March 30, 2008 Historic Moment

Did you know..... In the early history of our church liturgy, a "tithingman" walked about during the sermon looking for worshipers who were dozing off. He would awaken them by tapping them on the head with a long pole having a brass knob at one end for the men of the congregation with a feather on the other end which was used for the females. By the way, the average service lasted two hours and the sermon was the focal point of the service and usually lasted at least one hour!!!