[Magdalen] Christ the King Anglican

[Eleanor Braun]

Anglican, not Episcopal?

Eleanor.

On Sunday, February 15, 2015, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I started with such high hopes. The greeters were lovely. The chairs
> had padded seats with good sturdy backs so us old'uns could haul
> ourselves up to stand. No Prayer Books (everything projected on
> two screens at the front). And besides, the order of service was
> different.
>
> Rector blessed with a quiet, loving demeanor, very gentle but very
> leader-like, a good clergy persona IMO.
>
> Piano, guitar, violin and a full drum set. No choir.m People embraced,
> clapped, waved their arms in the air. The dear old lady in front of me
> had a frozen shoulder, yet she gamely made the effort to get her hands
> up to shoulder level at least.
>
> One thng to be said in praise of drafty old church buldings. This one
> is quite new and hermetically sealed. On arriving, a heavy miasma of
> perfumes and hairsprays. After the procession (All hail the power of
> Jesus' name) an additional strong odor of denture adhesive. And
> just after the Gospel, coffee being brewed. I thought I would swoon !!!
>
> Everything was proceeding swimmingly. After the Gospel the rector
> called all the youth down, a good number and all ages, prayed for
> them in a most encouraging way, and asked all of us to pay attention
> to them, to listen because children don't always want to talk to their
> parents. True enough, sir.
>
> And then the sermon. By Bob. Bob claimed to be a missionary (but,
> it turns out, actually supported himself as a TOEFL instructor in
> Thailand). Bob was, in the words one of my friends uses, a shlong.
> He's twenty years older than his wife. He made sure we knew it,
> telling us at least four times. He made sure we knew all about their
> children, too. He's a good friend of Jesus, by golly. He droned on
> and on about himself, clearly the star of his own Reality Show with
> his sidekick Jesus. Forty minutes later (I checked my phone
> because it felt like hours) he introduced his wife, who entertained
> and inspired us with liturgical dance. Everyone leaped to their feet
> to applaud and I ducked out the back.
>
> May actually go back because they seemed like such a nice bunch
> and Bob was obviously a traveling huckster.
> -M
>