tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post115630694776140400..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Yes, I guess I AM a tad perplexedSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1156378829336073762006-08-23T17:20:00.000-07:002006-08-23T17:20:00.000-07:00"Eight Dioceses?" Really? Have "pulled out" of the..."Eight Dioceses?" Really? Have "pulled out" of the Episcopal Church? Does that mean all their clergy have pulled out of the Pension Fund, too? I'd love to see some more information on this one ... <BR/><BR/>... as for "an otherwise pretty dismal picture for the ECUSA" I guess time will tell. Is the glass half empty and leaking or half full and ready for newcomers? Maybe we need to revisit the SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1156361449295539362006-08-23T12:30:00.000-07:002006-08-23T12:30:00.000-07:00bateau master has the right of it.Your parish and ...bateau master has the right of it.<BR/><BR/>Your parish and diocese may be doing well, but they are the exceptions not the rule. I find it interesting that you speak of four parishes and six hundred congregants in your post, because those numbers are a perfect fit to the size of the average Episcopal congregation: seventy seven people. And that is four parishes in your diocese? Susan, eight Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1156358580702597372006-08-23T11:43:00.000-07:002006-08-23T11:43:00.000-07:00Susan said . . .. "Why do we have to spend so much...Susan said . . .. <BR/><BR/>"Why do we have to spend so much time, energy and angst on the four congregations who think they're not Episcopalian anymore rather than focusing on the energy, activity and ministry of the 140+ who are?"<BR/><BR/>That, Susan, should be a no-brainer:<BR/><BR/>Luke 15:3-7 He told them this parable. <BR/>"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1156355349268522842006-08-23T10:49:00.000-07:002006-08-23T10:49:00.000-07:00http://12.0.101.88/reports/PR_ChartsDemo/exports/P...http://12.0.101.88/reports/PR_ChartsDemo/exports/ParishRPT_823200620257PM.pdf<BR/><BR/>http://12.0.101.88/reports/PR_ChartsDemo/exports/ParishRPT_823200620522PM.pdf<BR/><BR/>http://12.0.101.88/reports/PR_ChartsDemo/exports/ParishRPT_823200620627PM.pdf<BR/><BR/>Even where we feel there is growth, the stats provided the ECUSA tell us a story of stagnation and decline. More is being given by fewer Bateau Masterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17641991475361553674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1156351885280595352006-08-23T09:51:00.000-07:002006-08-23T09:51:00.000-07:00There's a hymn for that. "O For a Thousand Tongues...There's a hymn for that. "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing"Mary Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028846680820907011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1156342100153687562006-08-23T07:08:00.000-07:002006-08-23T07:08:00.000-07:00Me too - we just had the report of Wyoming budget ...Me too - we just had the report of Wyoming budget etc in our pre-convention meeting (we meet "live"at various sites using the University's compressed video system). Our giving is up, training for our ministires is active, people are busy working in our little part of the vineyard.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.com