[Magdalen] South Carolina court case

[Roger Stokes]

Ginga,

Having visited a site I suspect you don't, that of those who still claim 
to be the Diocese of South Carolina, I can tell you that their official 
view seems to be "the Court got it wrong and have ignored proper 
precedent." As I have posted on Facebook I regard Bishop Skip's response 
to this long-awaited ruling to be more in accord with what I believe 
Christ would want than than is that of the opponents. I believe Bishop 
Skip is a good shepherd for you in this situation.

Roger

On 03/08/2017 00:33, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> Thank you, Eleanor.  You are way ahead of me.  I just came here to post the
> pastoral letter from Bp Skip Adams.
>
> I am working my way through the decision in preparation for a meeting in
> the diocese on Friday.
>
> It seems as if Roger had the goods....the decision on intellectual property
> will be decided by the case already in the Federal Court.  That simplifies
> something that needs simplifying.
>
> The people on this list have helped me navigate this long journey from
> radical shift in the diocese through discipline of Mark Lawrence into
> schism and beyond to resurrection of a baby and growing new Episcopal
> congregation in Summerville, SC.  I don't have words to describe my
> gratitude.
>
> Here's what I'm feeling right now.  This is not a day of celebration. In
> hearing of the SCSC decision today, I feel unbound like Lazarus was
> unbound. I expect there will be appeals coming down the road.  So, we are
> still bound but indeed with a bit more freedom.  I am thinking of how the
> people on the other side of this decision are feeling.  I know their sense
> of devastation.  We are called to reconcile and I pray that  will happen as
> we go forward, as the godawful wounds left by the schism heal.  We are all
> called to unity in Christ.  Let it be so.
>
> Ginga