[Magdalen] prayers for my former parish

[Jay Weigel]

Since I'm not absolutely sure what's going on I don't want to stick my own
oar in. I just really hope the bishop isn't a man easily swayed.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jay,
> The bishop needs to know your friends' reservations.  Also, I feel sure the
> bishop would ask questions about this man's previous tenure in the parish.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have just learned via a Facebook post that a former rector of the
> parish
> > I belonged to in Tennessee for many years has offered to serve as interim
> > for a year. Now this may be seen by some as a gracious offer, but IMNSHO
> it
> > is extremely self-serving. The place is currently apparently in a huge
> mess
> > both financially and spiritually following the departure of the previous
> > rector, and AFAIK has a priest-in-charge appointed by the bishop rather
> > than an interim. (I'm not totally up on church politics, but this is
> what I
> > gleaned on my last visit there on the occasion of my late ex's memorial.)
> > The PIC is a very nice guy. Also some of my old friends, who were
> seriously
> > wounded by the previous rector now offering his services but soldiered
> > faithfully on, are currently on the vestry.
> >
> > I don't know what the protocol for such a thing is, but I think it is a
> > Very Bad Idea. The guy IMNSHO has a serious Napoleon complex (yes, he is
> a
> > short little dude and he *really* likes to throw his weight around) and I
> > honestly believe he sees himself as riding in on a white horse to "save"
> > the place. I know there is a certain faction within the parish that would
> > just LOVE to see him back (he left to become headmaster of an Episcopal
> > school in NC) but I also know that there are others who might very well
> > leave, and I strongly suspect that it would keep my daughter and her
> family
> > from returning, or that they will be among those leaving. I am devoutly
> > hoping that God, the bishop, and the vestry will say no. In any case,
> > prayers are requested for All Saints,' Morristown, TN.
> >
>