[Magdalen] no mail

[Ginga Wilder]

Correction: Good Shepherd has 17 people awaiting confirmation and
transfer.  That would bring our membership to 134.  Still, we have
increased in membership each year of our operation.

Ginga

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 10:26 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Christopher, not to worry.  Wondering about unsubbing is not the same as
> doing it.  My thoughts are mostly wishful thinking for St. Sam's and
> Magdalen's days of yore when our conversations were lively and we seemed
> more of a diverse community of friends who had Anglicanism in common.  I
> will soon be 73 years old - I've been retired 4 years.  Each of us is older
> now; some have passed into larger life and we miss them.  Our community has
> changed which is certainly to be expected.
>
> Anyway, both of our manifestations, St. Sam's and now Magdalen, offered
> real and vital support as the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina split
> from TEC and the rebuilding that began immediately to reorganize the
> remnant into a diocese with Episcopal parishes and missions.  Such a holy
> work, and I was blessed to be active in diocesan and missional leadership
> in the early years of reestablishment.  Judy and Bill Fleener, Mary Jane
> Anderson, Renee Rutkowski, Roger Stokes, Eleanor Braun and so many others
> supported me spiritually and educationally in those years.
>
> John and I were among the 17 members of laity and clergy in SC who signed
> the letter to TEC disciplinary board for bishops asking them (3 times in as
> many years) to look into the activity of Bp Mark Lawrence.  Finally, they
> did and he was deposed in October 2012.  That freed South Carolina to begin
> reorganizing.  The Lawrence diocese has obfuscated litigation, which they
> brought, at every turn.  Property disposition remains a muck with no end in
> sight.  Some new missions that flourished at first with great home are now
> floundering, others are doing well.  The Episcopal Church of the Good
> Shepherd that John and I helped organize in Summerville falls into the
> latter category.  We are flourishing with 117 members plus 34 awaiting
> confirmation and transfer.  Our stewardship is strong, as is or outreach
> ministries.  We have two parttime priests, each of whom is gifted preachers
> and teachers.  We are on the edge of growing out of rented space, which we
> converted into a lovely liturgical space.  I served as the organizing
> senior warden at Good Shepherd.  As others have moved into leadership, I
> still maintain the webpage and Facebook site.  I feel and believe that our
> formation as Good Shepherd has been, for each and every member, even
> newcomers who continue to worship weekly, has been the equivalent of having
> a baby in old age...a bunch of Abrahams and Sarahs among our congregation!
>
> Visit our webpage here:
> https://www.episcopalchurchofgoodshep-summerville.org/
>
> And our facebook page here:
> https://www.facebook.com/goodshep.summerville/
>
> As Sister Elias used to say, I love you all.
> Ginga
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 10:20 PM Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Please don't drop out, Ginga. I read Magdalen daily (if there's anything
>> to
>> read), but I don't always have something to say. I'm not a voracious
>> Facebook poster either. I think a lot of us who are still here are also on
>> Facebook and post there more frequently. What we sometimes forget, I
>> believe, is that all of us probably have much larger circles of Facebook
>> Friends and perforce do not see all of each others posts. I, for instance,
>> see our old friend Eric Funston's Facebook posts all the time, mainly
>> because he posts all the time, but I may not see Judy's, or Lynn's, or
>> Ginga's, or Marion's posts. If there's something of interest to our cyber
>> community it wouldn't go amiss to post here as well as on Facebook,
>> although I do sometimes post things on Facebook that are intended for my
>> wider circle.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 4:17 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I saw and responded to your post about the book you and Bill are
>> reading as
>> > a Lenten meditation.
>> >
>> > Magdalen just does not communicate as frequently as we once did.  I find
>> > that sad, and I also know groups run their courses.  I think of
>> dropping my
>> > membership, but I still follow some good folks, like you, Judy...and
>> Roger.
>> >
>> > Ginga
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 4:12 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
>> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Judy,
>> > >
>> > > Check your Spam Mail. I certainly received your email about Jay
>> becoming
>> > > a volunteer dog walker.
>> > >
>> > > Roger
>> > >
>> > > On 08/03/2020 17:52, Judy Fleener wrote:
>> > > > I have not received Magdalen mail since March 3.  What has happened?
>> > > Could
>> > > > i be unsubscribed?  Is it just that quiet here.  I did send a post a
>> > few
>> > > > days ago.  Any ideas?
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Christopher Hart
>>
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>>
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