Sunday, April 3, 2011

The Ladies of Gottesdienst Easter Hat Contest

Father Petersen's parish got it all started with this article in the Witness. Our ladies had a great time with it and we're looking forward to a second year - in fact, the ladies liked it so much that they brought out the hats again for Mothers' Day. Take a picture of your ladies on Easter in their bonnets and we'll post them here at Gottesdienst. Maybe we'll even come up with a prize. Since Petersen's congregation has already achieved fame and fortune via headgear, we'll make him the impartial judge.

You can even pass on some hat links....


HEADGEAR FOR WOMEN
It is a laudable custom, based upon a Scriptural injunction (1 Cor. 11:3-15), for women to wear an appropriate head covering in Church, especially at the time of divine service.

-The General Rubrics of The Lutheran Liturgy
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14 comments:

  1. HappyFoxApril 3, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    So many of those are ultra-expensive. Maybe I'll just start growing raffia in my yard so I can weave my own. :)
    Bonnie

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  2. RebekahApril 4, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    Happy Fox, last year I just got a floppy white thingy at Target and pinned on a flower. I can honestly say I looked super awesome, and so did the other lady here who did the same thing. :D

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  3. PetersenApril 4, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    Well, you know how I love to judge. . . I'm in.

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  4. HappyFoxApril 4, 2011 at 9:19 AM

    Rebekah, you rock!

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  5. AdrianeApril 4, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    This is an unfair fight. Redeemer will always win.

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  6. The Rev. BT BallApril 4, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    Here are the last two easter headgears at our house.

    http://four-and-twenty-something.blogspot.com/2009/04/easter-headgear-for-women.html

    http://four-and-twenty-something.blogspot.com/2010/04/this-easters-rubric-observation.html

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  7. Fr BFEApril 4, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    I think I may have to invite our ladies to try this too.

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  8. JaneApril 4, 2011 at 11:00 AM

    If you have antique stores nearby, they make a great source for inexpensive hats. Another excellent source is etsy.

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  9. Pr. H. R.April 4, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Adriane,

    I don't think our impartial judge will choose his own parish :)

    +HRC

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  10. AdrianeApril 4, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    Pastor Curtis,

    A) You must not know the judge!
    B) Redeemer is so awesome it doesn't even need his bias.
    C) I am homesick for Redeemer, so just bear with me.

    Adriane

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  11. EmilyApril 4, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Wait, if Pastor Petersen is the judge, then we Redeemer ladies won't receive the credit we deserve for a fair win. Why don't we just post each church's ladies in a separate post and see who gets the most fiery criticism in the comments?

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  12. Michael L. Anderson, M.D., Ph.DApril 6, 2011 at 2:05 AM

    "Our ladies had a great time with it and we're looking forward to a second year - in fact, the ladies liked it so much that they brought out the hats again for Mothers' Day."

    St. Paul urged the Corinthian ladies to don their headdresses, every Lord's Day, "because of the angels." Now the Lutherans do it, and then ever more loosely, because of the Mommies.

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  13. Friend of the PredigtamtApril 7, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    I'm going to wear a newspaper hat. Does that count?

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  14. Pr. H. R.April 7, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Friend,

    Yes, that counts.

    +HRC

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