I’m currently on holiday and so spending quite a lot of time going in and out of churches. (What else do you think I would do on holiday?)
In one of the many churches I’ve visited, I caught sight of this.
Thoughts?
The Blog of the Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow
I’m currently on holiday and so spending quite a lot of time going in and out of churches. (What else do you think I would do on holiday?)
In one of the many churches I’ve visited, I caught sight of this.
Thoughts?
Reformed Presbyterian Church?
There were 104 candles at the high altar – I counted them. Not any kind of Presbyterian.
What’s your opinion (Regardless of what the church’s dogma is) on whether communion should only be received only by confirmed people?
In the Scottish Episcopal Church there is no requirement that you have to be confirmed in order to receive communion. Baptism is regarded as full sacramental initiation into the life of the church.
I don’t think it is particularly helpful for confirmation (which is very important to some Christians and completely unimportant and irrelevant to others) to be linked directly with receiving communion.
Kelvin says:
I don’t think it is particularly helpful for confirmation … to be linked directly with receiving communion.
… or indeed a range of other roles and activities within the SEC.
Indeed.
Wonderful 🙂 Isn’t it the sort of thing we’d have at St Mary’s as well….although currently worded differently.
And might it be something you’d want to put on the big noticeboard outside the Cathedral on the GW Road too?
You know you’re going to have to tell us where this is… 🙂
I think this is a great sign for any church whatever denomination. I wish my local church could take steps to be more inclusive. They are almost there.
I think however I would say ‘Jesus bids you welcome, and we, too, welcome you.’ I think that is a little less like ‘loving you for Jesus’ sake. I’m kind-of picky. I like being just loved. I don’t find it helpful to be reminded that I may not be that lovable.
I think too, I would want to welcome all, whether they seek Christ or not. Theologically, it is Christ who seeks them. ‘All are welcome here’. Then I might let the smaller print go in as it does.
When you’re up against it you might need to resort to signs like this but I wonder how far a welcome can be communicated through a sign. Welcomes are more usually a feeling or general good vibes, in and around a place. Sometimes the least welcoming places are those that insist on their welcoming-nature most strongly. More say it than demonstrate it.
Ps. It would be interesting to know, apart from the sign, how you felt in this place more generally.
Well, it is a place that I have a great affection for as I was once a part of the congregation at a time when I was trying my vocation. Yesterday’s was an extremely beautiful service and it is one of the great liturgical spaces of the world.
Notwithstanding all that, no-one spoke to me afterwards…
As a sideline, I was also interested in the choice of font. It had clearly been thought about and such things need to be thought about.