[Magdalen] prayers for my former parish

[Jay Weigel]

Well, it's worse than I thought, apparently the guy leading the campaign is
back in town. :-(

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>> >
>>
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