[Magdalen] Coffee Hour arrangements (was Re: Heather Cook)

[Jim Guthrie]

Sounds good.

I remember going to one of those multitude of parish-building seminars about 20 
years ago where the "congregations" were divided I,II,III,IV,V, and VI.

Congregation I consisted of the typology of church usage starting with Type I - 
groups/community groups that use parish facilities, but have no other connection 
with the parish.

Anyone remember the name of that particular seminar?

Start Up Start Over? Another one?

Cheers,
Jim

-----Original Message----- 
From: Grace Cangialosi
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 12:59 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Coffee Hour arrangements (was Re: Heather Cook)

Well, this isn't heating-related, but the little church where I help out as 
priest-associate has really tried to maximize the use of its parish hall with a 
variety of uses, some pretty standard, some not so much.
Four days a week there is a preschool, not church-affiliated, just renting the 
space. Everything comes down or gets moved in preparation for Sunday's coffee 
hour. The local Democrats rent it once a month for their potluck supper; the 4-H 
group uses it when they need kitchen space for a project. One of our members has 
a seasonal business making plum puddings that are sold in a number of local 
stores--she uses the kitchen for several months for that and pays something 
toward the gas, etc.
The most recent addition to the mix is a local Pentecostal congregation. The 
storefront they were in was sold, and our vicar offered the use of our building 
for a Sunday afternoon service. They pay rent, and it seems to be working well; 
they even had a wedding there last Saturday. I'm planning to attend one of their 
services; I'm quite intrigued at the thought of a Pentecostal congregation 
worshipping in a sanctuary with a sanctuary lamp, a stained glass window over 
the altar (to say nothing of the altar itself!) and Stations of the Cross on the 
surrounding walls! I think Jesus might approve...

> On Nov 7, 2015, at 12:03 PM, a Cantor03--- via Magdalen 
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 11/7/2015 11:48:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com writes:
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> I  suppose when they got heating bills over the top, they arrived at a
> rather  charming solution:  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Another solution to high heating costs is for more than one
> denomination to use the same church.  This is unusual in
> the USA, but the practical German mentality is such that it
> is fairly common, and Roman Catholics and Lutherans
> (Evangelisch) worship in the same space.
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> One such arrangement is in Wetzlar, not far from Kassel.
> The "Cathedral" there is also unusual in that it is unfinished
> but is constructed of three distinct types of stone.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetzlar
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> David Strang.