[Magdalen] Stewardship video: Hello! Full Video -

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Knowing now that it is a parody of the musical, it does seem to me just a
bit less creepy.

And I mean "creepy" in a good sort of way.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Heather Angus <hangus at ctcn.net> wrote:

> 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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