[Magdalen] End of an Era.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, as I told Bp. Shannon when he first got here and was surprised at the congregational mindset: "This is Virginia; we're ALL Congregationalists!"

On April 1, 2015, at 10:21 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

I was of the understanding that a GC changed that back in the '80s. But when did that ever mean 'real' compliance...
Lynn

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On Apr 1, 2015, at 8:50 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

Actually, Jay, believe it or not, there are still quite a few churches in VA that do the twice a month MP-HE rotation at their main service. If there is an early service, it's always HE, but that was always the case.
Also, some churches save on supply clergy by having laypeople lead MP when the priest is away.

> On Apr 1, 2015, at 8:30 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Which is the case with most Episcopal churches in the US these days. I
> don't know of any which have MP as the main service on Sundays any more. I
> believe most ELCA churches have also moved in that direction in the last 25
> years.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 5:33 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>> On 01/04/2015 04:12, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>>> 
>>> David, what do you mean by a 'Eucharistic orientation'?
>> 
>> I assume he means having the Eucharist rather than Morning Prayer as the
>> main Sunday service.
>> 
>> Roger
>>