[Magdalen] Prayers for my church

[Jay Weigel]

Apparently communication is not considered of great importance in your
diocese, Marion?

Jay. smdh

On Saturday, February 21, 2015, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks, Ginger and Lynn,
>
> The Bishop is coming for a Q & A on Tuesday evening.  Then when we met
> with our interim the other night to cooprdinate our efforts he said she was
> coming on Sunday.  Oh!  Surprise!  No courtesy notice to the wardens or
> anything.  Our interim didn't know we didn't know.  Wonderful, eh?  It
> would have been nice first to have one Sunday to catch our breath with the
> interim.  What's she up to?
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
> On 2/16/2015 5:42 AM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>