[Magdalen] Supply job

[anthony clavier]

You are right Grace. All those years ago. Bill Moore, one of my
parishioners, took me to see Archdeacon Neave's aged, bed-ridden daughter.

Tony

On Monday, November 23, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Exactly, Tony! I served two of them for nine years. In fact, I'm pretty
> sure I was there when we had our listmeet where I met you.
>
> > On Nov 23, 2015, at 9:56 PM, anthony clavier <anthonyfmclavier at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > Archdeacon Neve's missions.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >> On Monday, November 23, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, I just agreed to take services on Dec. 20th for two churches over
> in
> >> the valley whose rector left for another position a couple of months
> ago.
> >> When I got the message asking if I was available, I had to decide if I
> >> really wanted to do it, because I don't have very positive feelings
> about
> >> these churches. But I decided that wasn't a good enough reason to turn
> them
> >> down. But let me describe the situation to you.
> >> These two churches are two of the remaining mountain mission churches in
> >> the diocese--there were 30 at one time, dating from the early years of
> the
> >> 20th Century. These two are about six miles apart on a main country
> road.
> >> They do have parish status now and share a rector's position. Each has a
> >> vestry.
> >> The service schedule is crazy: 8:00am at one church--it's their main
> >> service--9:30 at the other church, and 11:00 back at the first church
> for a
> >> congregation of about 12.
> >> The churches are about 1-1/4 hours from me.
> >> I supplied for them early this year, but they just had one combined
> >> service that day, and there weren't more than 10 people.
> >> The senior warden told me this evening that they leave the 11:00 service
> >> up to the supply person; if he or she doesn't want to do all three, they
> >> omit that one. Strange...
> >>
> >> The priest who just left, who was a seminary classmate, was there for 25
> >> years and basically let them ride roughshod over him the whole time. I
> >> can't fault them for that, since he didn't call them on it, but my
> sense is
> >> that they are much more social clubs than spiritual entities.
> >> Anyway, I've committed to that one Sunday, but with considerably less
> >> enthusiasm than I'd like.
> >> Long-term, I'm not sure what their prospects are. They haven't been
> paying
> >> the rector the diocesan scale, and I think it will very difficult for
> them
> >> to attract a priest, unless it's someone right out of seminary with no
> >> family.
> >>
> >> So I'm not quite sure why I felt nudged to do this, but there's
> probably a
> >> reason (aside from the extra income), and at some point I'll probably
> >> figure out what it is.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > The Rev. Tony Clavier
> > Vicar: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Glen Carbon IL
> > and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Granite City IL
>


-- 
The Rev. Tony Clavier
Vicar: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Glen Carbon IL
and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Granite City IL