The church year is a representation of the life of Christ with a focus on two major events, Christmas, the birth of Jesus and Easter, including the death, the resurrection, the ascension of Jesus the Christ and sending of the Holy Spirit. The Principal Festival days during the year are Easter Sunday, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Christmas Day and Epiphany.

ADVENT is the beginning of the church year. It includes the four Sundays that precede Christmas. The paraments are blue, symbolizing hope. The Advent wreath symbolizes the approach of the Lord.

CHRISTMAS season begins on Christmas day. It lasts 12 days and concludes with the Baptism of Our Lord. For the Christmas season the paraments are white. White suggests gladness, joy and light.

EPIPHANY can be four to nine Sundays. This is the season between Christmas and Lent. The Sunday before Lent begins is Transfiguration Sunday. Paraments are white for the feast of Epiphany of Our Lord. The paraments for the second Sunday in Epiphany until Transfiguration Sunday are green. Green suggests a time of spiritual growth. Paraments on Transfiguration Sunday are white.

LENT lasts for forty days (40), not including Sundays. It begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes with Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and The Vigil of Easter on Saturday. The forty days of Lent are a time of reflection, renewal and preparing ourselves for the gift of Easter. The paraments for Lent are purple, representing a time of somberness. Paraments may be black for Ash Wednesday. On Good Friday there are no paraments used.

EASTER is comprised of fifty (50) days of rejoicing. It begins with the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ on Easter Sunday. The Easter season concludes on Pentecost Sunday. Paraments for Easter are white. Easter Day is the highest holy day in the calendar.

PENTECOST covers the remaining 23-28 Sundays, ending with Christ the King Sunday, in close proximity to the U.S. Thanksgiving. The paraments are green for the season of Pentecost. Paraments on Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday in the church year, are white.