From: Greg Kupar
Subject: barefoot in church
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:49:04 EST

I was the soloist at a 7:30 am service at Maxwell Street
Presbyterian Church here in Lexington.  This being a 
part of the lenten season, I asked the minister if I could 
do the service barefoot, his response was one of surprise
and acceptance.  I walked out, ringing a bell, barefoot and
in a choir robe.  I did the whole service barefoot,  with no
angry stares or glares, but I did receive a few compliments
when it was over.  Apparently those in attendance felt that
barefeet are most certainly appropriate in a Lenten service,
and I was congratulated on bringing to surface this very old
practice!!!  A victory for us!  I alternate being the soloist each 
Wednesday in Lent, and will most certainly appear in my 
discalceate state  in two weeks, when I am up again.  If any
of you are in the Lexington area during this season, please 
feel free to contact me...we may now have a barefoot friendly
church in our area!