[Magdalen] Calvary, Pittsburgh

[Ann Markle]

Roger, the comment I made was in response to Jim Guthrie's statement about
the unfriendliness of St., Paul's Cathedral in Buffalo, and Jay's inquiry
about whether I could shed any light on that.

Ann

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

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 9:44 AM, ROGER STOKES <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> 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
> > >
> >
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