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'rr If' 1 ''S v''''x 1 1 02 1 -1' i7 i kl: t( -1 1 ''''''is'' 'r 'r er' 0" T-4 r'' OP 2' -i I' ie4! le 4 4 4 i 1 I I br Youngsters pass bread and wine before communion 1 4 I 1 er i lits' I 1 4 1 'i I i 1 Youngsters Lorili's Supiso itkes churel back in till 4 4) ilt Lor tot 0 1111 1 it 4 ies ur back in it Lor( it AI iC2 11 bad Staff photos by Jonathan Wio91 Staff nhatas hi Jonathan Wiggl The Rev Wilson Gunn Jr leads benediction after North Raleigh Presbyterian's 17th-century style communion He broke the three loaves in front of him and started them around the table From ceramic pitchers he filled tiny cups with wine Some of the children snickered when they discovered the purple liquid was not the grape juice they were used to The church usually uses white wine and grape juice so parishioners can choose whichever is more meaningful for them After the prayers and benediction the group came back to the 20th century Members cleaned up and chatted as they would after any service "I think it was marvelous" said church member Betty Gibbs of Raleigh Her husband Ben a church elder agreed "What I like is the newness the differences that we're doing out here" he said of North Raleigh Presbyterian which is almost a year old "It's new to us but they're very traditional things" Mrs Gibbs said "I like to get back to traditions" sinners conceived and born in iniquity and corruption prone to evil incapable of any good and that in our depravity we transgress thy holy commandments without end or ceasing Nor did the congregation stumble while singing the response "Lord have mercy" as Gunn read each of the Ten Commandments And they listened intently as Gunn read his sermon "A History of Eating Drinking and Remembering" In the sermon Gunn brought the congregation from the Passover meal Jesus shared with his disciples to the time of the early Christian martyrs He continued to trace history forward to the times of the medieval church the Protestant Reformation and the Great Awakening in America "In Protestant worship we are coming to a new appreciation of the sacraments (such as the Lord's Supper)" he said in the sermon "The most important thing is the place the infinite enters the finite It is the moment when God enters human flesh and dwells among us And that ordinarily happens in the celebration of the sacraments "The most important thing in worship is your coming face to face with the God who both loves you and judges you in the same moment The most important thing is the change the forgiveness the transformation which can take place as the infinite God enters your flesh and blood Come now and know the true presence of Christ know the power of Christ in bread and wine" With those words the congregation walked while singing a 17thcentury hymn to linen-covered tables at the back of the cafeteria Moving to tables was different from their usual communion service during which they wait in their seats for bread and wine to be passed "The gifts of God for the people of God" Gunn said after the people were settled "This is the joyful feast of the people of God" their own languages Gunn said When it was time for communion the entire congregation moved to tables behind the rood screen There was no rood screen in the Lynn Road cafeteria and the room wasn't in the shape of a cross but the 85 people or so who sat in the child-size chairs Sunday nonetheless got the flavor of 17thcentury worship Following Gunn's explanation of the service the congregation heard some of the prayers of John Calvin whose worship service Gunn used Calvin was the 16thcentury theologian upon whose teachings the Presbyterian Church relies heavily Today's Presbyterians aren't quite as hard on themselves as they were in Calvin's day but the North Raleigh congregation didn't miss a beat while repeating the confession used then Part of it read: "0 Lord God eternal and Almighty Father we confess and acknowledge unfeignedly before thy holy majesty that we are poor the historical foundation in the Lord's Supper" And what better way to study historical foundations than to relive them he added Lynn Road Elementary School where North Raleigh Presbyterian meets doesn't look much like the former Catholic church buildings where 17th-century Dutch congregations met The churches of that day were in the shape of a cross Before the Reformation congregations sat in the long nave and transepts and the clergy and choir sat behind a rood screen in the shorter chancel (or the top of the Gunn said The priests consecrated the Lord's Supper in Latin behind the screen he said They took communion of bread and wine (Christ's body and blood) behind the screen then brought only the bread to the congregation in front of the screen When the reformers moved into the church buildings the ministers came from behind the rood screens to preach to the people in By KAREN FISHER Staff Writer Sometimes things that seem the newest are actually the oldest A student who has known only English will find new the ancient sounds of Latin A child who has grown up watching the mechanical arm of a modern turntable will be fascinated by a hand-cranked phonograph The congregation of North Raleigh Presbyterian Church got a new taste of an old rite Sunday The church celebrated the Lord's Supper in the style of an early 17th-century Dutch congregation The Rev Wilson Gunn Jr the church's pastor got the idea for the service after he and the worship committee decided to focus on the Lord's Supper during the seven-week Easter season Worship should have three aspects Gunn said in an interview last week "It should be pastorally sensitive histurically grounded and theologically meaningful" he said "This is the Sunday in particular we're going to study By KAREN I Staff Wri Sometimes thing5 newest are actual': student who has ki glish will find ne sounds of Latin A grown up watching cal arm of a model be fascinated by a phonograph The congregatiot leigh Presbyterian new taste of an ol The church 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Worship should I pects Gunn said il last week "It shod sensitive histuric and theologically it said "This is ti particular we're i lilallhdpoo- I In I rance the stylish set is born to be In! PARIS (UPI) The rest of the world has its "yuppies" and "preppies" The French however aspire to be "BCBG" The letters stand for "bon chic bon genre" or good style good family It refers to a traditional segment of the French upper class Following the French passion for acronyms it appears in media and conversation as BCBG BCBG has blossomed as the subject of several books including a children's cartoon coloring manual The most BCBG newspaper of France the bourgeois Le Figaro devoted its entire weekly magazine to the social phenomenon What do BCBG-watchers watch for? According to Thierry Mantoux's "Le Guide au BCBG" one is born into the set preferably in the American Hospital BCBG children often are given hyphenated first names such as Marie-Danielle or Charles-Henri Little girls wear smock dresses as did their grandmothers and little boys march to private schools in short pants English-style They are taken to the Louvre museum to the PARIS (UPI) "yuppies" and" aspire to be "BC The letters sta good style good segment of the Following the appears in medi BCBG has blo! books including manual The mo bourgeois Le F4 magazine to the What do BCBC Thierry Mantou: born into the set Hospital BCBG childrel names such as I Little girls wear grandmothers schools in short i They are take' Le Figaro calls Hermes "the temple of BCBG" The female wears Hermes leather gloves trousers or Scottish kilt skirt and sports jacket with her Jaegar English sweaters She carries a Hermes handbag known as "Le Grace" as the late Monaco princess owned a few and adds Guerlain perfume and small earrings for non-pierced ears For formal events her plumage comes from designer Jean-Louis Scherrer or Chanel from before the days that designer Karl Lagerfeld jazzed it up Austrian-style bottle-green Loden coats drape from both males and females Both also wear loafers hers from Celine Cartier watches and Lacoste sports shirts with alligator One cartoon book on the class concerns "the alligator game" The male BCBG sports tweeds gray flannel argyle socks navy blazers with yacht club emblems shirts from London and a golden Labrador dog the expert watchers say BCBGers seldom watch television They ride horseback hunt golf and play tennis and vacation on the Isle of Re off France's western coast choicest tea salons such as Angelina and to the Roman Catholic church for their first communion As teenagers they attend "rallies" parties at elegant hotels like the Crillon BCBGers marry in the chic Saint-Louis-des-Invalides church or the chateau of the bride's family Mendelssohn's wedding march is never played rice is never thrown and the priest is often a family cousin BCBGers nest in the proper western districts on the Right Bank of the Seine river or in the elegant 7th district of the Left Bank Never in the Latin quarter In initials-conscious Paris BCBGers also are labeled NAP meaning the elegant neighborhoods of Neuilly Auteil and Passy One book on the class is "Le Guide Nappies" BCBGers are easily spotted because they wear sporty clothes even in the city The female dons CPCH standing for "collier de perles carre de Hermes" or pearl necklace and silk scarf from the classic boutique Hermes worn around the shoulders or head country-style England or Austria Their apartments exhibit real antiques except for one piece of modern American Knoll furniture There are always a fireplace inherited old paintings leather-bound books including one listing French aristocracy and the ritual round table sprinkled with antique silver objects onyx eggs and family photos in silver frames BCBGers now find it chic to visit the United States providing they can stay with a diplomat friend in Virginia The BCBG flock has its own language Country chateaux are "the house in the family a long time" The yacht is "the boat" Work is "the situation" Publisher Yan Meot a BCBGer says the class is "reaction against vulgarities" Actress Christian Jean defines BCBG as "certain principles good education good culture" But the clan does have its detractors Some say the BCBG way of life is out of date "And it's a sure vaccination against sex appeal" said Le Figaro journalist Mireille Palson If you've got an answer trivia expert knows the question If yol By MATT SCHUDEL Staff Writer Who says television is bad for you? Ronald Black started watching game shows as a boy and now at 25 he is $17000 richer for the experience When he was growing up in Missouri before he and his family moved to Raleigh in 1970 he began to absorb things he read and saw and he has never stopped "The first thing I became an expert on was mythology" he said "That was in the third grade" Since then he has learned about all sorts of other things history geography television programs taxes to name a few to become one of the nation's pre-eminent masters of trivia He has also become a lawyer practicing with the Raleigh firm of Johnson Gamble Hearn and Vinegar Three years ago Black was on a team of quick-witted polymaths By MATT St Staff Wr Who says televi you? Ronald watching game st and now at 25 he i for the experience When he was 1 Missouri before h( moved to Raleig began to absorb 1 and saw and I stopped "The first an expert on was said "That was grade" Since then he ha all sorts of other tt geography televi taxes to name a f( one of the natior masters of trivia become a lawyer the Raleigh firr Gamble Hearn Three years ago team of quick-wi '''''t 1:1 :::3 1 4171 I -5: 1 4i i 1 1 ::::::1: r'i: 1 11 i i 0 1 --j -J i '1 40gi 7 4 i and before long he found himseli on the College Bowl team that won the national title in 1982 with Art Fleming himself asking the questions "Retention and recall are the key" he you have to be competitive You have to want to win His father Chester Black director of the agricultural extension service at NC State University said that when the details of a family trip say grow hazy with time the way to remember what happened is to "ask Ronald" "He always had that ability to remember" Chester Black said Despite his early interest in mythology and a childhood habit of reading encyclopedias Ron Black said he never set out to be a whiz kid He graduated from UNC with honors but was not a straight-A student "Bookworms don't do well on 'Jeopardy' he said "The knowledge is only half of it The other half is the competitive edge" Black qualified for "Jeopardy" through a written test and a quick-response quiz in Hollywood Out of 70 applicants nine qualified The night before he was expecting to go on the show he was so excited that he couldn't sleep "I hadn't had a night like that since I took the bar exam" Fortunately though his name wasn't called He watched from the audience and thought to himself "Gosh I could beat these guys" When the chance came beat them he did for five games in row There is a certain amount of gambling in "Jeopardy" since each contestant must bet a portion of his money on the final question of the game Black calculated exactly how much he needed to win if an opponent bet everything For that reason his total take which he won't see until August came to $47401 With the $30000 or so he expects to receive after taxes he plans to move out of his parents' house and buy a place of his own His success came not just from his voracious reading but from retaining the flotsam and jetsam of modern culture When the "Jeopardy" question read "This character's 1932 trip to China won an Emmy Award' he knew the corresponding question: "What is Big Bird?" But even law school had unexpected payoffs Black made an easy $1000 by knowing that an amendment to a will is called a codicil "Who knows what trivia is?" he said "One person's trivia is another person's bread and butter" from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that won the national championship of the College Bowl an academic quiz contest Beginning Tuesday April 30 he will appear on the syndicated game show "Jeopardy" And he will appear again Wednesday Thursday Friday and Monday for the maximum of five shows "Jeopardy" is carried locally on WTVD Channel 11 at 7 pm Black had watched "Jeopardy" as a boy when Art Fleming was the host and the monetary awards for correct answers (or "questions" really) started at $10 Fleming is long gone and the prizes have increased tenfold but "Jeopardy" retains a special standing among game show aficionados The way contestants score is by being the first to supply a hypothetical question to an answer revealed on a board "The reason I wanted to be on 'Jeopardy' is because it's really the hardest game show" Black said "It's the one with the least luck involved" When he was in college majoring in political science he also was honing the skills that one day would make him a game-show champion "I was sitting in the dorm lounge watching 'Jeopardy' he said "and I was killing the answers" Woil got around People at work People 1141111111ENIEMINEMEME Ily Elaine Viestarp ENIIEIIIENIEIIIINIIMIIIEIM fly Elaine Hest( tat)i' 1 17 Staff photo by Harry Lynch ho's a bit richer for his knowledge Ronald Black returns next week '1 returns A.