[Magdalen] Coffee Hour arrangements (was Re: Heather Cook)

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, this isn't heating-related, but the little church where I help out as priest-associate has really tried to maximize the use of its parish hall with a variety of uses, some pretty standard, some not so much.
Four days a week there is a preschool, not church-affiliated, just renting the space. Everything comes down or gets moved in preparation for Sunday's coffee hour. The local Democrats rent it once a month for their potluck supper; the 4-H group uses it when they need kitchen space for a project. One of our members has a seasonal business making plum puddings that are sold in a number of local stores--she uses the kitchen for several months for that and pays something toward the gas, etc.
The most recent addition to the mix is a local Pentecostal congregation. The storefront they were in was sold, and our vicar offered the use of our building for a Sunday afternoon service. They pay rent, and it seems to be working well; they even had a wedding there last Saturday. I'm planning to attend one of their services; I'm quite intrigued at the thought of a Pentecostal congregation worshipping in a sanctuary with a sanctuary lamp, a stained glass window over the altar (to say nothing of the altar itself!) and Stations of the Cross on the surrounding walls! I think Jesus might approve...

> On Nov 7, 2015, at 12:03 PM, a Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 11/7/2015 11:48:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com writes:
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> I  suppose when they got heating bills over the top, they arrived at a
> rather  charming solution:  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Another solution to high heating costs is for more than one
> denomination to use the same church.  This is unusual in
> the USA, but the practical German mentality is such that it
> is fairly common, and Roman Catholics and Lutherans 
> (Evangelisch) worship in the same space.
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> One such arrangement is in Wetzlar, not far from Kassel.
> The "Cathedral" there is also unusual in that it is unfinished
> but is constructed of three distinct types of stone.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetzlar
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> David Strang.