[Magdalen] Jeff Sessions Brought Up On Church Charges

[Charles Wohlers]

That is my impression as well. The minister, for example, wears alb & stole 
at communion services. I've never seen discourse between minister & 
congregation as David reports (except during announcements, of course).

One of the main differences I've seen is the old evangelical hymns they 
occasionally sing, which I'm totally unfamiliar with.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Grace Cangialosi
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 3:18 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Jeff Sessions Brought Up On Church Charges

Well, yes, that’s what I was picturing. But then after reading David’s 
comment, I thought maybe I had the wrong denomination.
I haven’t been to a Methodist service in years, except for an occasional 
funeral, but my sense has been that they seem to be moving in a more formal, 
liturgical direction.

> On Jun 21, 2018, at 1:36 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> Grace - like this?
>
> https://amzn.to/2tsCKPZ
>
> Eleanor
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> David S.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 6/20/2018 11:43:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>