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Minister's Image in Public

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saturneptune

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Brother Bob said:
Earrings for men were a "gay" thing in the beginning. I don't think you will see me sporting earrings anytime soon. We have had preachers who wore bib overalls and deacons. I see some Elders wearing jeans to church on Saturday but on Sunday they usually have a suit. On Saturday, it is usually just our members present. I personally would not feel comfortable in Jeans at church. I a couple of pair that I use around the house to do yard work and such.
I go to the gymn 3 times a week and wear a nice pair of slacks with gymn shoes. I wear a colored pull over T shirt. I usually stop at Wal-mart on the way home, so if you are there you may see me dressed that way, be sure to say "hi" to me.
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Have you ever tried the nose ring? :laugh:
 
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Hopeful

New Member
npetreley said:
Speaking of which, how much does it cost for a pirate to get his ears pierced? A buccaneer. ;)
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Groan!!!
Wow, I didn't know corn was produced in such abundance in Texas!
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Just kidding--I love your humorous posts!
:wavey:
 
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ShagNappy

Member
ShotGunWillie said:
1. Indication of you being a slave
2. Indication of you being a pirate
3. Indication of you being a biker
4. Indication that you might be attracted to all three
5. Indication that you are either at #4 or no one has told you about #4.

That is the evolution of the earring I believe
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Nope...

Number 4 was for an earring in the right ear only. Number 5 is now actually...

5. People have so many things pierced nobody even looks at earrings anymore.
 
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gb93433

Active Member
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drfuss said:
We have a minister neighbor who lives in the next apartment building who (on the hottest days), wears his coat to and from his car. He takes his coat off upon entering his car.
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Tell him to pastor a church in Yuma, AZ in the middle of the summer.
 
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RevGKG

Member
I am in a rural farming area. A suit and tie would not be appropiate walking through a barnyard full of cow manure!:laugh: :thumbs:
 
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AresMan

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Where in the New Testament is a church "minister" supposed to have an identifiable outward (clothing) "look"? What are the dress guidelines that are given to "ministers" that are distinct from everyone else?
 
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Joseph M. Smith

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RevGKG said:
I am in a rural farming area. A suit and tie would not be appropiate walking through a barnyard full of cow manure!:laugh: :thumbs:
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Dress is always a matter of custom as well as of expectations. I enjoy watching the old PBS series, "All Creatures Great and Small", about a veterinary practice in Yorkshire. It is interesting that the characters playing vets always wear shirt and tie and jacket when they go to the barnyards. Sometimes they are shown stripping off; and some episodes have humorous incidents about one or the other of them getting messy and muddy. But they always return to the surgery "properly" dressed. I expect the show intends to reflect what would have been the expectations of English professional men in the 1930's.

It accords well with my English father-in-law -- pastor and professor -- who wore a dress shirt and tie and jacket for everything, INCLUDING mowing his lawn in summer-warm Louisville! We would tease him about it, and he had no "defense" except to say that that was what he did.
 
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