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Thread: Personal jewelry on clergy when serving
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Spiffy
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Originally posted by Augustine the Aleut:
My bracelet reference finds its origin in a visit to a TEC outlet in Florida where an assisting priest had at least two or three bracelets, all fairly large, sliding down her arms and requiring frequent adjusting. The bracelets matched her earrings. The difficulty comes when we have to decide over what is large and gargantuan. Judging by this cleric's Tammy Bakker-like approach to makeup, she likely felt that her jewelry was subtle and restrained. Wondering if a bit of gilt and carved plastic will be shooting into the chalice distracted me-- but I have a notoriously rickety attention span.
This may just be a cultural difference -- in the South folks tend to expect their women of God to dress like that (as they expect their men of God to dress like Mr. Bakker). Kind of like how here in Oregon we expect our ordained leaders to be wearing messenger bags and vegan shoes.
The only place I've ever been where jewelery on the worship staff was not only approved, but encouraged, was amongst our siblings in Christ who followed a Name It And Claim It theology. There, they were judged not to be worthy if God hadn't blessed them with an abundance of gold, diamonds, and expensive timepieces.
Most of those commenting here (I presume) are from the kinds of churches where a preacher rolling up in a brand new Mercedes Benz (or even a slightly newer station wagon) is greeted with suspicion and a suggestion the parish Treasurer take a look at the books. Ostentatiousness isn't exactly what we look for in our clergy.
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ExclamationMark
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Originally posted by Spiffy:
[QUOTE] a preacher rolling up in a brand new Mercedes Benz (or even a slightly newer station wagon) is greeted with suspicion and a suggestion the parish Treasurer take a look at the books. Ostentatiousness isn't exactly what we look for in our clergy.
I'm the owner of the oldest rustist car in the car park (17 years old). Does that fit the bill?
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Spiffy
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Originally posted by ExclamationMark:
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Originally posted by Spiffy:
[QUOTE] a preacher rolling up in a brand new Mercedes Benz (or even a slightly newer station wagon) is greeted with suspicion and a suggestion the parish Treasurer take a look at the books. Ostentatiousness isn't exactly what we look for in our clergy.
I'm the owner of the oldest rustist car in the car park (17 years old). Does that fit the bill?
I don't honestly care what you drive, whether you're the President or the preacher. I have heard others get sniffly about the priest's mode de transportacion, though, at which point I usually play my Portland trump card, "I don't own a car."
(Really, though, when your priest has kids, I'd rather the priest be driving something new-ish because, you know, airbags.)
[ 03. September 2012, 05:32: Message edited by: Spiffy ]
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