[Magdalen] South Carolina court case

[Ginga Wilder]

And, also, I was speaking about the people in their pews who are completely
blindsided by this decision.  These are people I know, some well.  I have
felt the pain they are feeling today.  For us, TEC had more legal options
in 2012 than the Lawrence church has in 2017.

Ginga

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't usually visit that site, Roger, but I think it is a reasonable
> thing for me to do.  I have it up and ready to read, but first I have to
> slog through the decision to prepare for Friday's diocesan meeting.
>
> Ginga
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> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
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