[Magdalen] Priest in Charge.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Why so many churches within walking distance--are they all full?

> On Sep 4, 2015, at 2:50 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That's what DIDN'T happen at one of these churches (the one
> closest to me, actually). They were never able to develop a strong
> group of lay leaders. There were several reasons for this, I think,
> But it never happened.
> 
> There were lots of people who came in, tried the layperson
> pull&tug, then left in a huff. A sad repeating cycle, in fact.
> 
> So now there are only five Episcopal churches within walking
> distance.
> -M
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> What you can do is have parishioners trained and involved in various
>> ministries so the priest isn't expected to do it all. More and more
>> churches are going to have part-time clergy.
>>