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

[Ginga Wilder]

I apologize to the list for my over-the-top reaction and off the wall posts
on this thread.  Grace and I have communicated privately.

Ginga

On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 5:58 AM, John Robison <friarjohn00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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