[Magdalen] Something cringe worthy...

[Jon Egger]

Trinity, sadly, is one of those small parishes with a firm division between
the early service (Rite I) and the late service (Rite II).

"We will also be performing a baptism for J****..." sits in my craw because
it sounds like Trinity will be 'putting on a show' for J****.  I would have
written "Please be joyful for J**** as he is baptized and brought into our
fellowship this Sunday..."

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Grace & peace,
Deacon Jon Egger



*“In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who
has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to
deceive and overawe the People."(Eugene V. Debs, Anti-War Speech, June 16,
1918) *


On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> On 21/05/2015 21:54, Jon Egger wrote:
>
>> ...from Trinity's weekly email.  I wish I were making this up:
>>
>> "We will also be performing a baptism for J**** S**** at the 8:00 am
>> Sunday
>> service, so please give a warm Trinity welcome to J**** and his mother,
>> A****."
>>
>
> I have a query about this, why is this happening at the 8.00 a.m. service
> rather than the mid-morning one?  I know that in England we moved away from
> it in many places because of the number of babies to be baptised but the
> principle (right from the 1662 BCP) is that baptisms should be in the
> context of the main Sunday service.
>
> Folowing on from Lynn's comment I would end the sentence after "8.00 am
> Sunday service".  The second sentence could then read "Please give a warm
> Trinity welcome to J**** and his family."
>
> Roger
>