Resources now available for Reformation Sunday

Did you know that the last Sunday of the month of October is set aside to commemorate the events and figures of the Protestant Reformation?

This year, Presbyterians will celebrate Reformation Sunday on Oct. 26 along with millions of other Reformed church members around the globe. For the 2025 observance, the Presbyterian Historical Society aims to re-introduce congregations to John Knox (1514-1572), a leading figure in the Scottish Reformation.

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Did you know that  the great reformer served as a galley slave to the French navy for a handful of years, stuck in the bowels of a ship with dozens of other men? Indeed, during his life, Knox was a tutor, a galley slave, a royal chaplain of King Edward VI, a broadsword-wielding bodyguard, a scholar and writer, and a preacher of fiery sermons at Old St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations are encouraged to download the free bulletin insert to use during their services of worship on Oct. 26. To accommodate different sized bulletins, the Presbyterian Historical Society  offers the print-on-demand insert in three sizes on the PHS Reformation Sunday webpage: letter, half-letter, and half-legal.

Visitors to the Reformation Sunday webpage can also explore other free resources, including a digital exhibit about the Reformation, information on Reformation Bibles preserved in the PHS archive, access to the Protestant Reformation Digital Collection in Pearl, coloring pages of John Calvin’s Geneva, and previous bulletin inserts for downloading.

Download the bulletin inserts at www.pcusa.org/rs.