Clown Eucharist

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They have no idea what the Eucharist is about. And we wonder why the our protestant brothers have problems of faith in their church and why some many demnations keep popping up? The Eucharist must be revered and the center of you focus and the churches focus. When you lose that you lose all rights to claim and know jesus.

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Beckers
 
That’s probably the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
 
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I think this tops my previous “fave” pastor:

Elvis-impersonating preacher rocks Ont. church

Canadian Press

NEWMARKET, Ont. — In the Christ the King Graceland Independent Anglican Church of Canada, “Rockin’ Reverend” Dorian Baxter presides with the sideburns and singing of Elvis Presley to attract the wayward to Jesus Christ.



Equal parts entertainer, activist and preacher, the 52-year-old Baxter - who also goes by Elvis Priestley - does it his way, singing Elvis favourites with a Christian twist. “Well it’s one for the Father, two for the Son, three for the Holy Spirit and your life has just begun,” he starts to the tune of “Blue Suede Shoes,” wrapping up the chorus with: “You can do anything but don’t turn Jesus away.”

His church is labelled independent because Anglican church elders frown on the Elvis-themed antics, and Baxter held Sunday’s inaugural service with 200 supporters in a Newmarket, Ont., veterans’ hall.

While not defrocked, Baxter was forced out of one Toronto-area church and denied a license to perform Anglican weddings, with Bishop Ronald Ferris of the Algoma diocese calling the mix of Elvis and church functions in poor taste.

Baxter sports a thick, curly mane of combed-over black hair with muttonchop sideburns, and while he conducts services in the robes and collar of a minister, he changes into a jumpsuit afterward to perform as a well-known Elvis impersonator.
 
While he admitted that it might “be a surprise to see clowns inside Trinity Church,” he asked church members to think about “how we perceive the world in light of our relationship with Jesus could rightly be called foolish. Jesus looked at things in a new and strange way – a foolish way. But, as St. Paul said, the foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of the world. Paul declared himself a fool for Christ’s sake.”
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     According to Cooper, "clowns represent the underdog, the lowly, the         remnant people. Their foolishness is a call to unpretentiousness. They         take incredible risks – balancing on tight ropes, eating fire,         keeping silent, being poked by others or getting soaked in water. Clowns         are parables in themselves, spending great amounts of energy uncovering         small things, then showing forth the hidden treasure of life (like the         kingdom of God) and, surprisingly to us, giving their most cherished         possessions to others. … Clowns look at the world, like parables,         inside out and upside down: the last shall be first, the smallest seed         is the greatest tree, and those who work all day get paid the same as         those who worked an hour. To the world, this is foolishness. 
     
     "Yet foolishness – the foolishness of God – is wiser than         man. It brings light, laughter, joy, renewal, salvation, and life. Whose         fool are you?"
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While he admitted that it might “be a surprise to see clowns inside Trinity Church,” he asked church members to think about “how we perceive the world in light of our relationship with Jesus could rightly be called foolish. Jesus looked at things in a new and strange way – a foolish way. But, as St. Paul said, the foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of the world. Paul declared himself a fool for Christ’s sake.”
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     According to Cooper, "clowns represent the underdog, the lowly, the         remnant people. Their foolishness is a call to unpretentiousness. They         take incredible risks – balancing on tight ropes, eating fire,         keeping silent, being poked by others or getting soaked in water. Clowns         are parables in themselves, spending great amounts of energy uncovering         small things, then showing forth the hidden treasure of life (like the         kingdom of God) and, surprisingly to us, giving their most cherished         possessions to others. … Clowns look at the world, like parables,         inside out and upside down: the last shall be first, the smallest seed         is the greatest tree, and those who work all day get paid the same as         those who worked an hour. To the world, this is foolishness. 
     
     "Yet foolishness – the foolishness of God – is wiser than         man. It brings light, laughter, joy, renewal, salvation, and life. Whose         fool are you?"
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There are worse lessons.
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Yes, everything looks great on paper–I thought the same thing. Good message. However, there are better places to give this fun lesson than at Mass.

Debbie
 
This took place at “Trinity Wall Street” in New York City, a place which has long since ceased to be a place of Christian worship. That location has hosted many New Age and syncretistic events in the past, and this is just more of the pattern.

Here in the Greater Vancouver area, I have many Anglican friends who refuse to set foot in their downtown cathedral. It, too, has gone syncretistic and New Age, featuring Buddhist meditations a couple of summers ago. After 9/11, their (apostate) bishop led a service that would knock a Christian’s socks off. It ended with the cathedral choir singing “Imagine there’s no heaven …”.

Sadly, the clown thing is just more of the same.

Blessings,

Gerry
 
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Debbie:
Yes, everything looks great on paper–I thought the same thing. Good message. However, there are better places to give this fun lesson than at Mass.

Debbie
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Of course, as Catholics doesn’t this just confirm what we already think of Episcopal “communion” anyway? 😛

Alan
 
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Debbie:
However, there are better places to give this fun lesson than at Mass.
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Really? I can’t think of a better place. (I can think of better methods, though, no question.)

“Yet foolishness – the foolishness of God – is wiser than man. It brings light, laughter, joy, renewal, salvation, and life.” Our church could use a lot more of these things.
 
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and there are much better ones, what’s you point?

the problem is when paul is talking about foolishness, he is talking about being perceived as a fool in the worlds eye. now a clown is a fool and to portray the King of kings and Lord of lords as a fool is blasphemous.
 
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