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To: aberaussie

How about this quote I read this morning:

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5554194.html

ORLANDO, FLA. -- After members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) took their first tentative steps Wednesday toward potential new policies toward gays and lesbians in the church, they got snarled in disagreement and divisiveness.

But not about sexuality.

Rather, more than 1,000 members of the ELCA's Churchwide Assembly tangled for hours over a new liturgy and hymnal that could replace the venerable "Lutheran Book of Worship."

After five years of studying a revamped, more inclusive liturgy called "Renewing Worship," assembly delegates decided against delaying adoption and OK'd the plan by a 3-1 ratio.

That kind of vehemence is understandable, said the Rev. Peter Rogness, bishop of the St. Paul-area synod, the second-largest in the 4.9 million-member denomination. "The sexuality issues aren't going to be as noticeable in the pews," he said. "If a congregation has been doing [gay and lesbian] blessings, it'll keep doing that. If not, it probably won't. But a new liturgy -- that they'll notice."


54 posted on 08/11/2005 6:02:44 AM PDT by wallcrawlr (http://www.bionicear.com)
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To: wallcrawlr
That kind of vehemence is understandable, said the Rev. Peter Rogness, bishop of the St. Paul-area synod, the second-largest in the 4.9 million-member denomination.

My cousin belongs to an ELCA Church in the Minneapolis area, and she is very active in her Parish. She said that they haven't heard about any of these changes regarding sexuality, and worship. Apparently, not all Pastors are keeping their flocks up on the gutting of the Lutheran Church.

55 posted on 08/11/2005 9:39:08 AM PDT by sockmonkey
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