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

[John Robison]

When it comes to what I'm called, it sort of depends on the situation.
My current placement I'm Father John, or "Curate," or "Young Man."
My Dad always introduces me as "Father John." As do my RC relatives. My
(very) Presbyterian and Methodist relations all get tongue tied.
At my Dads work (a local grocery store) I'm "Father." (in or out of collar)
"I always introduce myself as "John."
I'm a member of a sort of Club of about 30 members. 11 of us are named
"John" in some variation, and so we have designations, I'm "father John."
All my friends kids call me "father" (occasionally Fader).
In the Honor Harrington Fan Club, I'm "Father John" or "the Reverend" (with
no name, an in Fandom joke/title.)
I sit and am the Adult presence at local Public school bus stop, and almost
all the kids call me "Father John."
When asked, I always say, "It's up to you."

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On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 12:52 PM, Roger Stokes <
roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 13/01/2018 14:51, Ann Markle wrote:
>
>> I answer to almost any honorific, including “pastor,” though I don’t like
>> any of them much. When I was growing up (Episcopalian), our MINISTER was
>> called MR. Mabley (by my parents, also cradle Episcopalians); don’t know
>> what others called him. In Tennessee, no parishioners called me “Pastor,”
>> but when I returned to Buffalo, I almost immediately became “Pastor Ann”
>> to
>> many. I always make my personal preference clear (Ann, which is what God
>> calls me), but most people really want to use an honorific of some kind.
>>
>
> I can understand that as a sign of respect for your calling which is
> different from theirs. You were ordained to a position of spiritual
> leadership and responsibility and are now in a different order from the
> laity.
>
> Roger
>



-- 
The Rev. John R. Robison

The Old Catholic Church, Provence of the United States.
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