Green Lake ecumenical Palm Sunday procession

[ross_teneyck]

As is traditional, St. Andrew's Episcopal met with Bethany Lutheran down by the shores of Green Lake for an ecumenical blessing of the palms -- and this year we were also joined by Green Lake United Methodist, because their new pastor is a friend of mine from Seattle U and I put her in touch with my rector, so the ecumenical seminary thing is

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[rephetibel]

Great photos, Ross! I think it a charming gesture on the part of the camera to bathe the donkeys in the light of blessing. You certainly had a beautiful day for a procession. Our day was nice as well. Unlike the last few days. Rain, rain, rain.

Hmm, Lensflare

[psi_star_psi]

Let me guess, the donkeys are named Kirk and Spock?

[rephetibel]

I passed along your address to Father Crumb so he could see the photos. He asked, "Is that a fiddle-back chasuble I see?" My thought was, "Is that a what-what chasuble?" Not as helpful as one would hope.

[ross_teneyck]

Wikipedia says:

At the end of sixteenth century the chasuble, though still quite ample and covering a little of the arms, had become less similar to its traditional shape than to that which prevailed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when the chasuble was reduced to a broad scapular, leaving the whole of the arms quite free, and was shortened also in front and back. To make it easier for the priest to join his hands when wearing a chasuble of stiff (lined and heavily embroidered) material, the front was cut away further, giving it the distinctive shape often called 'fiddleback.' Complex decoration schemes were often used on chasubles of scapular form, especially the back, incorporating the image of the Christian cross or of a saint; and rich materials such as silk, cloth of gold or brocade were employed, especially in chasubles reserved for major celebrations.

He must be referring to the person standing to the left of the cross in the first photo. That would be Dennis Andersen, the pastor at Bethany Lutheran.