[Magdalen] Epiphany

[Marion Thompson]

Oh dear.  Prayers ascending!

Marion, a pilgrim

On 1/7/2016 10:21 AM, Judy Fleener wrote:
> :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
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