[Magdalen] prayers for my former parish

[Jay Weigel]

Okay, so I had a chat with the senior warden of All Saints who is an old
friend and here's what's happening. They *had* a PIC, appointed by the Bp.,
and the vestry had voted to call him, with the Bp's permission. So last
week he called the sr. warden and asked to speak to her privately and it
turned out he was giving his two weeks' notice to accept an interimship at
another parish. So they were back to square one. It was right after that
that this other mess started. She suspects that although she had asked the
vestry to keep the whole thing private, someone, and she is pretty sure she
knows who, had leaked the info to someone who is very close to the former
rector.  She is extremely upset with the person trumpeting it all over
Facebook. So am I, and I would unfriend him except that I want to stay on
top of what's happening. She did say that the Bp. is a man to be reckoned
with. I also have received a message from someone I don't know encouraging
me to contact the Bp. and let my feelings be known. I may have to do that
after all.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jay.weigel at gmail.com');>> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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.
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>