[Magdalen] Happy news!

[Georgia DuBose]

All good wishes, Meg, and prayers for your continuing journey. Your
account reminds me of my own time of preparation for ordination.

Interim ministry is truly a holy calling. I am now at a parish that
should have had an interim before I came, and instead had a patchwork
of "fill-ins." I have spent the first year dealing with leftovers that
a skilled interim would have taken care of. I love this parish and its
people, and we are working very well together. However, there was
damage and misunderstanding from the previous tenure (much of it not
the "fault" of my predecessor) and it has taken a lot of prayerful
listening and pretty firm direction to set a new course. So far, so
good.

God bless your holy work.

Georgia+

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Rev. Meg Wagner <revmegwagner at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am overjoyed to share with you that I received the Standing Committee's approval for ordination to the priesthood on 3pm June 21 at Trinity in Iowa City! My husband was jokingly petulant because it is Father's Day - the one day that is supposed to be all about him :-) I told him we should swap Mother's and Father's Day this year...
>
> And I have accepted a call to serve as Interim Rector at St. Peter's in Bettendorf, Iowa beginning July 1. It is about an hour commute but my family is committed to staying in Coralville until my youngest graduates high school in 3 years so this lets us do that. I'll be coming in after a 16+ year rector and am attending the Interim Ministry Network training this summer. The parish is 50 years old and the building was built in the early 60s and has some unique artistic features...including a marble altar that extends out of a huge marble rock and the other "leg" of the altar is an almost two story twisty metal cross. A far cry from the historic registry places I have been serving - my sponsoring parish is 150 years old and my field Ed site is 176. I posted a few pics of St. Peter's here:
> https://flickr.com/photos/132130662@N06/sets/72157651857216119 if you are curious.
>
> I have just ONE. LAST. PAPER to finish for seminary that is due May 6 and then I am DONE! I am looking forward to heading out to graduation in Cambridge with my husband and youngest son. Oldest son will have to miss as he will be wrapping up his semester at Luther College.
>
> Exciting times!
> Blessings,
> Meg Wagner