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I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
I am not on staff at Transfiguration of the Lord Parish.
posted by Karen @ 4:21 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
Someone asked me if my computer went on the blink!!! I chuckled!!
Nah.....I had to write on the blackboard what I really needed to get through my head! I have mulled this concept over for quite a while and done fairly well at 'staying in my place.' But, alas, I listened intently to Father's homily about sins of ommission and millstones and one day I excitedly tried to 'help'. Sigh......."I respect that those on staff are in positons of authority and that they have the ultimate responsibility for the life of the parish." Nuff said.
WHAT IF THE PARISH IS IN NEED OF SOME CPR????????????????
AND NO ONE ON STAFF HAS FIRST AID TRAINING!!!!!???????????
Number 1: I like the staff members.
Number 2: Some are well trained in their areas.
Number 3: I think many people have been and are misinformed about various aspects of parish life.
So where do you go from here? I like your analogy Anon. I, and many others,were quite aware of how many were active before the consolidation. We saw them brim with life. And then we watched as many grabbed their chests and started to gasp. We are not priests and nuns or deacons (whom I do respect for their knowledge and commitment) but we could have been used for the local knowledge we had. We have had life experiences that many clergy have not have. Any methodology that we attempted to use to help was seen as resistance to change. I don't know about the rest of you, but I have had to accept many, many changes in my life.,I'll admit that it started to get to me to be constantly be told, "It will take time to heal". (Duh, like I did not know that one!)
In essence, I have really started to accept change. Although my blackboard writing could be taken as a grand POUT! I am only really trying to get that concept through my head. We have been typecast and I accept it. To paraphrase the idea from Scripture, "What good ever came out of Nazareth".
I finally had time to sit and read the latest edition of the parish newsletter "Transpirings". I smiled and thought I must be pretty well, "healed". Only two or three times did I wince (slightly) at references to past topics that I had in the past found instantly irritating! Pretty good I'd say! And,as I refolded the newsletter, I thought at how well it all sounded. Very nice. We really did not need a new building to serve eh? And the staff really is taking care of the needs of the parish. I respect that. I am able to turn and delve more deeply into what tasks lay for me on the other staffs that I am on. I understand more than oever that I am on staff in my immediate family, my extended family, my neighbors and coworkers, and a neighboring parish. that will keep me occupied for a long, long time? I am listening to a new CD for retreats and such, and have found a wonderful new song with a refrain that it would be wise for me to learn:
Help me to love like you love, serve like you serve,
speak only words of truth.
Help me to care like you care
for a world in despair,
Help me to love like you.
Amen
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