[Magdalen] DioVA - Regional Presidents Retreat @ Shrine Mont

[Jay Weigel]

LOL Grace! Actually, my friend Sheila in Tennessee has been an "out"
transectional for a long time....ever since I've known her, in fact, which
has been some 40  years! She can sing either alto or tenor, but usually
resides in the tenor section for the reason that we never have enough of
those, and sometimes none.

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> So...a different group of “trans” folks?
>
> > On Jun 20, 2018, at 9:28 AM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good day,
> >
> > I learned a new word at the retreat: transectional - a choir member
> > who has the range/ability to sing in more than one section (only one
> > section at a time; my idea of heaven is always to have all choir
> > sections available to sing harmony, or to be able to sing any part at
> > any time!).
> >
> > There are now 16 regions in the Diocese of Virginia, up from the 15
> > regions last year. The retreat was originally envisioned by Bishop Ted
> > Gulick 6 years ago. After he retired (temporarily - he "fails" at
> > retirement!), the responsibility for the retreat was picked up by
> > Bishop Bob Ihloff.
> >
> > With the current uncertainties at the diocesan level (the search for a
> > suffragan bishop was called off; Bishop Shannon Johnston proposes
> > retiring before next summer; an outside group is tasked to assist with
> > diocesan staff issues), it was interesting to hear - well - little
> > more than what we have already learned from the bishop's emails.
> > Frustrating, but of-a-piece with all the more important recent
> > frustrations with national situations and events.
> >
> > The high points of the retreat were getting to know a few of the
> > diocesan staff, learning the "new normal" annual schedule (the annual
> > convention moved from January to November), hearing about region
> > issues and missions, and listening to Bishop Bob, a historian by
> > training and a bishop by being.
> >
> > The only low point was that we never sang together.
> >
> > A personal report from one small corner of the Anglican Communion -
> >
> > hugs - Cady
> > turning back to badly-behaving computers ...
> > what is going on with the bad "computer weather" these days?
>