[Magdalen] Good Shepherd's first Sunday

[Jon Egger]

Those photos?  I grinned and know that Good Shepherd will well survive.
Why?



*CHILDREN!!!*
Amen!
jon

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ann,
> 1.  I agree.  The simplicity makes this space beautiful.  Much like St.
> Raphael's.  The light gray wall color, darker gray carpeting, and the tweed
> chairs leaves room for the seasonal colors when we have a permanent altar
> and lectern/pulpit (I cannot say ambo...sorry).  The presence of God is a
> palpable presence in this space...yea, even sharing the reredos wall with a
> CPAs office.
>
> 2.  Charlie's shirt was a dark navy-purple.  I am very fond of both
> vonRosenbergs.  He is working very hard.  I hope he will continue to be our
> Provisional Bishop for a long time.
>
> 3.  Our chairs have baskets under them for hymnal and BCP.  There is no
> kneeler.  We cannot kneel at the altar.  The platform is small and the
> priests and Eucharistic ministers will administer the sacrament from the
> floor from now on.  BTW, all 100 chairs were a gift from a member couple of
> St. Paul's, Summerville (the break away church in Summerville).  They felt
> a sense of call to give this gift....said they want to support us.  I'm
> wondering if they will eventually join us.  God's time.
>
> 4.  Thanks!  I feel great.  Having some trouble with diabetic neuropathy in
> feet, legs, and hands, but who could have imagined that bilateral
> mastectomy could have been so easy.  Of course, I don't have to have any
> follow up treatment and I'm not dealing with painful reconstruction.
>
> 5.  We did not plan this date to coincide with the Shepherd reading.  We
> have planned that everywhere the Bishop's visitation is on Good Shepherd
> Sunday, fourth Sunday of Easter.
>
> Ginga
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Ginga, I got to see the pics on the parish life page - thank you!  A
> couple
> > of comments (well, 3 or 4, actually):
> >
> > 1.  Beautiful space.  The simplicity reminds me a little of St.
> Raphael's,
> > don't you think?
> >
> > 2.  In the 1st photo of Charlie, I couldn't see the purple, and wondered
> > why he wasn't wearing it.  Later Photos showed up the purple better,
> > though.  He and Annie look great -- his work there must be agreeing with
> > him.
> >
> > 3.  Great choice of chairs.  I loved our little burgundy padded wooden
> ones
> > at St. Raphael's, but they weren't super comfortable.  Do they have
> prayer
> > book/hymnal spaces somewhere?
> >
> > 4.  You look great, too.
> >
> > 5.  How smart you were to do it on Good Shepherd Sunday!  Very clever!
> >
> > Ann
> >
> > The Rev. Ann Markle
> > Buffalo, NY
> > ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> > blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
> >
>