[Magdalen] All on the same day

[Jay Weigel]

Scott, no apologies necessary. Family first. And it sounds like maybe Scott
the Younger really wanted to be there.

Do you have a link to the church and/or its blog? I'm always curious as to
how other churches do stuff.

On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> #3 was the winner. Sloane was baptized, and surprise, surprise, so was
> her father. In a nondenominational mini-megachurch (megachurch-style
> stage worship; not-so-mega size). Separate baptisms after the last
> service. Done ultra-simply by trained lay church members...couple of
> key questions, then backwards dunk in the pool. Then off to lunch at
> the baptizands' home.
>
> I noticed on their church blog a testimony by a member who was
> baptized as an RC but baptized again at this church as an adult.
>
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > It's one of those days where I need to be in three places at once, and
> > my natural reaction is to wish I could hide in a cave. Obligations:
> >
> > 1. Work! Endless long days of work continue into next week. The fact
> > that colleagues are traveling today is the only thing that keeps today
> > from being intense, at least this morning.
> > 2. Church! Our organist, a friend, has written a Missa Brevis that
> > will be premiered by our choir during Mass today.
> > 3. My partner's niece has asked to be baptized, and that happens today.
> >
> > #3 seems the front-runner, and it's after her church's morning
> > services (12:45 p.m.) out in a western suburb. My dear partner needs
> > to arise from sleep and get ready, and tell me what the plan is: if
> > there's a meal or party afterward, I'll have to miss the whole thing
> > for work.
> >
> > Whatever I end up doing, I feel like I'll need to write and send a
> > bunch of apology cards.
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>