Sigh [ECUSA]

The Waffling Anglican ^ | 10/07/2005 | Mike the Geek

[sionnsar]

From Episcopal News Service, Week Ahead for October 10:

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA: National Coming Out Day is celebrated --- St. Wilfrid of York Parish will observe "National Coming Out Day" at 7 p.m. in the chapel. The theme is "Now I Become Myself." The service is sponsored by the parish's PFLAG group for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender persons, and friends, and families. Everyone is welcome. For information call 714.962.7512.

Okay, let’s ignore all the other issues and just for a minute go with the idea that the only thing that counts is a “committed monogamous relationship.” So somebody tell me how, almost by definition, that can work for a self-described bisexual? And don’t give me the line about attraction versus action – bisexual is as bisexual does; otherwise the term is meaningless. After all, I suspect that – under the right circumstances – your basic, ordinary guy could find himself “attracted” to a good-looking German Shepherd! So what? The result of that “attraction” is that he’s likely to shake his head, go get a beer, and start clicking through the channels for a ball game.

But – it’s not my problem anymore! I don’t understand why, but I still suffer from this compulsion to go back and look at the antics of ECUSA once in a while. I guess it’s like having to peek at a train wreck. It’s certainly not noble, and it is probably a little sinful, but I just don’t seem to be able to stop myself.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. (Phi. 4:8, NIV)

Shame on me. You are what you eat, and your mind is formed by what you put in it. Schadenfreude is not a Godly state of being for my head.

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[sionnsar]

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[ken5050]

2006 GC may well make the SC confirmation hearings look tame by comparison...

[TruthNtegrity]

So much for my thinking that if enough of us hung around, we could take the Church back.

How, with diversity and PC'ness so rampant, could that ever have happened.

Shame on me for wishful thinking.

Last one out, blow out the candles and sell the silver. It's over.

[kaehurowing]

In most of the parishes where I am, on Sundays you can now shoot a cannonball through the church without hitting anybody.

In the parish church nearest in proximity to where I live, they have stopped having regular Sunday services. They put up a little cloth banner under the "Episcopal Church Welcomes You" announcing if they are going to have a service that Sunday or "no service this Sunday."

[sionnsar]

You have got to be kidding!

No, I'm not doubting you, but to determine on a week by week basis like that whether or not to conduct services like that... wow. That would be so, um, dispiriting!

It's one thing to cut back, as we did over the months when we were without a priest, the twice-monthly 8 AM; but even when our deacon was absent (and no supply priest was available) we held Morning Prayer at 10 AM. But this church sounds like it's not long until the For Sale sign goes up...

[kaehurowing]

I think you're right.

The church's main exposure to the community was that it ran a small private elementary and middle school on the adjacent property. A couple of years ago it "sold" the school to another secular private high school that wanted a "feeder" school. That school has now constructed a new campus for the elementary and middle school students.

The school was really the only "mission" of the church. As a result, the church and its school now basically sit empty. There's nothing to attract people to worship there.

[sionnsar]

There's nothing to attract people to worship there.

Though I'm not going to rag on ECUSA, especially because I personally know some of the faithful remnant there still... I'm inclined to say that you are correct in multiple ways.

[Unam Sanctam]

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. (Phi. 4:8, NIV)

I love this passage. It was in the readings at mass last Sunday and I have been thinking about it all week. A much needed wake up call to me from Paul as I tend to dwell on the negative stuff...

[TruthNtegrity]

Are you talking about St. Mary's in Baltimore?

Just wondering.

I knew of the Priest who left St. Mary's ot go to St. Mary's, Honolulu. He left there, to go to a Church in SE FL, then left that Church to go back to Hawaii. He left THAT Church again, and has now become a CEC.

No wonder I think all CEC's are "troublemakers". The guys who went CEC originally usually had something dogging them, adultery, infidelity, money mismanagement, etc.

But this jerk destroyed 3 parishes before it was over, and I mean destroyed.