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I Wonder

This is an occasional column that answers interesting questions.

I wonder why people who conduct the service wear vestments?

"Vestment is the term for special clothing worn by the people who conduct a worship service. Vestments have their origin in ordinary street clothes of the first century, but have more or less remained the same as clothing fashions have changed (Most Bible translations are not consistent with the names of articles of clothing, and in some translations, people go around wearing 'garments.' The original text is consistent and more specific.)

Today, vestments are designed to be worn over street clothes and serve a number of practical purposes: the conceal the distractions of fashionable street clothing, they remove any consideration of what constitutes appropriate attire, and the reming the congregation that the ministers are not acting on their own, but performing in their official capacities. Vestments are in almost universal use, although in some churches only the choir wears vestments. Common vestments include albs, chasubles, robes, and surplices. People commonly think that cassocks are vestments, but they are really just old-fashioned cloths that are worn under vestments."

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Clergy

The Rev. Charles Davidson

Vestry Members

Carol Anderson, Cyrus Aimey (Junior Warden), Veronica Airey-Wilson, Joyce Asiedu, Walter Benjamin (Senior Warden, Nora Brown, Terry Brown (Treasurer), Marie Brown-Harvey (Secretary),Evelyn Green, Shannon Holder, Bates Lyons, Joe Noel, Peter Marsele Terrie Thomas, Herbert Bowen (Hon)

Music

Rochelle Holder - Youth Choir

Nathaniel Baker - Music Director/Organist

Rector Emeritus

Canon Cyril Burke

Email

monicahartford@gmail.com