[Magdalen] Stewardship video: Hello! Full Video -

[Jim Guthrie]

> And I do understand that all advertisers (including churches) must carefully 
> consider exactly who they want to attract.  That said, the reaction to Lynn's 
> post >suggests to me an attitude of "we certainly wouldn't want to attract the 
> kind of people who like this video!" and I think that's sad.  In my view we'll 
> never be >able to love the world and serve the world as we're called to do 
> until we can get comfortable worshipping with people who are quite different 
> from >ourselves--in politics, in education, in social class, in ethnicity, in 
> "churchmanship."
>
Many Episcopal Churches certainly don’t want anyone coming in with different 
ideas and different ways of expressing them. The private club they've 
established they call a "parish church" in not for newcomers unless willing to 
toe the line. And I think most people have accepted that because it serves as 
their Sunday Comfort Zone.

Of course, part of that is the lame turn-off of calling members of the 
Congregation to speak about "what this parish means to me so YOU should give far 
more" speech a couple of Sundays in the Fall followed by giving out pledge 
cards.. So many think that's a "Stewardship Campaign." Yeccch. Just assign the 
last person to turn out the lights when the place runs out of money to pay the 
priest and fix the roof.

And if a video attracts people in the Zero category or motivates people to 
appreciate what there is in the parish (or Cathedral), so much the better.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie