[Magdalen] Me too!

[Ginga Wilder]

I also joined St. Sam's in 1997, actually June of 1997.  LOL!  Capers
Limehouse, also of blessed memory, was a friend of mine here in
Summerville, SC.  Capers was part of a group of women who gathered weekly
to study and have conversations regarding better Anglican theology that we
were getting in SC at the time.  She was SO smart and well read and
articulate.  Capers scared the hell out of the male clergy in SC, and after
persisting faithfully, eventually she was ordained to the diaconate. Capers
told us about St. Sams's, her online Anglican community.  I wanted to be
part of that but didn't have a computer then.  John changed that for my
50th birthday...June, 1997.  Before I knew how to use Word, I signed on to
St. Sam's.  Many SO smart people were part of the dialog and I learned a
lot.

St. Sam's did become unbearably contentious in time, so St. Bede's formed,
then Magdalen's.  I followed these iterations over time.  I have love the
few listmeets I've attended, my first being the institution of new ministry
for Ann Markle when she went to Clarksville, TN.  Her bishop then became
the first provisional bishop of SC after the schism.  I met Jay, Mary Jane,
Carol Marsh, Judy Fleener then.  (I don't think Bill Fleener was there
then.)  Good times.

Ginga

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 3:46 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Me too also. I think I found St. Sam's in  1997. I remember getting into
> some hideous arguments with Ken Peck LOL I finally decided I wasn't going
> to put up with him and just ignored him.
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 3:43 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Another St. Sam’s/St. Bede’s alum here too!  Magdalen has lasted so much
> > longer than the others, possibly because our community is older now and
> > less snarky! And I have fond memories of so many of those who have
> entered
> > into larger life: Deb, Tony H., Mary Ann, Lane, Cynthia, Roland...
>