Next month the Presbyterian Church of Australia will meet for its General Assembly, which is held every three years.
Yes, that’s right, the collective representative decision making body of the Presbyterian Church in Australia meets to consider business and make decisions once in three years. That’s why we’re a national church in name only, which is how lots of people in executive positions in the State churches like it.
Anyway, for some reason, those who organise these things seem to love parades of men in capes. They can’t get enough of them. Those who have served as chairmen of past meetings walk in solid procession down the aisle at the commencement of the service. Grown men. Protestant, Bible believing men. Wearing capes. (Some of whom would be miffed that I’m not giving their capes their proper name of ‘gown’.)
So, if they want to keep doing these sorts of things, why can’t we take it to another level?
Our Presbyterian kinfolk from the United States have taken the whole ‘Court of King Caractacus’ processional thing in a more expressive direction. A ‘What if a Presbyterian Assembly met the Broadway version of the Lion King’ sort of direction.
Is there something we can learn? What about some folk dressed in Thylacine leotard-style costumes running through the congregation a’la Cats in honour of our incoming Moderator General?
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You say, “our Presbyterian kinfolk from the United States” neatly omitting the fact that this is a clip from the PCUSA which hardly qualifies as your kinfolk. PCUSA are more likely kinfolk of the Uniting Church.
Sorry Basil.
Thanks for the clarification.
I was meaning more second cousin sort of kin-folk.