[Magdalen] Leaving...

[Jay Weigel]

That really does sound like an unwieldy size for a vestry. I seem to recall
that ours at All Saints', Morristown, was 9 people, but I could be wrong.

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I can't even imagine a vestry that large--sounds like a nightmare! I'm not
> sure, but I think vestries here are limited to 12--I'd have to check our
> canons.  I know they can't be smaller than 3.  The two churches I served
> had 5 on their vestries, and even at that, we had trouble getting folks to
> serve.  But 5 was quite large enough!
>
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Not me, but our rector. He announced at the annual meeting this a.m. that
> > he has entered the search process, and following his sabbatical this
> > summer, he will not be returning to St. James, Baton Rouge. He and I have
> > disagreed -- as parishioner and employee -- on several things, but I have
> > admired his forward thinking, empowerment to laity, and stances on social
> > justice and marriage equality. It is these last two which, IMO, have
> pushed
> > him out the door. Too many old guard, angry white men (and women) in the
> > South, yet.
> >
> > What's scarier to me is the slate of vestry in place, and several of
> those
> > elected this morning (we have 18 on our vestry; down from 24 just 10
> years
> > ago!), in the formation of a search committee. These truly are old timers
> > in Baton Rouge; most attend *nothing* but Sunday a.m. services, but their
> > names are known so they are elected.
> >
> > Prayers for our parish in these changing times, and for my personal
> > discernment as an old white lady likely to be readjusting her work
> > situation yet again, are dearly requested.
> >
> > Peace,
> > Jo
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *We must cry out against injustice or by our silence consent to it.
> Dorothy Day*
>