[Magdalen] Happy news!

[Kate Conant]

Best wishes, Meg!

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>