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Thanks to those of you who posted on my earlier thread about Presbyterian etiquette, I've made some serious changes to the setting of my wip. For the better, I might add.
Okay, now for a slew of miscellaneous questions. Any help with any of them will be appreciated.
Background: Presbyterian minister who trained at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo in 1913-1916. Works in Western Oregon.
Questions:
How would a minister be called/chosen for a church in 1917. Factor in that WWI has started. (He's not going to war as his eyesight is bad.) According to my husband (partially raised Presbyterian), he would be invited to give a sermon, conduct the service, partake of fellowship, and get interviewed by the whole congregation or the elders. Then the congregation votes on him. Is that scenario accurate? Would the whole congregation voting have included women?
Would he serve an internship after receiving his degree prior to ordination? If so, how long would it be?
What would be the usual order of service for a funeral in 1918? I'm assuming graveside for a summer funeral would be reasonable, yes? As the prospective son-in-law to the deceased, would it have been acceptable for him to officiate? Again, factor in that this is war time.
Am I correct in assuming that clerical collars would have been optional for a retire minister in 1975?
Could someone please explain to me the difference between a presbyter and an elder? The ones I'm getting online make my brain fuzzy.
Any book or website suggestions? Besides, of course, the King James Bible.
Thanks and God bless.
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
Thanks to those of you who posted on my earlier thread about Presbyterian etiquette, I've made some serious changes to the setting of my wip. For the better, I might add.
Okay, now for a slew of miscellaneous questions. Any help with any of them will be appreciated.
Background: Presbyterian minister who trained at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo in 1913-1916. Works in Western Oregon.
Questions:
How would a minister be called/chosen for a church in 1917. Factor in that WWI has started. (He's not going to war as his eyesight is bad.) According to my husband (partially raised Presbyterian), he would be invited to give a sermon, conduct the service, partake of fellowship, and get interviewed by the whole congregation or the elders. Then the congregation votes on him. Is that scenario accurate? Would the whole congregation voting have included women?
Would he serve an internship after receiving his degree prior to ordination? If so, how long would it be?
What would be the usual order of service for a funeral in 1918? I'm assuming graveside for a summer funeral would be reasonable, yes? As the prospective son-in-law to the deceased, would it have been acceptable for him to officiate? Again, factor in that this is war time.
Am I correct in assuming that clerical collars would have been optional for a retire minister in 1975?
Could someone please explain to me the difference between a presbyter and an elder? The ones I'm getting online make my brain fuzzy.
Any book or website suggestions? Besides, of course, the King James Bible.
Thanks and God bless.
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal