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[rj_anderson]

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Excuse me while I lie on the floor, kicking my heels and giggling madly.

On a mostly unrelated note, we have succeeded in moving all our possessions from our old house into our new, and I am still in a daze -- partly because of exhaustion, but also because the new place is just so nice and so big and I can't quite believe I actually live here. The first night in our new bedroom (a bonus room we built above the garage, with a high peaked ceiling) I said to my husband, "I feel like I'm sleeping in a cathedral."

The dining room is also humongous, and we actually have a spare bedroom for guests. So this also means that now we have absolutely no excuse not to be hospitable. I shall look forward to it, I think, once I've found a place for everything...

Comments

[the-gentleman.livejournal.com]

As I said, that first statement came out a little harsh. I belong to a more liberal church, and even the Open Brethren can be a lot stricter than I feel is good for a church- particularly since it affected me and my girlfriend particularly, i.e. a very strong disapproval of even holding hands! And the format of the worship was very alien to me, coming from an Anglican background- the idea of a one hour discussion and Bible readings by the men only followed by an hour of the "actual" service felt deeply odd. Outside the church itself, though, they were pretty warm and friendly, especially on the youth work side of things.

[dr-c.livejournal.com]

Re. the holding-hands thing: In my experience (admittedly limited to Washington state and California), there's no overall consensus among Brethren churches on that; it will vary quite a bit from one congregation to another.

Note also that to most of us, the communion meeting is no less the "actual" service than the preaching meeting, and perhaps more so! But it's interesting to see it through the eyes of an outsider every now and then-- thanks.

I'm glad they were at least friendly-- I'd rather be viewed as a decent person with odd doctrines than the other way round!

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard of the anti-holding-hands thing myself, though every congregation is likely to be different in that regard, as the PBs aren't a denomination per se (though they sometimes behave like one) and each congregation is independent. But otherwise, what dr_c said. :) Especially about the communion service, which is so fundamental a part of church life for me that I found myself missing it terribly when I attended a couple of churches that didn't have it.