Christmas Pageants are anonther occasion for this particular parish priest to display the fixed grin and glazed look that I get when I am having to do things I...
Peter, I am sorry that you hate (or think you do) Christmas pageants. Far from being considered "cute" in my parish, the pageant is considered to be a...
Janet Roth
jproth@...
Jan 1, 2007 9:49 pm
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I know this is a bit off-topic, but it is a wonderful article that was posted on another list that I thought was worth sharing. Gives a good presentation of ...
Available on http://www.hillerleiturgia.com, for Sunday bulletins, and brief commentary on the readings from the Eucharistic Lectionary. -- The Rev. Mr....
Available on http://www.hillerle iturgia.com, for Sunday bulletins, and brief commentary on the readings from the Eucharistic Lectionary. The Rev. Mr. Michael...
My antipathy to Christmas Pageants is a bit out of character, as I like mediaeval mystery plays, and the old carols. I often wonder if my antipathy would...
I too have an ambiguous relationship with the pageant. My 4pm family Christmas Eve eucharist (with pageant) is threatening to become the whole Christmas...
... Don't you have the Eucharist at the candle light service? I am also unsure what the "family Eucharist" is. Eucharist I understand, but it is in the...
Sorry for the confusion. We have two Christmas Eve services, both straight Book of Common Prayer Rite 2 Eucharists. One's at 4pm, with the pageant more-or-less...
All of your points, Mark, are very familiar, and I also am ambivalent about pageants and such (from the perspective of a musician, not a clergy-person). We...
Hi, At what point do you consider that kids have "outgrown" an early service? Our pageant involves all the young people in the parish -- the high schoolers...
Janet Roth
jproth@...
Jan 4, 2007 2:10 am
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In a message dated 1/3/2007 8:57:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, hymncat@... writes: All of your points, Mark, are very familiar, and I also am ...
dlewisaao@...
Jan 4, 2007 2:11 am
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Janet, you ask about 'outgrowing' the early service. In our context, that would probably be around age 13 or so, since the presentation of the service is...
Dear Mark, I am far more concerned with theology and literary quality than the mediaeval thing, though as an conservative Anglo-Catholic, I have to admit that...
I have written a couple of plays rather than pageants that the kids could do during the sermon time on the Fourth Sunday in Advent. The plays are correlated...
Group, Could all of you please provide me with links to various collections of liturgies, especially ones from the Early Church, the Middle Ages, and the...
I am in a rural parish in Wyoming. For several years we had our pageant as the liturgy of the word during our Epiphany Eucharist held in the evening of...
... Can anyone provide some practical guidance on the working range of population for a liturgical parish? Word and song congregations can grow quite large...
Just a few miles from me is this newly-built church for an ancient tradition - St. Mary and St. Antonious (sic) Coptic Orthodox Church. The paper had some...
John Seboldt
rohrwerk@...
Jan 7, 2007 3:14 am
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It's not unusual to find Roman Catholic parishes eight to ten times larger than some of the large Episcopal ones. The largest parish in the Diocese of South...
Scott Knitter
scottknitter@...
Jan 7, 2007 5:01 am
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Orthodox parishes vary greatly in size. The 'maximum' that should be served by one priest (visiting, hearing the confessions, providing pastoral care, having...
We also have a large beautiful Coptic church in the north Seattle area. It will be consecrated in the spring by Pope Shenouda. Their priest is a member of the...
The smallest parish in this diocese that has a full time rector has 62 members, but it is reasonably well heeled being in Orange County. My parish is slightly...
... Just out of curiosity, Do you manage to keep to 30 hours a week? Janet R (who when she subs for the parish secretary does not manage to keep to the six...
Janet Roth
jproth@...
Jan 8, 2007 2:13 am
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Peter+, Honestly, when it comes to the work of the church, there is no such thing as a "part-time priest" or "part-time secretary." Priests can receive...
In a message dated 1/7/2007 8:54:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, frpeterdr@... writes: The smallest parish in this diocese that has a full time rector...
dlewisaao@...
Jan 8, 2007 2:39 am
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Dear Janet, I know (from experience - not personal) that part-time church pastors and other paid part-time church workers are, in fact, being exploited. Due to...
In beginning congregations in both TEC an my present church we have managed to have regular liturgical worship with as few as three. Eight seems to be the...
Interesting discussion here. I have lived in a tourist area where we had a large Church in the summer months made up largely of seasonal employees but were...
I note with interest that the church has pews. I am surprised by that. Should I be? I know of other Orthodox churches that have pews, but I understood that...
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