[Magdalen] Epiphany

[Ginga Wilder]

Christopher,
Yes, thanks for request to clarify.  The year was 1995.  The parish was one
that left TEC, due in no small part to the leadership of the fellow we
called bact then.  A sea change has taken place in The Episcopal Church in
SC since then.

Ginga

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ginga,
>
> I'm guessing/hoping that your comment about anyone your bishop would have
> approved was in time past and a previous bishop.
>
> On Thursday, January 7, 2016, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Prayers, Judy. You have my sympathy, empathy and crossed fingers.  I was
> on
> > a search committee that made the wrong choice, but anyone our bishop
> would
> > have accepted was gonna be a wrong choice.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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 <javascript:;>>
> > >> 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
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Christopher Hart
>
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