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[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I hope you find a way to make that work.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> The dioceses' of West Mo, Mo, Kansas, West Ks, and Nebraska have formed the
> Bishop Kemper School for Ministry (in Topeka, Ks) for the old "canon 9"
> trained pastors.  West Mo is revamping their discernment process, also.
> Not sure if the other dioceses' in the BKSM are doing the same.  One of the
> outcomes of this new process includes having a track (deacon or presbyter)
> before entering BKSM.
>
> This is needed, IMO.  In the past two years 8-9 deacons in West Mo, have
> gone back to school (BKSM) to become presbyters.  My parish (Old Trinity)
> wanted me to go back to school, but my health has deteriorated since then.
> I would consider it, especially since I would ask for minimal salary when
> priested.  Old Trinity, now in an interim, is in no shape whatsoever to
> have a seminary-trained presbyter.
>
> Grace and peace,
> jon
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 1:16 AM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> > wrote:
>
> > On 14/07/2015 03:33, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> >
> >> It seems the man is talking about what is already a done deal as if
> >> somehow
> >> talking about it as if it were negotiable would somehow make that idea
> >> true.
> >>
> >
> > Don't forget that +Pierre is writing out of a European context where that
> > is not necessarily the case.  TEC is not the totality of the Anglican
> > scene.  What may be a done deal in the USA is not necessarily so
> elsewhere
> > in the world.
> >
> > Roger
> >
>