[Magdalen] Happy Christmas

[Jay Weigel]

On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 11:10 PM Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:

> So not really for the "bog people"??  :)
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> Merry Christmas!  I'm home from our all people's liturgy.
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> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
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> humbly with your God?"
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> Micah 6:8


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> I got home awhile ago from Reformation's candlelight communion service. I
> happened to sit among one of our connected families who have, between them,
> 5 children ranging in age from about 11 down to 8 months. I don't quite
> understand the relationships, but I *think* it's a sister and brother and
> their spouses, and that the oldest child may be from a previous
> relationship or marriage. In any case, the kids all seem to go easily from
> one person to another and it's quite delightful to watch. The two youngest,
> who are brother and sister, are about as far apart in age as Adam and Betsy
> were, and seem just as close as they were back then. I got quite teary when
> Reice leaned over and hugged his baby sister because it took me back so
> many years. I managed to hold it together for the most part, though.
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> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 8:40 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
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> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Just back from the early children's service.  (early service for
> children,
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> > not the service for early children, but then you probably knew that)
> Those
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> > simple unpretentious services have a lot of charm. In another hour I'll
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> > going back for the later bog peoples service (you might say the service
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> > the big people, or the big service for people, and both would probably be
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> > arguably right)
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> > And this time, I've got the sopranino. "Joy to the World" is the
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> > recessional, after all.
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> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
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> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
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> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
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> > On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Michael Bishop <rev at michaelbishop.name>
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> > > Happy Christmas to all listsibs from the Midlands of England. I am just
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> > > home from our midnight service. It was particularly significant for me
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> > > this is my last Christmas as rector - before Christmas comes again I
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> > > have joined the ranks of the retired. It seems strange to be doing
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> > various
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> > > things for the last time here. I have had a very happy twent years in
> my
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> > > current parishes and retire in late August or early September next
> year.
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> > > --
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> > > God bless
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> > > Michael Bishop
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> > > rev at michaelbishop.name
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> > > Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane,
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> > > Sutton-on-the-Hill & Trusley
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> > > Diocese of Derby, England
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