[Magdalen] "Failing" parishes--Canada vs. USA

[Jay Weigel]

I thought Luray had a female priest. At least when I looked at their
website that was the impression I got. I'm so confused.


On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Do you know his name? What will they do this winter? I wouldn't mind doing
> some supply over there, though there is a priest in Luray who could do it,
> and he's much closer.
>
> > On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:49 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > They do. The priest that has been doing it has taken a hiatus for the
> > winter, saying he's too old to manage the roads. He preached a rip-roarer
> > of a sermon on Sunday.
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Jay, those parishes have been yoked for at least 30 years. They used to
> >> have that crazy, alternating Sunday morning schedule, too.
> >> Woodstock-Mt.Jackson-Woodstock. Do they still do that?
> >>
> >>> On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:34 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I don't know how long Beckford Parish in VA (Woodstock and Mt. Jackson)
> >> has
> >>> been yoked. There are a number of Lutheran and Methodist parishes
> >>> hereabouts that are yoked also. It wasn't uncommon among the Methodists
> >> in
> >>> TN either, but then, it never has been with them, where it was called
> >>> "circuit riding" or a "circuit" and lay people picked up the slack.
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Raewynne Whiteley <
> raewynne1 at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Re yoking parishes, my observation is that it is doomed to failure,
> >> because
> >>>> it tends to prioritize building over ministry - they keep the
> buildings
> >> and
> >>>> the administrative structures, but expect a single priest to serve 2
> or
> >>>> more parishes, and in most cases parishioners expect to get everything
> >> they
> >>>> had before for half the money.  Which is a recipe for burnout for the
> >>>> priest, and doesn't encourage the parish to be realistic about their
> >> life
> >>>> and ministry.
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Clarissa's prayer request led me to wonder about the varying position
> >> of
> >>>>> TEC vs. the Anglican Church in Canada regarding what are considered
> >>>>> "failing" parishes. Marion's recent experience, too, has made me
> >> wonder.
> >>>> I
> >>>>> realize it varies from diocese to diocese, but ISTM that the Canadian
> >>>>> church, at least in these instances, is behaving far more like the
> RCC
> >> in
> >>>>> abruptly closing these churches or pretty much setting them up to
> fail
> >>>> (in
> >>>>> the case of Marion's) rather than encouraging them along or "yoking"
> >>>> them.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Am I seeing things correctly, or is this a misperception?
> >>
>