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Actually there was a whole otther thread on that.Actually there are a lot of churches who don't allow their congregants to drink directly from the common cup anymore. If they wish to do so, it's done by intinction (sp?). That is to say, the wafer is dipped into the cup and placed on the communicant's toungue. I went to a Mission Church whilst attending ELCA many years ago and this (intinction) is how they did communion. They were meeting in a rented hall (a school cafeteria) with no facilities to clean the articles of communion.
I was given to understand that intinction is a very old practice and was quite acceptable. Then again, it was an ELCA church. Admittedly, the pastor was one of the best I've had the pleasure of being acquainted with.
I met these 2 ladies at that church without a pastor right now, someone in the church needed some help and they gave me some money to go towards a gift card to a grocery store, I picked up a bulletin, brought it home and was looking through it and noticed that layperson of the church was on the call list. I know one of the ladies awhile back said something about he could go back to school for a little bit more and become like a pastor or something in no time but he could only pastor that church and couldn't do it anywhere else. If they get around to getting him to pastor that church, the clique is still going to be there, they need a strong leader that hopefully would get rid of that clique. Whenever I've been to that church and he's done the service and does communion, I hadn't took it. I just feel right taking it from a layperson. Maybe I'm just an old fuddy duddy Lutheran that can't change.
They may be referring to the DELTO (Distance Education Leading To Ordination) program, which no longer exists (Thank you Jesus!!). It has been replaced with the Specific Ministry Pastor Program which is much different and has has different requirements. DELTO had been widely abused by congregations, thinking they could have a layperson take classes while serving as pastor in order to avoid calling an ordianed minister. Hopefully this new SMPP will rectify that.
Boy, does that sound familiar! Unfortunately, he doesn't go anywhere for proper instruction and it really shows. Don't expect things or his way of handling them to change. It's all but killed the local LC-MS here, but those who decided it was necessary refuse to admit it. Unfortunately, when the doors close due to lack of funds, they might have to, but I'm not counting on that either. It boggles my mind how the synod can allow such travesties to occur.Maybe that's what they are thinking of sending him to. If they do that, I'm gone for good, the church needs a strong leader and he's to easy going and he's in with the clique of the church, I've been going back because of the braille and having trouble finding anyone to do it. I may just send the braille back or see if another church will pick it up.
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What matters is what the content is.
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