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| 915.1 | early memories, and a tribute | TNPUBS::PAINTER | Planet Crayon | Sun May 08 1994 02:18 | 20 |
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I remember being 4 years old, going to a Baptist church just up the
road with my grandfather, who was the treasurer for years. It was a
*real small* church too. Everybody knew each other, and most were
related. Anyway, communion came around, and I took the grape juice.
Then the bread came around, and I said that I didn't like bread without
peanut butter. Everybody laughed. (;^)
A few years later, I went to Sunday School in the basement of that
*real small* church. I saw my grandfather in the corner about halfway
through the service, counting the money. I asked him why he wasn't
upstairs, and he said that he'd heard just about every sermon there
was, and had sung all the songs many times over, and that he really
liked counting the money. As for what I learned in Sunday School,
that's anybody's guess. (;^)
My grandfather died in 1981. I miss him still. He would have made a
great Unitarian Universalist. (;^) Definitely had the right attitude.
Cindy
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| 915.2 | | JUPITR::HILDEBRANT | I'm the NRA | Mon May 09 1994 10:22 | 13 |
| My memories of confirmation class is similar to Richards. Just a
dim memory.
I remember the nuns telling me how "great" and "important" it was to
have an actual Bishop visit and confirm us. When the Bishop came in,
all the fancy hat/ring/clothes did is make me question *why* did the
people of God wear such clothes when Jesus dressed so simple?
Must have been the beginning of my rebellion!
The whole thing didn't mean anything to me at the time.....sadly
Marc H.
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| 915.3 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Copernicus 3:16 | Mon May 09 1994 14:05 | 10 |
| Note 915.2
> *why* did the
> people of God wear such clothes when Jesus dressed so simple?
Ah! :-) Just the kind of question I asked!
Shalom,
Richard
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| 915.4 | | CVG::THOMPSON | An AlphaGeneration Noter | Mon May 16 1994 08:18 | 16 |
| I remember it being the easiest class I ever took (before or since).
Really it was largely pro forma for me. Others had to actually
study and learn new things but I was raised with the Bible and
was fairly well educated by that time.
In the Methodist church kids didn't usually take Communion until
after confirmation. I never did understand the Catholic church
having First Communion so young. I still really don't because
most kids that young don't understand what it's all about. My father
as pastor would interview children younger then confirmation age
who wanted to take Communion. If they seemed to really understand
what it was about he'd let them partake. A personal interview usually
scared off those who just wanted to take Communion because it was "the
thing to do."
Alfred
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| 915.5 | was a Lonng Time Ago! | MIMS::LANGDON_D | Education Cuts Never Heal | Wed Jun 01 1994 14:59 | 19 |
| I remember my brother finishing the two year course in our Lutheran
church----two yrs of memorizing the Longer Chatechism!!
I swore *I* wouldn't go through that,,,and my brother said he'd
already forgotten the 1st year's stuff,anyway!!
My folks visited the Presbyterian church (which was about 20% ex-
Lutherans) and we joined shortly after the first visit.
The confirmation class *I* attended was about 5 or 6 kids in size,and
Al Jeandheur (the minister) opened it by asking *us* "What do you want
to know about the church?"
We spent six weeks (about 2 hrs a week) learning a great deal about
our faith and the Presbyterian Church.
At the end of that class,,,i *knew* why I wanted to be confirmed as a
full member,,and felt it was *my* decision,,not just something that had
to be done at age 12 or whenever.
I still correspond with Al, and still value his thoughts..
Doug_who's glad to find time to drop in here again!
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| 915.6 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Pacifist Hellcat | Thu Jun 02 1994 02:06 | 7 |
| Hello, Doug!!
Drop by more often, y' hear? ;-}
Shalom,
Richard
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