[Magdalen] Assembly Line Christmas.

[Jay Weigel]

Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison, WI, of Norwegian descent, always went
all out for Christmas. When I lived there they boasted a membership of
around 7000; I have no idea what it is now. The comparable German church
was Luther Memorial, which was modestly high church as I recall, but not
nearly as big. I think they're both ELCA now.

The ELCA church I attend is of German origin and celebrated its 150th
anniversary this year. It is eucharistically centered and will have two
services on Christmas Eve, both with communion. None at midnight though;
the "late service" is at 8 pm.



On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> 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
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> 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."
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> http://www.mtolivet.org/home
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> 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).
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> http://centralmpls.org/
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> 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.
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> http://www.mountolivechurch.org/
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> David Strang.
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