[Magdalen] Please pray for Ascension, Chicago

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Interesting and intriguing.

Why a Very Bad Idea.???

I know that some rectors and bishops are, but are new rectors all children?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> Indeed. Long ago, just before we were married, Lee was assistant at
> Trinity, Concord (MA), with a new rector coming in. The Vestry specified in
> hiring him that the Assistant (Lee) and organist were to be kept on. It
> didn't take long for Lee to learn that this was a Very Bad Idea, and not
> too much longer after that for her to be fired. (BTW, the rector in
> question is not the current rector there).
>
> As Lynn says, it is SOP and generally a good idea for the underlings to go
> when a new rector arrives.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Ronkainen
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 5:15 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Please pray for Ascension, Chicago
>
>
> Prayers for sadness... And adjustment. AFAIK every employee including
> assisting clergy submit letters of resignation when a new rector is called.
> The good and tactful ones give it some time. Perhaps some educating is
> needed that this is often de regiur (sp?)
> Lynn
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 16, 2015, at 2:17 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Our rector has done some housecleaning, firing the parish
> administrator (immediately) and the longtime organist and choirmaster
> as of Feb. 15. Heard from a couple of parishioners who plan to leave.
> Lots of hurt and anger. The reason is to refocus funds toward a
> full-time curate and full-time organist/choirmaster (one person) and
> aim at goals like greater ministry to the immediate neighborhood and
> to younger folks.
>
> I was shocked and angry at first but do agree with the goals. I just
> wish we could do these things in a way that doesn't match the style of
> corporate America. Seems cold and abrupt. But apparently it's the
> standard thing.
>
> Please pray for Charley Taylor, David Schrader, and Thomas Wikman. So
> many years of faithful service (which it seems to inappropriate to
> reward with an abrupt termination). My fear is for the fallout among
> parishioners. This may end up being a good change to make, but right
> now it hurts.
>
> We do not plan to leave.
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>