[Magdalen] Once again we begin again......

[Jay Weigel]

I've come to the conclusion that the search process in TEC is deeply flawed
becauseI've seen it really seriously screw up, and the reason it screws up
is that in a number of cases search committees and parishes themselves are
very dishonest about who they are and what they REALLY want. They say they
want to grow and thrive, but what they really want to do stay exactly the
way they are, and "don't you dare try to change us!" Been there, seen that.

I don't know how ELCA does their clergy placement either. The only ELCA
church I was in has had the same pastor for quite a few years. I think he's
getting close to retirement age, and I expect he will retire from that
pulpit.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 4:05 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> The parish profiling is the most exhausting, in my opinion.
> I am familiar with clergy placement in two other denominations.  In both
> theMethodist Church and the RC Church, the bishop decides.  There is
> noparish soul-searching, and there is no break filled with substitute
> clergy.The old clergyperson has a farewell one Sunday, and the new
> clergypersonhas a welcome the next Sunday.  I think the number of
> successful clergyassignments are just as high with those systems as via TEC
> way.
>
>
> David Strang.
> In a message dated 8/18/2019 1:47:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> gingawilder at gmail.com writes:
>
> It's exhausting to begin a searchprocess every few years.
>
>