Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Introducing....the Freaky (altar) Frontal Contest!
Anglo-Catholic Ruminations ^ | 8/24/2005 | Adam

Posted on 08/24/2005 5:17:53 PM PDT by sionnsar

Ladies and gentlement, boys and girls, today marks the opening of the Anglo-Catholic Ruminations "Freaky Frontal Contest." Inspired by the Nasty Chasuble Contest of the "Fireside Chat with the Rector," of blessed memory, and because it won't require a lot of thought on my part :) I have begun this fun contest.

Here is how it will work:

Readers should submit original images, or ones from the web, of ugly, tasteless, cheap and/or felt altar frontals to the blog email: anglocatholicruminations@gmail.com, which is also linked in my Blogger profile.

I will post the submissions as they come in and as I have time.

Any person may submit as many entries as they wish (within reason!).

In about two weeks, or when the entries stop coming in (I will warn of the close date ahead of time) I will post the winning freaky frontal.


*** Now I need your help: I can't decide what to give the winner of the contest. Suggestions warmly welcome as always. I would prefer something free. ***

POSSIBLE FUTURE CONTESTS MAY INCLUDE:

* Awful Altars

* Sickening Stoles

* Idiotic Albs

* Terrible Tabernacles

* Sorry Statues

* Bad Banners

* Chintzy Chalices

* Hideous Hymns


TOPICS: Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last
[For those of you who don't remember the "Nasty Chasuble Contest" here is the winner. Adam had two runner-up submissions. --sionnsar]

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Image Hosted by ImageShack.us

1 posted on 08/24/2005 5:17:53 PM PDT by sionnsar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: ahadams2; Fractal Trader; Zero Sum; anselmcantuar; Agrarian; coffeecup; Paridel; keilimon; ...
Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams.

FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off this moderately high-volume ping list (typically 3-9 pings/day).
This list is pinged by sionnsar and newheart.

Resource for Traditional Anglicans: http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com

Humor: The Anglican Blue (by Huber)

Speak the truth in love. Eph 4:15

2 posted on 08/24/2005 5:18:24 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity || Iran Azadi)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NYer; Coleus; narses; Salvation

Do you all have to suffer such too? ping


3 posted on 08/24/2005 5:20:10 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity || Iran Azadi)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: sionnsar

Nah, our chasubles are pretty mainstream, now during ordinary time, they're just green.


4 posted on 08/24/2005 5:36:34 PM PDT by Coleus (If the ride is more fly, then you must buy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: sionnsar
I remember that! (I saved the pics to my hard drive -- too priceless to lose. If you like seeing car wrecks . . . )

Here's a fairly horrid one . . .


5 posted on 08/24/2005 5:37:48 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AnAmericanMother

You should submit that.


6 posted on 08/24/2005 5:43:08 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity || Iran Azadi)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: AnAmericanMother

Looks like a children's altar in a sunday school class.
Nice for the kids - they like colourful things.
A bit overdone for adulst, I think.


7 posted on 08/24/2005 6:42:16 PM PDT by LibreOuMort ("...But as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" - Patrick Henry)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: sionnsar

I did already! It was the worst one I could find.


8 posted on 08/24/2005 6:43:46 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: LibreOuMort
It's for the Children's Service.

The Children's Corner, like Mothers' Union banners (indeed, felt banners of ANY type) should be outlawed . . . why teach the kids bad taste?

9 posted on 08/24/2005 6:44:48 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: sionnsar

LOL


10 posted on 08/24/2005 6:45:53 PM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sionnsar

You should have a warning on this one: Warning - Graphic Photos. May not be suitable for.....


11 posted on 08/24/2005 7:17:02 PM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AnAmericanMother; sionnsar
Too bad the nasty chasuble is green; otherwise, the bunnies at the bottom would go well with the ghastly frontal.

Reminds me of the church which had an otherwise lovely "Easter garden" complete with empty tomb replication that was utterly spoiled by a taxidermied gray rabbit poised near the tomb. The cleric in charge would tell the kiddies that he thought the rabbit was the first to discover the empty tomb.
12 posted on 08/24/2005 7:35:00 PM PDT by lightman (The Office of the Keys should be exercised as some ministry needs to be exorcised.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: lightman
Hey, wait justa minute!

There's some green on the frontal . . . the grass in the foreground. In fact, it's almost the same shade.

Close enough, anyhow.

Love the bunny! Sounds like that old joke about the priest quizzing the kiddies about Easter . . . drawing out each response . . . the punch line is "and if he sees his shadow, we have six more weeks of winter."

. . . glances over shoulder looking for gathering clouds and rumbling thunder . . .

13 posted on 08/24/2005 7:42:29 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: sionnsar

Uh...
When you said "Freaky Frontal Contest", I didn't automatically assume you meant altars!


14 posted on 08/25/2005 5:36:19 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: redgolum; sionnsar

. . . and watch out if you Google "frontal". You better add "altar" or you'll get an unpleasant surprise . . .


15 posted on 08/25/2005 6:23:34 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: VoiceOfBruck

Hey Bruck, there are some great ideas here for the church!


16 posted on 08/25/2005 6:39:53 AM PDT by Zechariah_8_13 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sionnsar

I found this:

http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/photo/gal42_1.html

A slide show of The Clown Eucharist.

It's the most awful thing I've ever seen. The fact that these people weren't struck down by a bolt of lightning proves that our God is a Lord of mercy and grace.


17 posted on 08/25/2005 6:44:35 AM PDT by Zechariah_8_13 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zechariah_8_13

This thread reminds me of the Easter service I saw at my BIL & SIL's very large Evangelical church in Little Rock.

They had someone dressed as an "Easter Kangaroo".

Up front, hopping around.

During the main service.

After the bells & whistles fake crucifixion that kicked things off, the Kangaroo was the center of the service. Scary, very scary.


18 posted on 08/25/2005 6:50:15 AM PDT by Zechariah_8_13 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: sionnsar; pissant

When I saw "frontal" I figured this was a pissant thread.


19 posted on 08/25/2005 6:52:56 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Why are we "freepers"? Shouldn't we be "freereps"? Are we dyslexic?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Larry Lucido; redgolum; AnAmericanMother

Like the title better now?


20 posted on 08/25/2005 7:13:39 AM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity || Iran Azadi)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson