[Magdalen] Annual Meeting Prayers

[Jo Craddock]

Thank you, friends. Election results were nearly as good as could be 
hoped. I don't know how two of the (losing) candidates got through any 
vetting...seriously...there are certain diocesan requirements that, 
through their own admissions, these candidates didn't meet. I'm thankful 
for the health of the parish that others saw through this, as well.

As is often the case with parishes "in transition," there are budgetary 
woes and the power vacuum is sucking all sorts of ideas and options into 
consideration. Our interim is (while, yes, Lynn, a charming and kind 
man) very confusing to the staff. He laments the lack of staff for "a 
parish of this size" on one hand, but has already released one position 
to "redefine it," /and/ engage an HR firm. Rumors are rampant (not from 
within the office,-- we don't know *anything* --  but those we hear from 
the parish grapevine), and any, perhaps innocent, statements about who 
is leaving, or not, are affecting morale.

Peace,
Jo

On 01/22/2017 6:56 PM, Judy Fleener wrote:
> Did I see this too late?  You are in my prayers.
>
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 6:15 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Prayers, Jo.
>> Ginga
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 9:21 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Your prayers for St. James BR as our annual meeting occurs Sunday, are
>>> solicited.
>>>
>>> We're undergoing our own "Trump Effect," in my opinion, and have a slate
>>> of candidates for vestry that, with perhaps one or two exceptions (out of
>>> 12, for six vacancies), in comparable credentialing, rivals that of
>>> nominees to the Trump cabinet.
>>>
>>> I am entirely uncertain of my position surviving, or, for that matter, my
>>> parish membership.
>>>
>>> Thanks, and
>>>
>>> Peace,
>>> Jo
>>>
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