[Magdalen] Jeff Sessions Brought Up On Church Charges

[Scott Knitter]

Boy Scout Troop 123, of which I was a member until I tired of winter
camping, met in St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Rochester, Michigan.
Scout Sunday one year was my first chance to experience any non-RC, let
alone Methodist, service. My impression was that it seemed like a fairly
drab meeting with a printed agenda: minister talks, we sing a hymn,
minister talks about something else, introducing Mr. Somebody who talks
about a boring-sounding event, a kid plays a french horn solo, we sing
another hymn, there's a sermon, a hymn while we give money, and then we're
done and the organist plays. I had the feeling a liturgy might happen but
never did. Just felt like a meeting, not church (although there was a Bible
reading).

My Methodist friends in the troop told me about their experience in some
other friends' RC church: "Everybody prays out of some monthly magazine."
Um, that's the Monthly Missalette, OK? They laughed at the
standing-sitting-kneeling as well.

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 1:58 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> The few Methodist services I've attended are essentially amorphous,
> with a large amount of discourse between pulpit/sanctuary and congregation
> in the nave.  One of my favorite Methodist churches has always been
> the Hamline University Methodist in Saint Paul, MN.  Even there, the
> informality has become routine, and this contrasts with the splendid
> collegiate gothic architecture which would easily function for an Anglican
> high church liturgy.
>
>
> David Strang.
>
> In a message dated 6/21/2018 2:01:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> chadwohl at satucket.com writes:
>
>
> service is indeed much like Morning Prayer - although the service isn't as
> "rote" as it is in the Book of Common Prayer.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA