[Magdalen] The Episcopal Church Schism in South Carolina

[Ginga Wilder]

Jim,
Thanks for the birthday greetings.

I want to say...and I mean this sincerely...there are good people in both
churches - The Episcopal Church in SC and also the Lawrence Church.
Seriously.  The schism was clergy led and many good people were led
astray.  People of all races and stations on all sides of this are hurting,
including those you may refer to as socialites.  The schism was not, never
a clash of classes.  ICK.

We have actually lived a resurrection experience.  The Episcopal Church in
SC died...we died to what we were.  Then, God breathed new life into the
Episcopal Church in SC.  We are small, not wealthy, faithful, hard working
servants of Christ Jesus.  Alleluia.  So are the people who attend the
Lawrence church...they simply are no longer Episcopalians.  It remains to
be seen what changes, if any, the property opinion will make for all of us
in SC.

Thank you.
Ginga

On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:04 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just read a bit (the good bishop's retirement [again]) about the
> pointless and mean-spirited devastation that happened in that area. The
> diocese gutted and eviscerated. Supposedly good Christian folks who showed
> that they simply didn't know the meaning of the word.
> Of course, of the socialites who were the big cheeses in the diocese, many
> probably knew it was wrong, but they went along to get along, as the old
> southern saying puts it.
>
> What a crying shame.
>
> And yet, the good folks have soldiered on, and can take pride in doing the
> right thing, not the popular thing.
>
> Oh, and happy birthday.
>
> 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, Jun 6, 2016 at 6:35 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Ron Caldwell, a retired history professor, has blogged the Episcopal
> Church
> > schism in SC since 2013.  He is courageous and accurate.  Another entry
> > this month is on the chronology which harks to 1973.
> >
> >
> >
> http://episcopalschismsc.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-schism-in-episcopal-church-diocese.html?m=0
> >
> > We await the opinion of the SC Supreme Court on the property suit
> > appeal....we've been thinking it will be out 'any day' now since
> December,
> > so the longer it takes for that any day to come, the better the chance it
> > will come this week (Wednesday).  No one actually knows...it's a betting
> > game as to when that day will be.
> >
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 1:06 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > an amazing link and tribute to a TEC Bishop that I came across while
> > doing
> > > one of my twice a week glances at FB:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://episcopalschismsc.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-remarkable-bishop-remarkable-three.html?m=1
> > >
> > > Lynn
> > >
> >
>