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Ship of Fools: St John 's, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London
The Mystery Worshipper
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Ship of Fools: St John 's, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London
Noisy crowd spoils anthem at an otherwise inspiring service
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But regarding the sermon, anamnesis was presented as meaning “rebirth”? Not “remembrance” or “memorial”?
But your point may well be valid in this case - or are the acoustics/layout of the church such that they simply couldn't hear that the service had begun?
Horses for courses, and all that. But full marks to @Vicar SJNH ......
In the church of my early 20s, joint services between the Mandarin, Cantonese, Chaozhou and English congregations meant a bit of confusion and adjustment for all. Interestingly enough, it was often the second-generation predominantly-now-English-speakers who resented such joint services! It can be a hard place to be for them; kind of torn between 2 cultures as they, and other friends, have explained. It was always intriguing to me, though. It wasn't all: just a vocal minority. Who often didn't turn up. (I'm anglo fyi)
Best wishes to St John's for its ministries and future.