[Magdalen] Prayers for my church

[Ginga Wilder]

Marion,
Prayers for your church to recover and flourish.  Prayers, also, for the
hardened hearts of those who don't pledge and those who left in order to
control the inner workings of your parish.  So very sad.

Ginga

On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We said goodbye to our priest this morning  :-(  Despite the bitter bitter
> cold, turnout was pretty good
>
> Our bishop doesn't like our deficit and says we can't have a full-time
> priest.  No search committee for us, and if we don't improve it we could be
> closed.  And here we are, running a food bank and holding cooking classes
> for our food bank users, our neighbours literally
>
> We have a bunch of poisonous people, long long time members, who hated him
> and left and are poised to return now that he has left. Those who are still
> with us wouldn't contribute to the gifts from the different ministries,
> nothing, and didn't show up this morning. Poisonous.  The viper in our
> bosom.
>
> We did the end of a Pastoral Relationship and I got to lead those
> prayers.  Too rich for my sentimental blood, although I came through -- a
> close run thing.  He's well out of it!
>
> Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
>
> My church needs prayers very badly.  Of your mercy, pray for us.
>