The report wasn't ready, so the vestry didn't vote last night. This means that they'll have to vote and turn around their letter of support for me virtually instantaneously next month, to make the deadline for me to participate in the Commission on Ministry interviews in mid-March.
For want of a nail, the seminarian might have to wait for another whole year.
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- mibi52/ The Rev. Dr. Mary Brennan Thorpe
- Richmond, VA, United States
- A second (actually fifth) career Episcopal priest, I am serving as Director of Transition Ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. I help parishes find priests and priests find new calls.How did a RC convent girl with a Teamster shop-steward dad end up here? Married to Pastoral Husband, AKA PH, an ordained minister and full-time pastoral counselor. Three kids from the prior marriage: Strong Opinions, artistic 30 y.o. girl trying on the world for size, Stonemason, 32 y.o. guy working with his hands in the North Country, Litigator, highly verbal 34 y.o. with aspirations to be the next Michael Moore. Two stepsons, 4 step grandkids, a cat. Way too many books.Well, there are never too many books...
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4 comments:
I hope you don't need to wait a year.
Do you have a tree stump in your backyard? If so, grab big nails and a hammer and go pound the nails into the stump. It helps.
I'm wishing for a stump, but I'm actually much calmer today. I spent last night being crabby about it, but shook it off this morning. I emailed the saintly woman who coordinates the COM activities, since the 50 page ordination handbook we live and die by has conflicting info on what needs to be in hand before I can go for the COM interviews. I'm hoping that by putting her on notice that I am in the home stretch on the paperwork and will fax her the vestry letter, that all will be well.
I'm repeating to myself "If it's meant to be, it will happen." I'm also eating chocolate. All will be well.
Praying all will be well and the COM will snap up.
Well, crap. This stuff is so frustrating. I'm on the Church and Ministry committee in my Association, and we have the same sort of complications in interpreting our Manual on Ministry that you describe. I pray this will all flow smoothly for you.
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