[Magdalen] Calvary, Pittsburgh

[ROGER STOKES]

That would have been the 9 am which they have outside if fine in the Summer. I went to the 11 and assume a number of those who would have been there (like the Curate who was scheduled to celebrate) were flying the flag, or at least banner, at the Pride Procession.
Roger
 


     On Saturday, 20 June 2015, 14:22, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
   

 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
> >
>