tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post7417518419480293315..comments2024-03-27T05:29:09.185+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Ken: I Went to Church on Sunday.Grumpy Old Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828200865710133059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-52418764511394262652013-09-14T13:33:25.511+01:002013-09-14T13:33:25.511+01:00Do you know that John Wesley, an Anglican curate a...Do you know that John Wesley, an Anglican curate and the founder of Methodism, penned the lines "I felt my heart strangely warmed" after attending a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate Street, London, in 1738? Well, he did, and he counted it as his conversion experience, even though he had been an Anglican curate and even a missionary to America prior to his "Aldersgate experience." <br /><br />Moravian churches are not that common in the U.S.A. -- I think there is just one in the entire Atlanta area (5,000,000+ in the metropolitan area), in Stone Mountain, GA. An area of strength for Moravians in the southeastern U.S. is Winston-Salem, North Carolina. One of my managers at AT&T was a woman who had grown up there, and she spoke of the special bread cooked for the "love feasts."<br /><br />Don't take me wrong, but I'm so glad you mis-heard the pastor, "risque" instead of "risky"! That is so funny! At least I'm not alone. Come read my post today (September 14) as it's along the same lines.<br /><br /><br /> rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-23564542114443161672013-09-14T13:31:29.609+01:002013-09-14T13:31:29.609+01:00Do you know that John Wesley, an Anglican curate a...Do you know that John Wesley, an Anglican curate and the founder of Methodism, penned the lines "I felt my heart strangely warmed" after attending a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate Street, London, in 1738? Well, he did, and he counted it as his conversion experience, even though he had been an Anglican curate and even a missionary to America prior to his "Aldersgate experience." <br /><br />Moravian churches are not that common in the U.S.A. -- I think there is just one in the entire Atlanta area (5,000,000+ in the metropolitan area), in Stone Mountain, GA. An area of strength for Moravians in the southeastern U.S. is Winston-Salem, North Carolina. One of my managers at AT&T was a woman who had grown up there, and she spoke of the special bread cooked for the "love feasts."<br /><br />Don't take me wrong, but I'm so glad you mis-heard the pastor, "risque" instead of "risky"! That is so funny! At least I'm not alone. Come read my post today (September 14) as it's along the same lines.<br /><br /><br /> rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-89415578814872529552013-09-14T01:02:34.576+01:002013-09-14T01:02:34.576+01:00Moravian eh? I was dragged up by my Grandparents a...Moravian eh? I was dragged up by my Grandparents and they were Quakers, so I didn't stand a chance!<br /><br />When I broke the bonds from them I converted to Paganism; now I've got lots of Gods to worship. . . . Keithhttp://earlshilton.org.uk/wpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-10701452942515920912013-09-10T16:24:36.033+01:002013-09-10T16:24:36.033+01:00I don't go to church very often but when I do ...I don't go to church very often but when I do go I notice changes that would once have been unheard of. Modern singing, almost dancing to the hymns... a far cry from the solemnity of a service that I was used to.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.com