The evangelical Lutheran worship book is teh crazy.

[deus_vobiscum]

this is a pretty theological post, so read only if you really, really want to.

Went with my friend's family to church this morning to check out the cranberry book, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, which is the service book. My friend and her mom had mentioned to me that the Nicene Creed and the Apostle's Creed had been changed and that the whole

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[quillpen]

have i mentioned that the UMC voted for full communion with the ELCA in April?

but damn, we're different enough. It just makes it a lot easier for, say, pulpit supply.

Also, I patently disagree with your "only baptized people should be able to receive communion" point. Give me a few days to get back to you as to why, exactly, i feel such a gut-wrenching opposition.

[deus_vobiscum]

Pulpit supply, I think, is a poor reason for full communion if that's about it. Full communion means transferring membership is much easier, but does that accompany the usual instruction in the fundamentals of, say, Methodism? I wouldn't know the second thing about being a Methodist (well, theologically. I'm sure that having a huge book crush on the Hymnal would be the first thing, right

[deus_vobiscum]

Offense? Non taken, of course! I'm a theologian, so this stuff is extraordinarily important to me but I don't get offended about it too easily. And I don't stone people. Fraternities do that. Yes, bad attempt at humor