[Magdalen] Epiphany

[Judy Fleener]

:Please pray that we at St. Paul's, Muskegon have not picked incorrectly.
Not only are we experiencing discomfort with a change in liturgical styles,
but also a seeming inability to get work done in a timely fashion.

And I was on the search committee.  This priest was not my first choice,
but our first choice refused the position and  several people on the
committee were sold on this candidate.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> On 05/01/2016 21:04, Clarissa Canning wrote:
>
>> Is he a clone type of her, I really loath Bishops who only care about
>> their
>> clergy clones and think all churches should be only run by them.
>>
>
> It also ignores the fact that we are (thank God!) different and that
> different worship styles appeal to and nurture different people.  St Paul
> recognized that people differ, and that none are to be thought the worse of
> for that.  What works in one place or one church will not necessarily work
> in another.  I recall going to a Church Growth seminar over 30 years ago
> where various techniques for growing the parish were put forward. They all
> assumed a certain type and size of church, which did not describe where I
> was then ministering.  To the Bishop's surpise I turned it from decline to
> growth in what was regarded as an unpromising situation.
>
> Roger
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan