[Magdalen] Closures...

[Lynn Ronkainen]

(((Sheila))) many thoughts and prayers here for your circumstances. I too 
mourn with you for the painful closing of the outward sign of the building 
being vacated and all that represents.

peace
Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "sheila ketler via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2016 11:10 AM
To: <Magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Cc: "sheila ketler" <ketbears at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Magdalen] Closures...

> I am working through the closure process and the church won't stand in the 
> way of my beinghired elsewhere. There are two jobs available locally one 
> Anglican one Presbyterian and thenthere is another job in Wellington 
> County which of course is too far away for me to think about it.It is near 
> Elora... a good two hours drive away from here.Today I went to practice 
> and I walked around the church looking at all the memorials. Notingthat 
> these special things were given to the Glory of God and in memory of loved 
> ones. Whatwill happen to these precious things? Pretty sad when you think 
> about it that after 155 yearsor so of active ministry we are being reduced 
> to things being sold off to raise money or to begiven to a parish who has 
> no interest in our past. The priests are guaranteed jobs and I 
> wonderedwhat would happen if the priest goes  elsewhere and the parish 
> does not like them or take tothem? Then what? The priest we had had two 
> instances of a group of people who didn't like hershowing up at a Vestry 
> and trying to get a vote to  oust her. This went on twice but neithertime 
> did they succeed. Hate to say this but if we had succeeded would we be in 
> a positionwhere we could stay open? I will always wonder this... but too 
> late now we are doomed.It's like being on board the Titanic and playing 
> Nearer My God to Thee (can't  stand that hymn..)and we are going down down 
> slowly down and I am falling into a black hole of despair...
> Prayers needed....
> Sheila