[Magdalen] Jeff Sessions Brought Up On Church Charges

[Grace Cangialosi]

I was thinking they had a book of services like the Lutherans and Episcopalians. Is that not the case?

> On Jun 21, 2018, at 11:41 AM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> It is well known, however, that southern Methodists tend to be more conservative.  
> It is their opposition that has kept the UMC from marrying gays and lesbian couples,
> I am told by members of the Methodist "Affirmation" group.
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> I've mentioned before on this list my astonishment at the general development
> of loose, informal liturgies in Methodist churches.  When I was growing up
> Methodist worship in the Upper Midwest USA, at least, was essentially like
> Episcopal Morning Prayer.  Now Methodists have gone all informal chatty.
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> In a message dated 6/20/2018 11:43:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, gracecan at gmail.com writes:
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> David, I could be wrong, but I think I read that he was a Baptist before becoming a Methodist. I don’t say that to malign Baptists in any way, but their style has tended to be more evangelical and fundamentalist than Methodists, and that sometimes sticks.