[Magdalen] Off. wd: Some prayers requested...

[Ginga Wilder]

I got this and responded on Aug 14.
Ginga

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Responses, several more to follow.
> Lynn
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> From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> Date: August 29, 2016 at 11:05:47 AM CDT
> To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Some prayers requested...
> Reply-To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
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> This is a terribly sad situation.  I'm sure every avenue is being looked
> at, and it's hard.  Parishes cannot move to where they might be a better
> fit (the People can conceivably, but leaving the building is just
> heartbreaking, no matter how you slice it, and usually the people are not
> of one mind, so the move doesn't work out for a variety of reasons)
> I'll pray for your job prospects.
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> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
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> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:46 AM, sheila ketler via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> > Hello everyoneI think I have posted about this on a previous occasion but
> > I am going to post about it again. I work in an Anglicanparish in
> Ontario -
> > this diocese has decided that closures need to take place. Too many
> > parishes not enoughparishioners or money. I worked for two other parishes
> > that were slated for closure and quite honestly I had hopedto never go
> > through this again after the second one... but here we are again. Now
> > yesterday my boss the priestadvised that our money problems have not
> > improved and we can't keep going on down this road so closureis most
> likely
> > our only option. We did meet with two other parishes originally they had
> > thought parishes wouldactually merge but I am not sure that is going to
> > happen now... and so I will be out of work again for the third time.Every
> > other time I have been able to find work again and I belong to the RCCO
> and
> > I can always get placedon the sub list... not sure how much sub work
> there
> > would be... I am going to contact a couple of them toput out feelers in
> > this direction... but I am pretty sure by January I will be unemployed...
> > We think thisChristmas will be our last parish Christmas... Anyone have
> any
> > advice some thoughts?? I would appreciate it very much if some prayers
> > would be offered...
> > Feeling disappointed and dejected and quite honestly depressed... How
> many
> > times do I have to go throughthis? I feel as if enough is enough
> already!!!
> > I didn't want to give the church name...
> > Sheila
> >
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