[Magdalen] Supply job

[Grace Cangialosi]

Oh, I know Fritz...didn't know he was doing interim work.

> On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:53 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The interim they've had is taking a hiatus for the winter months, saying
> he's "too old" to manage the roads and schedule in the winter. (Frtiz
> Trumbose) I don't know what happens next.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Do they have an interim, Jay?
>> 
>>> On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:39 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I wish you were doing Woodstock/Mt. Jackson. I was at Woodstock Sunday
>>> (kind of a long drive, but I had my reasons) and I was overwhelmed by the
>>> friendliness and welcome I found there.
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 9:56 PM, anthony clavier <
>> anthonyfmclavier at gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Archdeacon Neve's missions.
>>>> 
>>>> Tony
>>>> 
>>>>> On Monday, November 23, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> 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
>>