[Magdalen] Sharing the JOY!

[Ginga Wilder]

Doubt that will happen, Lynn.  Our bishop accepts anyone who wants to
transfer so long as there is a guestimate of baptism date.  Our hope into
the great future is reconciliation.  It will all come out in the wash,
 And, at the personal level, there is enough fighting and 'calling on the
carpet' already.

This woman is already a member of our church.  We are afterall, the
Episcopal congregation that reformed itself when Mark Lawrence, et al.
chose to be a nondenominational church.

Ginga

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
> >
>