministry of the laity.
In the early days of American Methodism, the laity served and maintained congregations between visits of the circuit riders. Today, lay people are the front line of daily ministry at the workplace, in the home and within the community.
The Early Days
�Archives suggest the earliest plans for a Laity Sunday beginning in 1928. The first recorded observance of "Laymen's Day" was in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1929. By 1930 the Evangelical Church had begun celebrating the work of laity at the culmination of each annual men’s retreat. (Reflecting the times, these early celebrations focused only on the ministry of men.)
The September 1928 issue of The Methodist Layman reports.