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Sunday, February 21. 2021

Back to church at Lent


Finally, back to church normally. It felt like coming home. Yes, packed to the current max allowed. No coffee hour yet, but the hugs in the aisles were, as it were, not COVID-phobic.


2/3rds of my kids got to their churches today too. 


The traditional Lenten hymn. Brings tears.




Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 12:37 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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Our church was back to full time services with coffee break on May 15. No masks. A couple of Covids. Lot of new faces as most churches not in session. In western Michigan.
#1 Don on 2021-02-21 13:18 (Reply)
I never heard that one in the Baptist Church I used to attend.
#2 snopercod on 2021-02-21 13:30 (Reply)
I first heard it in the Lutheran church in the late 70s or so. Back when Lutherans were still mostly Lutherans.
#2.1 Assistant Village Idiot on 2021-02-21 20:54 (Reply)
Just checked. I was wrong. It is late 19th C Church of England
#2.1.1 Assistant Village Idiot on 2021-02-21 20:57 (Reply)
Sadly, our current pastor is a Covid-fearing social justice warrior, we will not have in-person services for some time yet as she keeps moving the goalposts. I'm tempted to make at least a temporary change of congregations, on the grounds that this too shall pass. Our family has been five generations at that congregation, so reluctant to move unless totally necessary.
#3 Dutch guy on 2021-02-21 15:37 (Reply)
Any chance you are United Methodist? That sounds like the sjw stuff they have been preaching for a while..........why we left the church, not Jesus and God.
#3.1 JC on 2021-02-21 16:30 (Reply)
A Blessed Lent to my Western Christian brothers and sisters.
#4 I Am What I Am on 2021-02-21 16:50 (Reply)
You can be sure that nearly nobody in that congregation comes anywhere close to believing the words in that hymn. UCC churches are light years away from the good news of salvation thru Jesus Christ the Lord.
#5 Gary Foster on 2021-02-21 18:25 (Reply)
We’ve been back since last May or so. Our Catholic Priest has been pushing for normalcy since then.
#6 Mark on 2021-02-21 19:10 (Reply)
Our church is still locked down. Closed since last March.
#7 Jim on 2021-02-21 22:44 (Reply)
Here in our Anglican diocese, everything is shut down. Do think on the comment about the Anglican bishops in 1660s England before Charles II was restored to the throne as written in Robert Neill's "Crown and Mitre": "Episcopi Angliani semper pavidi. That's the taunt we hear - always timid - and I fear it's true." Sadly, it true today. Our priest sent us some ashes in a baggie so self-anoint on Ash Wednesday, as well as a palm cross as it is obvious our parish isn't in a hurry to open up.

We're beginning to think of looking elsewhere to less fearful parishes.
#8 Frances on 2021-02-22 01:09 (Reply)

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