[Magdalen] Ginga's bishop

[Jay Weigel]

Good way to show folks that Episcopalians aren't stuffy!

On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lord, this sounds like fun, good worship!  I will mention this to our music
> director.  She is quite gifted (head of vocal music at local college) and
> as said, we have some great voices.  The director would know people who can
> play the banjo and guitar.  She stays very, very busy...she also heads up
> Summerville Singers.  Would be something fun to invite the community to
> attend.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ginga, the "bluegrass mass" wasn't that complicated. We did happen to
> have
> > a musician who played for us on certain Sundays who was gifted with
> guitar
> > and banjo, but we had a couple of other guitarists including my late ex,
> > and I filled in on vocals and tambourine. The congregation knew all the
> > songs; I always said when we did that stuff we sounded like a bunch of
> > Baptists at camp meeting. We did "I'll Fly Away" and "I Saw the Light" as
> > well as "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" and IIRC "Blessed Assurance"
> > which are not technically bluegrass but can sure be grassed up.
> > Sanctus/Benedictus were done to "Land of Rest" which is found in LEVAS.
> If
> > you have a congregation that likes to sing and knows these standards or
> > similar ones, and you have or can find the instrumentalists, you are good
> > to go. Bp. Charlie was definitely having a good time. I don't think he
> was
> > expecting it but then not much of anyone ever expected St. Barnabas in
> > those days.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Will do!
> > >
> > > Ginga
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ginga,
> > > > Try watching "Cottonpatch Gospel" as a family Vmovie night (with
> > popcorn,
> > > > of course). Bluegrass music by Harry Chapin and wonderful re telling
> of
> > > the
> > > > Gospel story
> > > >
> > > > > On Oct 9, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm sure y'all needed a knowledge of music to choose.  We have a
> > > > > tambourine, thanks to the congregation from whom we rent, and we've
> > > used
> > > > it
> > > > > on occasion when we're doing special music.  We have excellent
> voices
> > > in
> > > > > our choir, but no one has thought of bluegrass mass yet.  No banjo
> > > picker
> > > > > that I know.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ginga
> > > > >
> > > > >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> He sure did! And we enjoyed doing it. Not often you have a banjo
> AND
> > > > >> tambourine in an Episcopal (or Episcopal-Lutheran) church!
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Ginga Wilder <
> gingawilder at gmail.com
> > >
> > > > >> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> That sounds joyful, Jay. I bet everyone enjoyed it.
> > > > >>> Ginga
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Jay Weigel <
> jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Bp. Charlie is pretty darn cool. We used to do a "bluegrass
> mass"
> > > for
> > > > >> him
> > > > >>>> at St. Barnabas when he visited. He loved it.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Ginga Wilder <
> > gingawilder at gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > >>>> wrote:
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>> Wow!  Thanks for the news, Grace. Bp vonRosenberg is a very
> kind
> > > and
> > > > >>> good
> > > > >>>>> man.  We are so fortunate that he is at the SC helm.  Annie
> > > > >>> vonRosenberg
> > > > >>>> is
> > > > >>>>> just wonderful.    I hope you told them about our email
> > lists...and
> > > > >>> that
> > > > >>>>> the good folk here saved my spiritual and emotional health over
> > the
> > > > >>> years
> > > > >>>>> of the schism.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Hope you had a good time at Convocation.  Our Priest-in-Charge
> > was
> > > > >>> there
> > > > >>>>> celebrating his 50th anniversary of graduating.  The Rev. Al
> > Votaw
> > > -
> > > > >>> he's
> > > > >>>>> just as good and gifted as the vonRosenbergs.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Ginga
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Grace Cangialosi <
> > > gracecan at gmail.com
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>>> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> I was at Virginia Seminary the past couple of days for my
> > 25-year
> > > > >>> class
> > > > >>>>>> reunion and got talking with a woman who turned out to be
> > > > >> Rosenberg's
> > > > >>>>> wife.
> > > > >>>>>> I told her how happy folks were to have him there and
> mentioned
> > > > >> Ginga
> > > > >>>> and
> > > > >>>>>> their new little congregation. I repeated my comment about how
> > > > >> happy
> > > > >>>>> folks
> > > > >>>>>> are to have him, and she said, "Well, he's right behind you,
> so
> > > you
> > > > >>> can
> > > > >>>>>> tell him!"  So I did! What a lovely man! He had very kind
> words
> > > for
> > > > >>>> Ginga
> > > > >>>>>> and the members of Good Shepherd.
> > > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
>