[Magdalen] How's everyone?

[Christopher Hart]

Ginga,

Glad to hear that you are well. Several things you mentioned struck a chord
for me. First is that I may be looking at a cataract operation myself. The
vision in my left eye is very poor and cloudy even with my glasses. It's
distinctly worse than the right eye. Secondly, I was at the Province 3
Synod Sunday-Tuesday and had some conversation about Ginny with her former
rector, Patty Downing. We are both said how happy we were for Ginny and
Barbie. Patty was elected to Executive Council during our meeting. Last,
but definitely not least, you (meaning the EC in SC) really might want to
be in contact with the good folks in the Diocese of Pittsburgh who suffered
much of the same troubles and have rebounded nicely. They've recently
managed to come to some agreements with the breakaway group about property,
etc. that might provide a model for you to look at.

Thanks for the conversation starter.

On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 12:58 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are we open?  I hope so.  May we check in with each other?
>
> John and I are well.  Each of us has some health concerns, but we fare
> forward in good ways.  I have my second cataract surgery tomorrow...if it
> goes as well as the first, I'll have 20/20 distant vision for the first
> time since I was a small child.  I've already purchased some inexpensive
> red bifocals and look forward to trying them out tomorrow or Friday.
>
> Good news happening in The Episcopal Church in SC.  By the end of June, we
> anticipate hearing from SCOTUS that they have denied cert in the Lawrence
> appeal.  We are thinking about reconciliation and buildings now...don't
> know what is possible, but this consideration is a good distraction.
>
> Our children and grands are also good.  Today is our son Jay and his wife
> Annie's 26 wedding anniversary, AND their son Zach's 22nd birthday, AND
> Annie's mom's 76 birthday. Zach graduates this weekend from Syracuse and
> will go to work in IT for Ernst and Young in Arlington, VA.  We visited
> with each of our NC children/families last week.  Great to see Robert's
> group in their home - granddaughter Rory turned 5 while we were there.  Had
> dinner with Jay, Annie, and Melanie, who was the only child home.  Katie
> came home the next day from UNC.  We spent Saturday night with Ginny in
> Winston-Salem, NC where she is rector of St. Anne's Episcopal Church.
> Ginny's wife Barbie was fetching her daughter from Duquesne.  St. Anne's is
> progressive, involved in lots of outreach ministries, and has an
> exceptional music program.  The church is less than a mile from Wake Forest
> University and the NC School of the Arts.
>
> Anyway, I thought we might resume conversation in the pub with ordinary
> things.  So, what's up with the rest of us?
>
> Ginga Wilder
>



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