[Magdalen] Where are we

[Jay Weigel]

I'm still here, quarantining in Broadway VA, except for the weekly trip to
the SPCA shelter to clean the stray cat jail--which I haven't made these
past two weeks, last week because of a sore throat (no, not the plague!)
which proved to be some kind of other viral thingy, and this week because
of snow making it impossible to get out of my driveway--and otherwise the
odd trip to the grocery store. The last time we went to the grocery store I
couldn't wait to get out: it was too "people-y" as my youngest grandbaby
says. Lord, what a hermit i've become! I really have not much to report. I
feel like a hibernating bear.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 12:58 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Judy!  Hope you'll give us a catch up too!
> And, hello everyone!  It is great to read how and what you are doing in
> this rare season that just keeps on keeping on.
>
> John and I are still in Summerville, SC, in the house we've lived in for 44
> years, two doors from the house where he grew up.  We continue with Good
> Shepherd, the parish that emerged, and has grown, out of the schism in the
> Episcopal Diocese of SC in 2012.  I must say, while this has been a lot of
> hard, creative work, we have lived as servants of Christ day by day.  I
> think all members of the EDoSC are more grounded in the faith than we might
> otherwise have been.  We all continue to rejoice.
>
> Good Shepherd is doing very small in person worship - I have not gone, but
> John has served nearly every week.  Besides priests, key-boardist, lector,
> usher, only about 6-8 others participate. We can only have 24 people in our
> space, according to diocesan guidelines.  I may attend Christmas Eve.  I
> miss receiving Eucharist.  Our churches are allowed to commune with the
> host but not the wine.  We are not going to see family on Christmas,
> neither did we on Thanksgiving.  We ARE doing a Zoom family gathering
> tomorrow morning!
>
> Both John and I have chosen to serve at the edge of our parish ministries -
> new people and young people needed to assume central leadership at church.
> This is a joy to behold!  John serves as an usher, lector, and intercessor;
> I keep up our parish webpage and Facebook page.  Because of that, I serve
> on parish staff.  Because of multiple health issues that would make me
> vulnerable to Covid, should I get it, I have kept myself isolated much of
> the time since March.  I do go to the grocery store, the pharmacy, and
> occasionally visit with a very elderly friend for whom I have recently been
> named medical power of attorney and another friend who lost her son in the
> last year - we visit outside amd at a distance.  It is interesting to me
> that some of my clients have called me during the pandemic just to say
> 'hi.'  As much of an introvert as I am, I truly miss f2f conversations with
> people I know and love.
>
> Blessings of the season and love to each and all!
> Ginga
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 8:58 PM Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Do we still exist? I started looking for posts a couple of days ago in
> > between zooming.  I am not a frequent poster, but I miss the chatter.
> > Judy
> >
> > --
> > Hope is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
> > Judy Fleener, ObJN
> > Western Michigan
> >
>