[Magdalen] Parish in crisis, was Re: Some Christmas music

[Jay Weigel]

Organize! That's your next step. Nothing gets done without it.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I know it isn't in the natural order of things for an introvert to be a
> > ringleader, Scott, but they make exceedingly fine grey eminences, so you
> > might need to consider becoming one. In any case, your bishop needs to be
> > aware of the facts, not the opinions of the troublemakers, and he (I
> assume
> > it's a he) needs to be getting in there and kicking azz and taking names
> at
> > some point. This cannot be allowed to go on.
>
> I know a bunch of us have written to him (+Jeffrey Lee) and expressed
> our view of the situation, asked what if anything we can do about the
> junior warden, asked him to come and help us, etc. I haven't had an
> answer, but he did write back to another parishioner assuring him he's
> working with our vestry on next steps. Our current caretaker priest
> (one of the apparent candidates for priest-in-charge, which I believe
> would be a six-month role until a longer-term P-I-C is named) met with
> the bishop and would say only that their meeting was "amicable." I
> think that was part of the discernment process whether to choose him
> or Bp. Jelinek. At this point I think either of those two could kick
> butt. They'll need to or be eaten alive like the past two.
>
> So I think he's aware of the particulars but still needs to show up to
> the parish.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>