[Magdalen] M/C - verger - "praise and worship leader"

[Ginga Wilder]

Dear Pastor Grace, thank you for correcting me.

Ginga

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:22 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, I settled on Pastor awhile ago, and I still consider myself to be an
> Episcopalian! It’s gender-neutral, doesn’t have parental overtones, and
> describes my role, which is that of, well, a pastor—or shepherd.  It also
> works as a form of address, though I prefer being called simply by my first
> name.
> Probably depends on context, too. In rural, small-church Virginia, folks
> understand the term, whereas saying “Episcopal priest” can cause some
> confusion. They get minister or pastor right away.
>
> As an aside, I went to a meeting of our local ministerial association
> yesterday. We are a wonderfully motley crew with an assortment of titles.
> Eleven of us were there yesterday. Three of us from mainline
> denominations—Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Southern Baptist, and
> Methodist—the rest from non-denominational or some kind of Baptist
> churches.  And the titles: Reverend, Pastor, Brother, Bishop (not the
> apostolic succession kind!). Three are African-American, including the
> president.
> From there I went directly to a meeting of our local Clericus—15 Episcopal
> clergy around a long table. Which group had more energy and spent the
> entire time focused on ministry in the community?  Sad to say, it was the
> first one.
> Just rambling...but I still consider myself to be Episcopalian, and
> tomorrow I will conduct a memorial service straight out of the BCP and the
> Hymnal 1982. And many of the parishioners will call me “Pastor Grace.”
>
>
> > On Jan 12, 2018, at 7:27 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ann, in SC, we would say that is not 'Episcopal' to have a worship and
> > praise leader.  Or for a church rector to be called 'pastor.'  I confess
> to
> > being a stick in the mud about such things as that because we lost them
> > temporarily.  That was not any fun.
> >
> > For churches that choose to have worship and praise leaders and pastors,
> go
> > for it.  Just don't call yourself 'Episcopal' with a straight face.
> >
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Tap and hold on the text and little markers should show up. You can then
> >> drag these to select more of the text. When the right text is selected,
> hit
> >> Delete or Backspace It's tricky and often exasperating.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Oops. Anybody know how to trim blocks of text on an iPad?
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Scott R. Knitter
> >> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >>
>