[Magdalen] Worship leader

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Not just training, but periodic refresher courses. It's all essential.  As
we rely less and less on a professional ministry group, we have to have lay
leadership who have some idea of where the bodies are buried. or something
like that.
If we don't do that, we'll become just a bunch of nondenoms.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> To which I respond, even though I know you're correct- but we've ALWAYS
> had training for Lay Readers!! And I'm certain it still continues in nooks
> and crannies of TEC. Interesting to me after that change occurred that
> there was not a true replacement for the former Lay Reader training as the
> lector training is not rigorous or very demanding. Poor decision on part of
> TEC IMNSHO.
>
> .02'ingly
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 7, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>
> There is no more licensing in TEC for lay readers, though IMO they should
> be trained.  They are called Lectors now.
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 3:04 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > There is something to the idea of licensing.  I notice often that folks
> > reading the lessons seem never to have ever even seen the material
> before,
> > and have no idea how one must speak in order to be understood, and
> > everybody thinks this is just fine, fine. I used to coordinate the
> readers,
> > and if anyone dropped the ball like that, they would be spoken with about
> > ways to do better (after all, nobody ever decided to read badly! They
> just
> > don't know).
> >
> > I've heard some strange, or even horrible, sermons from supposedly
> ordained
> > folks. Seldom from someone who was just invited to speak.
> >
>