[Magdalen] Stewardship video: Hello! Full Video -

[Heather Angus]

I just had to watch it after all the comments here. It had me smiling and
shaking my head simultaneously. Funny.

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not just Episcopalians. It's true of other churches too. I didn't care for
> the video, but mainly because I don't care for that style of musical. Put
> it in some other context and it probably would appeal to me.
>
> On Thursday, November 20, 2014, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
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