[Magdalen] Listmeet in Miniature

[Ginga Wilder]

Great to hear from you, Roger.

Ginga

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 3:53 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Ginga,
>
> That is excellent news about your parish. You have certainly moved on
> from when I was with you for my final Sunday as a stipendiary Church of
> England priest, an excellent experience and introduction to SC.
>
> Just for the record I visited with Gillian Barr at her church in
> Stonington CT last month. After the service I enjoyed real lemnonade for
> the first time, not the artificial stuff we get over here in the UK, as
> part of a Juneteenth observation.
>
> Roger
>
> On 13/07/2022 18:29, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> > I certainly enjoyed Grace's visit.  Grace stayed in a wonderful B&B in
> the
> > historic village of Summerville.  Her host, a friend of ours, invited me
> to
> > English breakfast on the morning Grace headed to explore more Gullah
> > history near Beaufort.
> >
> > Our parish flourishes.  We have a contract to purchase a property in the
> > old village!!  It comes with a house that we will rent for a few years
> > before building a church on this property...the house will then become
> our
> > parish house.
> >
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 9:24 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> It definitely counts, Christopher!
> >> And I neglected to mention a listmeet with Ginga and John Wilder last
> >> month while I was traveling. I spent two days in Summerville and
> environs,
> >> visiting with them and taking in some of the Sea Island history of the
> >> Gullah people. Ginga took me to the McCleod Plantation, which presents
> its
> >> history from the perspective of the enslaved workers, and she and John
> and
> >> I had several meals together. I also got to see their church and meet
> their
> >> priest and hear their exciting news. Definitely a listmeet!
> >>
> >>> On Jul 12, 2022, at 10:29 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Does it count as a listmeet if there are only two people involved.
> What
> >> if
> >>> the two are among 800 others?
> >>>
> >>> I have just today returned from the 80th General Convention of the
> >>> Episcopal Church. I won't bore you with much news of what transpired
> >> there
> >>> because those of you who are interested, likely many of you, have
> >> probably
> >>> followed it via the usual sources. Those sources, however, will not
> have
> >>> reported that Susan Buchanan and I had a wonderful lunch together at a
> >>> place just across the street from the Baltimore Convention Center. It
> was
> >>> great to catch up and Susan got to meet almost my entire deputation who
> >>> followed me over to the restaurant and sat at an adjacent table.
> >>>
> >>> Also of note, during a short break on the floor of the house I had a
> >> chance
> >>> to briefly introduce Suzie to Meg Wagner, daughter of the late Mary
> Jane
> >>> Anderson. They were acquainted via Magdalen but had never met in
> person.
> >>> Meg was a deputy from Iowa, Suzie from Western North Carolina.
> >>>
> >>> The only other person whom I can think of with even a tangential
> Magdalen
> >>> connection was Bill Fleener, Jr., who I'm sad to say  narrowly missed
> >>> election to the Executive Council. I did have a chance to greet him
> >> though
> >>> and he promised to convey my greeting to his parents.
> >>>
> >>> That's the news from your faithful reporter in Pennsylvania. I hope you
> >> are
> >>> all well.
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> Christopher Hart
> >>>
> >>> List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
> >>> Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
> >>> Twitter: @cervus51
>