[Magdalen] Who'd a Tnunk it?

[Joseph Cirou]

Well there is Lutheran variety in Atlanta.
I am playing this week at an ELCA church that is of the all Eucharist
variety, but just a few blocks down the street from where I live is a
primarily Afro-American ELCA that has Communion on the first and third
Sunday. I have played in both Missouri Synod and ELCA churches in town and
they were basically Communion every Sunday. I think some churches with 2
services may not serve communion at one of those services. And Yes, the
Lutheran Church down town uses incense occasionally as well as hosting the
Atlanta German Community for Gottesdienst with the pastor--singing
ministerial chant but vested in Geneva Robe, ruff, and preaching tabs (ala
Europe) (I just missed out getting a sub there, some had called right
before me)

Joe

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 11/26/2014 1:17:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> This may  be  due to the fact that most of the Lutheran churches in the
> south were  originally of German heritage. >>>>
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> And they are here in Pennsylvania, naturally.
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> Most of the PA  ELCA churches were originally LCA (with the Swedes)  and
> before that in their own German Lutheran synod.  They had a  reputation
> of being considerably more high church than the Norwegians.  That is  the
> background for the large, ultra-high church Lutheran congregation in  the
> city just to the south of me - Hazleton - where one can hear chant  and
> see incense on occasion.  It's all-Eucharist, of course.
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