[Magdalen] Sharing the JOY!

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Never seen one in my life.  Anyone who wants to join a church can just show
up; they won't care where they've been.  And rightly so.

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 Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Remembering when a member of my former church received a request to
> transfer letters for a couple who were attending an AMIA church and the
> rector informed them that it was not possible as it was not an Episcpal
> church. Ginga's friend should probably petition the official diocesan
> office as all the "letters" pre breakaway. Are still "Episcopalian" in the
> eyes of the church I would think.
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 26, 2015, at 7:47 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you for these questions, Roger.  Yes, St. Paul's has already
> transferred over 40 parishioners to Good Shepherd.  But, there is a hitch.
> They do not research the baptismal/confirmation data, they simply write us
> a letter saying "I, Rector, transfer Name to the spiritual charge of the
> rector (or Minister) of Good Shepherd."  So far, St. Paul's has not used
> the proper name of our parish, The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.
> Also, I send a form, they write a form letter back.  They are supposed to
> send the form back for our record keeping.  Niggling bits of aggravation.
>
> It matters not.  Our bishop has said we may add these folks to our records
> in such a special circumstance.
>
> Ginga
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> > wrote:
>
> >> On 26/07/2015 23:05, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> >>
> >> 3.      A lapsed member of St. Paul’s (Lawrence's church), attended and
> >> wants her letter transferred and has volunteered to help with Children’s
> >> CE.
> >
> > Ginga, I rejoice with you for all the reasons you cite.  I have excerpted
> > this one because I think it raises potential issues.  Are the people at
> St
> > Paul's likely to issue the transfer letter?  What happens if they don't -
> > cam the member still be welcomed as a voting member at Good Shepherd?
> > (This is the sort of situation where I am thankful for the C/E where you
> > can simply apply to be included on the Roll if you qualify by residence
> or
> > regular attendance and the consent of your former parish is not
> required.)
> >
> > Roger
> >
>