[Magdalen] when a TEC church closes... was -->Re: Pray for GTS today

[Lynn Ronkainen]

From: "Mahoney, W. Michael"> But when the "piscos" were baptized and married 
there; and saw their
> children baptized and married there;  and their grandchildren baptized as
> well, it can be hard for them to think of the place being converted to
> condos or a bar.
>

Speaking of closing churches... This is 'in the family' (TEC).

http://telling-secrets.blogspot.com/

if this link does not take you direct, the name of the essay is: Pain 
touches Pain, October 11, 2014


Elizabeth Kaeton+ semi retired Episcopal priest who blogs and FBs and now 
lives in MD(formerly NJ), addressed 'the closed church' (in the dio of NJ) 
in a recent serendipitous (my words) blog entry.  Telling the story of 
someone who contacted her clear up a mystery of who cashed their checks and 
where the dollars went - the checks a family had sent over a period of time 
to support their former parish after moving away. Turned out the church had 
been closed, but the checks had all been cashed...


Lynn


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ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 1:44 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Pray for GTS today

> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:29 PM, James Oppenheimer 
> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Just shut the place down and walk out with what little respectability you
>> have left, and start anew at a place you can afford.
>>
>> Ah, but piscos don't do logic, rational or reality.
>>
>