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

[Scott Knitter]

Was that "Sizing Up a Congregation Through New Member Ministry" by
Routhage? That was the book, anyway.

We're a "pastoral"-sized congregation that is supposed to value highly
its intimacy. We've got snarling and bitching instead.

One of our assisting priests will preach on this tomorrow and has been
speaking very directly on it in weekday homilies.

On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetzlar
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>>
>>
>>
>> David Strang.
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>



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA