[Magdalen] Temporarily Lutheran

[James Oppenheimer]

Wonderful that you've found a good home.  The lutherans of ELCA and the
episcopalians of TEC are joined now, so one could easily argue we're one
denomination. Of course, the Creed says it's all One Church anyhow.

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:44 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> So I've taken up (again) going to the Lutheran church in New Market which
> is about 6 miles from our house. It's complicated, but it's closer than any
> Episcopal church, and after all that time I put in at St. Barnabas I figure
> I'm about half Lutheran anyway. The people are friendly and I like the
> pastor a lot, they have a competent, if small, choir and a good organist
> and  they seem to have an excellent outreach in the community, all
> positives for me. I have no idea about internal politics at this point. I
> hadn't been attending this summer but I'm making an effort to go back now;
> I know my spiritual life needs nurturing. Today's sermon was about
> forgiveness so I'm sure I was supposed to be there. Now if I can just
> master that infernal Lutheran service music! I have never been able to get
> the hang of it.....
>