[Magdalen] Last Sunday as Senior Warden

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The baptismal font is truly a wonderful object, and a marvelous way of
saying thank-you.

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, Feb 15, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Photos are published on the Parish Life page of Good Shepherd's website.
>
> http://www.episcopalchurchofgoodshep-summerville.org/parish-life.html
>
> Ginga
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 1:03 AM, Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > How wonderful, Ginga! What a great story of rebirth and resurrection!!!
> > Thanks be to God!
> >
> > Peace, Rick
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Marion Thompson <
> > marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Well done, good and faithful servant.  Many would have accepted the
> > > situation, however sadly, and left it at that.
> > >
> > > Marion, a pilgrim
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/14/2016 2:10 PM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> > >
> > >> Today was my last Sunday as organizing Senior Warden of The Episcopal
> > >> Church of the Good Shepherd, Summerville, SC.  What a day it was!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Forty months ago, on October 21, 2012, a letter from Bishop Mark
> > Lawrence
> > >> was read in Episcopal churches across the Diocese of SC stating
> > >> (erroneously) that we were no longer associated with The Episcopal
> > Church.
> > >> After years of intentional fracture, schism had finally come to the
> > >> Episcopal Diocese of SC.  You all know what a grief that was to John
> and
> > >> me
> > >> and other faithful Episcopalians in SC.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> That very afternoon, seven Summerville Episcopalians gathered on
> > friends’
> > >> back porch and committed ourselves to reorganizing an Episcopal
> > >> congregation from the local remnant.  And, we have done just that…not
> > just
> > >> me, not any one person, but the Body of Christ in this place, in this
> > >> time.  My grief was morphed by my passion to reorganize an Episcopal
> > >> congregation.  I was named senior warden.  All of us, the original
> > seven,
> > >> plus those who have joined us in those months to reform, rebuild,
> > >> reestablish an Episcopal Church, now known as The Episcopal Church of
> > the
> > >> Good Shepherd, Summerville.   Good Shepherd is a mission church of The
> > >> Episcopal Church in SC.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Lots of gift-giving today.  During worship, John and I presented a new
> > >> banner that we had commissioned, a banner that speaks visually where
> > Good
> > >> Shepherd is today.  Then, I was stunned more than I have ever been in
> my
> > >> entire life.  The congregation presented the church a hand crafted
> > >> baptismal font in my honor.  Dave Comer, an architect and gifted
> > furniture
> > >> maker from our parish, made the mahogany stand and a glass artisan
> > crafted
> > >> the glass bowl.  The bowl has an amazing design…one can see the holy
> > >> spirit
> > >> moving in it.  I am blown away and unworthy and thankful beyond words
> > and
> > >> want to share that with you.  Photos will be posted on our webpage as
> > soon
> > >> as possible.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Rejoice with me that God has brought The Episcopal Church of the Good
> > >> Shepherd to this day and has shed a light on the way into our future.
> > We
> > >> have wonderful new leadership coming on board.  The priest in charge
> has
> > >> asked me to serve going forward as lay ministry coordinator.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Thanks be to God!
> > >>
> > >> Ginga
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>