[Magdalen] Assembly Line Christmas.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, that still bills itself as  the
largest congregation of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in  America),
is having it's multiplicity of Christmas Eve worship services.   These will 
not
be Eucharist's, but rather the usual Ante-Communion common in the  Upper
Midwest USA dominated by Scandinavian ethnics.  Liturgies are 2  PM
through 11 PM every hour on the hour at the main church on 50th  Street,
and 2 through 6 every hour on the hour at their "West" Campus.   This
church is considered the "Swedish Cathedral"  Whereas Central  Lutheran
Church at the edge of downtown Minneapolis is considered the  "Norwegian
Cathedral."
 
 
http://www.mtolivet.org/home
 
 
I see that Central has gone somewhat high church in that it's main
liturgies on Christmas Eve and Christmas day are Holy Communion.
(My Norwegian relatives are rolling over in their graves).
 
 
http://centralmpls.org/
 
 
 
Then there is Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Minneapolis of German
ethnic origin, that will have incense and bells and Eucharistic  vestments
to make up for the low church parishes.
 
 
http://www.mountolivechurch.org/
 
 
 
David Strang.