[Magdalen] Who'd a Tnunk it?

[Jay Weigel]

That's been the norm in the south for some time. The ELCA church in the
town where I lived for 35 years was all-Eucharist except when the pastor
was on vacation (and I understand those Sundays were poorly attended) as
long as I was aware of their existence, and I think most of the ELCA
churches in surrounding communities were also. This may be  due to the fact
that most of the Lutheran churches in the south were originally of German
heritage. The ELCA church I currently attend is also all-Eucharist and open
table. (And is, as far as I can tell, also a German heritage congregation)

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> Secondary to a conversation with a present member, I've learned that
> with the advent of the present interim pastor, my maternal family  parish
> church, Concordia Lutheran Church, Superior, Wisconsin, has gone
> all Eucharist for Sunday worship.
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> This church was founded at a time when Norwegian Pietism was very
> strong, and is therefore amazing they built the present elegant  church
> complex finished in 1929.  The Pietists were low church and  anticlerical.
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> Not only has the Eucharist-as-main-worship-Sunday camp won out
> completely in TEC, the movement has crossed denominational lines and
> is changing Lutheran worship (in this case ELCA) as well.
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> Even the Norwegians have finally gotten religion!
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> http://www.concordiasuperior.org/
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> David Strang.
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