What is the Sabbath?

The Sabbath is God’s gift to us, a time for rest and restoration of our connection to God and others. It reminds us of God’s creation and Jesus’ grace.

The gracious Creator, after the six days of Creation, rested on the seventh day and instituted the Sabbath for all people as a memorial of Creation. The fourth commandment of God’s unchangeable law requires the observance of this seventh-day Sabbath as the day of rest, worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice of Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a day of delightful communion with God and one another. It is a symbol of our redemption in Christ, a sign of our sanctification, a token of our allegiance, and a foretaste of our eternal future in God’s kingdom. The Sabbath is God’s perpetual sign of His eternal covenant between Him and His people. Joyful observance of this holy time from evening to evening, sunset to sunset, is a celebration of God’s creative and redemptive acts.

If you need to give your employer a letter concerning the Sabbath and why you require to not to work, please download the following templates

• Requesting an early finish on Friday
• New Adventist in employment
• Dismissed for Sabbath observance

What are your rights under the law?

The Human Rights Act 1998 sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms that everyone in the UK is entitled to. It incorporates the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic British law. The Human Rights Act came into force in the UK in October 2000.

• Article 9 Freedom of thought, belief and religion
  https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/human-rights-act/article-9-freedom-thought-belief-and-religion
• Article 14 Protection from discrimination
  https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/human-rights-act/article-14-protection-discrimination
• The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society.
  It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act, making the law easier to understand and strengthening protection in some situations. It sets out the different ways in which it’s unlawful to treat someone.
  http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/10