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Clothing |
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In choosing your clothing, three things need to be considered:
1. Appropriateness for the weather. It can get very cold, snowy, and icy here—especially during the winter months. Plan your wardrobe so that you will not only be amply protected from the elements, but also that you will be comfortable visiting in homes, in class, and in church, and modest in the process of shedding layers of clothes. Also consider the need to remove shoes or boots when visiting homes so as not to track mud, snow, or ice onto their floors and carpets.
2. Appropriateness for Christian Witness. Remember your "statement" should be Christian, not Fashion. This means all clothing should be neat, clean, and well-matched. It should look like it fits you without looking "fitted" (that is: like a glove). Skirts are preferable to slacks for the ladies. But if slacks are chosen they must look feminine and whatever is worn for a top—the blouse/ sweater/ jacket—must reach to the end of the fingers while arms are hanging to the side. Skirts must be of sufficient length to cover the knees at all times. Ladies and gentlemen, please, no sloppy tee shirts, worn/torn jeans, or any emblems of the occult or worldly "idols". While we are not to be Fashion Statements, "for Christ’s sake, whose witnesses we are, we should seek to make the best of our appearance" (Testimonies to the Church, Volume 6, page 96).
3. The 3rd consideration in dress is the appropriateness for such work as scrubbing, gardening, painting, etc. Where we would expect that you do not wear your "Sabbath best", we still would expect that you dress in a neat, clean, representative manner even though in your "grubs". |
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