The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33493   Message #446671
Posted By: wysiwyg
22-Apr-01 - 01:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Add: Green Pastures
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: GREEN PASTURES
Ab, our church is... all of it.

It's the only one in driving distance for the county that has a fulltime clergyperson. And it's the county seat, where a lot of flatlanders are moving as they retire to our area for the gracious and busy small town, the scenery, and the big bang for the buck. So our Episcopalians (I guess I am an E-palian! Hahahh) come from all traditions within the denomination, as well as Eastern and Russian Orthodox-raised, as well as crossovers from other denominations, as well as the previously-unchurched.

Hardi's genius is in adding what people feel is missing from their dearest traditions, rather than changing what is already there.... and everyone comes together as one big gregarious family for parish-wide events. Downside, very busy priest, but upside, a multi-talented and multi-Gifted guy has free rein to put his whole self at the service of his call, liturgically and otherwise. See? It's all come as you ARE.

~Susan