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• North East Quine Purgatory Host

  October 1

  Piglet wrote: »

  I'm thinking of the carved stone seats and the expression that springs to mind is more "back pain" than "tranquility" ...

  
  I didn't sit for long, but they seemed quite comfortable. Possibly not for an hour long church service, but for a ten minute gaze around, they were fine.
• Baptist Trainfan Shipmate

  8:00AM

  Bishops Finger wrote: »

  The seats should be provided with comfy Cushions - one in each of the four main liturgical colours (Green, Red, Purple or Blue, and White or Gold).
  

  In a Presbyterian kirk, built in 1770? What would John Knox say?
  
  
• North East Quine Purgatory Host

  9:00AM

  We have pulpit falls in the liturgical colours. I suspect someone wanted to gift something to the church and came up with that. They are rather lovely and I'm sure the majority of people in the church don't have a clue why the pulpit falls vary.
• Baptist Trainfan Shipmate

  9:01AM

  Colour is nice to have, and speaks of God's creativity and richness.
• North East Quine Purgatory Host

  9:02AM

  Indeed.
• Nick Tamen Shipmate

  1:10PM

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  North East Quine wrote: »

  We have pulpit falls in the liturgical colours. I suspect someone wanted to gift something to the church and came up with that. They are rather lovely and I'm sure the majority of people in the church don't have a clue why the pulpit falls vary.

  Paraments, stoles and the like in liturgical colors have been very much the norm in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since the mid-20^th C. I was just by our place yesterday to change the paraments (in our case, pulpit, lectern and table) to red for an ordination we’re hosting on Saturday. After that service, there’ll be a change back to green for Sunday.
  
  Presumably, John Knox, Francis Makemie and John Witherspoon have all given up spinning in their graves over us by now.
  
  
  
• Baptist Trainfan Shipmate

  1:14PM

  And here's me thinking that you could always tell a CofS (or URC) church because of the preponderance of dark blue!
• Nick Tamen Shipmate

  1:16PM

  Baptist Trainfan wrote: »

  And here's me thinking that you could always tell a CofS (or URC) church because of the preponderance of dark blue!

  Well, if it makes you feel better our place—admittedly not CofS or URC—is carpeted with dark blue carpet (which is sorely in need of replacing).
  
  
  
• Baptist Trainfan Shipmate

  1:56PM

  Is it Presbyterian, though?
• Arethosemyfeet Shipmate, Heaven Host

  2:25PM

  Baptist Trainfan wrote: »

  And here's me thinking that you could always tell a CofS (or URC) church because of the preponderance of dark blue!

  
  Oddly ours has carpet in a rather rich red, not Presbyterian Blue.
  
  The Book of Common Order does have liturgical colours listed, whatever Knox might think.