[Magdalen] Sermons

[Jay Weigel]

Most Lutheran churches in this part of the country are German in origin and
many of them are quite old and rather high in terms of liturgy. This
particular congregation is over 150 years old (young in terms of Valley
settlement!) although the building itself is relatively new. The northern
Shenandoah Valley has a heavily Germanic population, as evidenced by both
names on mailboxes (Kagy, Biery, Seitz--all of which, incidentally, are
found in my ancestry--Kline,Hostetter, etc.) and churches (Lutheran,
UCC--probably many of which used to be E&R--Mennonite,Church of the
Brethren). No Norwegian pietists here! I don't know where Pastor Jeff went
to seminary but I do know it wasn't in Minnesota.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 8/8/2016 8:30:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> That  stops when the pastor
> strides up the aisle (and he's a tall guy, so he does  stride!) and makes
> announcements.  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> There's a tendency in the Upper Midwest for Lutheran pastors to  stride
> about the sanctuary as though it were their living-room.  Perhaps  the
> word, "saunter," would be more appropriate.  I always find the  practice
> coarse and a bit unrefined.
>
> I have little experience with Lutherans elsewhere, and I've often  wondered
> if this is a custom out of Luther Seminary, Twin Cities, MN because  most
> pastors in that region are trained there.
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>
>
> David S.
>