Bobbye wrote: >Katie, > >You did a good job on the Primitive Baptist. The Elders are ordained >ministers. >The foot washing is practice by all members just like the Lord's Supper; >however, the men wash the men's feet and the women wash the women's feet. >They not only sing a cappella their music has only for notes and has shaped >notes. I have my Mother's songbook and my grandparent's conference minutes >dating back into the mid-1800s. Grandpa always said that Jacob Myers came >out >of the Palatine area because of religious persecution. Of course, he was >just repeating oral history. > >The last time I drove my Granny and Grandpa to church they had a foot >washing. One of my sweetest memories of them, is seeing all those little >old >bent, white-haired people kneeling and washing each other's feet. Humility >and love shone. The church folded when the last of the old people died, >but >in the past couple of years some of the descendants have collected money >and >restored the church. I plan to go tomorrow afternoon to a service by a >visiting Elder. OK, Bobbye, since you grew up in this church, you have to tell me what are your favorite songs/hymns. Also, does your mother's songbook have any that may have been sung around 1813 when my gggg grannie Caty was married? What would a marriage ceremony be like? If this is a bit off topic, shut me up if necessary. Katie PS. Hope your day at your church shone with love. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.