[Magdalen] New call

[Roger Stokes]

Glad to hear it - recognizing vocation is the first and all-important step.

Roger

On 01/10/2017 21:44, Raewynne Whiteley wrote:
> No, I won't be working for three bosses!  This is a position in the
> vocations department.  And they were very clear that while Discipleship and
> Ministry may want to steal me for teaching, my first priority is
> vocations.  Which is what I believe I am called to!
>
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>> wrote:
>> Looking at the diocesan website I see "The Bishop’s Officers for
>> Discipleship and Ministry, Mission and Evangelism, and Vocations are
>> Directors of three separate – though closely linked – Diocesan
>> Departments." I don't know what Raewynne's job description will say but I
>> hope she is not working for three bosses. Been there, done that, not good.
>> It may be that the Bishop wants the three Departments to work more closely
>> together, which would make sense to me, with Raewynne coming in from
>> outside to bring a fresh perspective. Good luck to her in that.
>>
>> I don't really know the diocese but I do know that there is a significant
>> Conservative Evangelical faction there, including some clergy in impaired
>> communion with the Bishop because of their support for the Anglican Mission
>> in England. They are probably determined to continue ploughing their own
>> furrow, bringing in other bishops of the Anglican tradition but not the
>> Anglican Communion (such as the Church of England in South Africa which is
>> *not* the same as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa to which
>> Sally Davies belongs) to ordain the candidates they have identified as
>> called to the priesthood.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>> On 28/09/2017 17:25, ME Michaud wrote:
>>
>>> I understand that four people have held this position in the past five
>>> years.
>>> So it'll be a challenge for sure.
>>> -M
>>>
>>> that on January 1, 2018, I will begin as Discipleship and Vocations
>>>>>> Missioner in the Diocese of Southwark (yes, in London).
>>>>>>
>>