[Magdalen] Calvary, Pittsburgh

[Ann Markle]

Oops, just saw this.  I can't really shed any light.  I only attended one
Sunday service there.  It was summertime, and the service was held in the
(center of downtown) courtyard.  It was a lovely service, and I was greeted
warmly enough after church.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ann, can you shed some light on this?
>
> On Wednesday, June 17, 2015, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >  While I don't want to be swarmed, or pointed out as an example, if I go
> >> to a church and no one speaks to me, it's a pretty sure bet I will NOT
> be
> >> back. If it happens twice, you can be DAMN sure of it.
> >>
> >
> > The worst (or at least most strange)  I've been to in the past couple of
> > years was St Paul's Cathedral in
> > Buffalo.
> >
> > I hasten to add that when we arrived, several African-American people
> > greeted us
> > warmly. But when we hit coffee hour, it was a different story. No one
> > spoke to
> > us, and when I tried to strike up a conversation (twice), they turned
> away.
> > What's more, while the church is racially mixed,NOT One of the
> > African-American
> > worshippers showed up at Coffee hour, let alone those who greeted us so
> > warmly.
> >
> > What's THAT about?
> >
> > And as I dropped a check in the plate, they put us on the mailing list,
> > and I've
> > received all manner of "Welcome to St Paul's" and solicitations for
> > contributions and pledges and updates on their clergy search. Their mail
> > has not
> > followed us to Scranton (so far).
> >
> > OTOH, we had a great experience at Calvary Pittsburgh, perhaps enhanced
> by
> > the
> > fact that the then Rector, Harold Lewis, remembered us from the Diocese
> of
> > Long Island. And he seemed genuinely disappointed that we were just
> > visiting rather than moved to Pittsburgh.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim
> >
>