Kilts in Church,..your experience?

**James MacMillan** · 18th September 07, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by TheSp8

I think it all comes down to attitude, people can generally tell if you are wearing something to draw attention or if you are just wanting to dress nice.

This says a whole lot! It's attitude!

If you wear the kilt with respect, people will tend to treat you with respect!

If you wear the kilt like a halloween costume, people will treat you like a "Trick-or-Treater"

Well said!

**Freedomlover** · 18th September 07, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by TheSp8

Well, I've been kilted at fairly straight laced Southern Baptist churches in TN and TX both large and small. I've not had a negative comment yet. I have gotten some looks but I think I would draw the looks wearing a suit since the dress codes seem to be sliding to the casual. I was raised to wear your best to church to honor God and still do. That makes a kilt with hose and flashes coupled with a shirt and tie the best I can currently do and nicer than most that I know have nicer clothes than do. I think it all comes down to attitude, people can generally tell if you are wearing something to draw attention or if you are just wanting to dress nice.

YMOS,
Tony

Well said.......

**macsim** · 18th September 07, 06:06 PM

I wear a kilt to church every so often. I've worn the whole coat and tie outfit in the evening for special events and now, as the bassist or drummer in the contemporary service I sometimes will wear it. The comments have ranged from "I've got to get my husband in one of those!" to "You can pull that off very well but my husband could never do it." I've discovered one of our associate pastors has a weathered McNaughton kilt but he refuses to wear it because he's afraid his friends will give him a hard time. The pastor always tells me I look so boring in pants ever since he first saw me wear one. Then I found out his son actually lives in Seattle, wears UK's and has started a church there. I think I remind him of the son he rarely sees when I wear it. I get a few skirt or dress comments but it's usually good-natured.

I think I've related this before but after Katrina I went with a group from my church to Mississippi to help clean up. We were in the very first group and we sent teams every week for months afterward. I wore my UK in the evenings so I wouldn't have to bring a lot of clothes with me and one of the men there challenged me by asking me how I used the kilt as a witnessing tool. I'm thinking, dude I volunteered to come down here and bust my butt to help you folks and you're worried about my kilt? I wear it to cover my lower body, not as a witnessing tool! How do you use your pants as a witnessing tool? That's what I'm thinking anyway - what I said was, "Well, it sure starts a lot of conversations" and I smiled and walked away.

**Ozman1944** · 18th September 07, 06:11 PM

Being semi-retired, I celebrate Mass in my garden chapel and a few dozen folk attend on Sundays; I am always kilted under my Vestments, and emerge kilted for Coffee & Cookie time after Mass. Everyone was most positive the first time, and now no one even makes a comment.

**mkmound** · 18th September 07, 06:35 PM

When I started attending my current church (Anglican) about two years ago, I wore the kilt the first time I was there. I got a very positive response from the priest (admittedly, it might have something to do with his last name being McLane!), so I just kept wearing it. I should also mention that the congregation is pretty casual -- in summer some of the men wear shorts and sandals. A couple of the other men in the congregation have full kilt outfits which they wear on special occasions like St. Andrews Day.

I wear the kilt most of the time, and folks usually ask "why?" on the rare occasions when I'm wearing trou$er$. We recently moved from our old location to sharing facilities with a Baptist congregation. We meet on Saturday night. (Our priest jokes that we're "Seventh-Day Anglicans".) On occasions when we've met together with the Baptist congregation, I've gotten positive responses from them as well. (This is in the Dallas, Texas area, so it's a reasonably conservative area.) I am on the music team, and at our current location, the music team is up on stage. (I learned quickly to be VERY careful about how I sit!

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**jackson1863** · 18th September 07, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by macsim

I've discovered one of our associate pastors has a weathered McNaughton kilt but he refuses to wear it because he's afraid his friends will give him a hard time. The pastor always tells me I look so boring in pants ever since he first saw me wear one. Then I found out his son actually lives in Seattle, wears UK's and has started a church there. I think I remind him of the son he rarely sees when I wear it. I get a few skirt or dress comments but it's usually good-natured.

Actually, I believe the pastor's son is now in Idaho, and my kilt is still being altered thank you very much.

Courtesy of your chicken associate pastor

By the way, want to have a kilt night in Winston sometime?

**Archangel** · 18th September 07, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by macsim

...one of the men there challenged me by asking me how I used the kilt as a witnessing tool. I'm thinking, dude I volunteered to come down here and bust my butt to help you folks and you're worried about my kilt?

Jesus then turned tae the lawyer, "Noo then, which wan o thae three wis a neebour tae the wounded traveller?"
"Ach, dead easy," said the lawyer, "the man that wis kind tae him."
Jesus answered, "Right then, Jimmy, jist you dae the same!"

from A Glasgow Bible

You done right, other guy has to go back to the beginning and start again, he missed something.

**Graham** · 19th September 07, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by Archangel

Jesus then turned tae the lawyer, "Noo then, which wan o thae three wis a neebour tae the wounded traveller?"
"Ach, dead easy," said the lawyer, "the man that wis kind tae him."
Jesus answered, "Right then, Jimmy, jist you dae the same!"

from A Glasgow Bible

.

I don't usually like "modern" versions, but that just made me smile...love it!!

**macsim** · 19th September 07, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by jackson1863

Actually, I believe the pastor's son is now in Idaho, and my kilt is still being altered thank you very much.

Courtesy of your chicken associate pastor

By the way, want to have a kilt night in Winston sometime?

Okay, it's Go Time!! Why I oughta......

Yeah, we can do that but I still want ya to wear it on Sunday. One kiltie is a non-conformer. Two is a trend! Now get that thing altered and come on down! (Management dicourages any comments about Baptist preachers and "chicken.")

**Archangel** · 19th September 07, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Graham

I don't usually like "modern" versions, but that just made me smile...love it!!

Short note so I'm not pushing the rules.

The Glasgow Bible is basically an abridged version using Glasgow dialect (whatever). It came from a radio show that was an outreach of Iona and is available as a book, cd, or video. Check Amazon. It's a wonderful (easy) read and works for me.