[Magdalen] Jeff Sessions Brought Up On Church Charges

[Grace Cangialosi]

The Episcopal hymnal “Lift Every Voice” includes a lot of those hymns, as well. My congregation, which had kept begging me for the “old hymns,” were thrilled when they saw that hymnal, as I knew they would be. Then they begged to buy the books, which we did!

> On Jun 21, 2018, at 3:28 PM, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com> wrote:
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> 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).
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> 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
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> -----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:
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>> Grace - like this?
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>> https://amzn.to/2tsCKPZ
>> 
>> Eleanor
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>> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>