tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post1136043127438869344..comments2023-05-25T09:14:35.702+01:00Comments on The Vernacular Vicar: ChangeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-65125629494964047172012-06-25T14:55:14.326+01:002012-06-25T14:55:14.326+01:00I preached on change yesterday morning, and had th...I preached on change yesterday morning, and had the good people of the parish in which I live in fits of laughter, with:<br /><br />How many Anglicans does it take to change a lightbulb?<br />What?! Change that lightbulb! We've had that lightbulb for fifty years, and it's worked perfectly well all that time, and it was donated in memory of my Auntie Mary, and we can't go changing it now!Hannahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-69935949259518879302012-06-25T14:19:42.699+01:002012-06-25T14:19:42.699+01:00I was pondering on your story about change and I r...I was pondering on your story about change and I recall a story about my own Benefice. In one of the churches, in the 1920's, the widow of a former incumbent presented Stations of the Cross to the Church in his memory. About 40 years passed, than a new incumbent removed those Stations. He met resistance, but stuck to his guns. Now, 40+ years later, he is remembered by elderly members of the congregation as the Vicar who removed the stations. The fact that all who had know the deceased incumbent or his widow had themselves been deceased for over 20 years or more makes no difference. The story is still told today regarding change.<br /><br />When I first heard the story, it was so fresh I thought that it had been the previous incumbent to the current one, who had made the changes. Only after some digging did I get the full story.<br /><br />Controversy lives a long life in the church and is passed from generation to generation - what a sad church we are part off!!UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-20361726040903611342012-06-25T13:59:38.241+01:002012-06-25T13:59:38.241+01:00Keys. KEYS!!! Oh my!
They say knowledge is power ...Keys. KEYS!!! Oh my!<br /><br />They say knowledge is power but the symbol of that power seems to be a key. The lock on our hall is very close to death. It has been ailing for some time but cannot go on much longer. We naively thought we would get a new lock - price, about £30 - and have a few keys cut for those who need them. We asked them to let us know if they had a key, if they still used/needed it and if they wanted a replacement.<br /><br />NINETY FIVE people filled in our little slips, all desperately needing keys - cost, over £300. And, that's a quarter of our Electoral Roll. Why?Another Administratornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-24906739732427309292012-06-25T13:20:20.729+01:002012-06-25T13:20:20.729+01:00Oh, how that rings true, David! Change is necessar...Oh, how that rings true, David! Change is necessary, but the process of changing can be agonising and leave scars on both priest and people. Parish memories are VERY long.....Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-34547737058567116052012-06-25T13:12:09.027+01:002012-06-25T13:12:09.027+01:00I used to be a church administrator and I remember...I used to be a church administrator and I remember the key thing very well. How did all these people get these keys? Why do they all need them.And why do they suddenly all want to use them only when the locks are about to be changed? 'Tis indeed one of the great mysteriesNearly Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594432566473391552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-59941401543027370972012-06-25T13:00:16.783+01:002012-06-25T13:00:16.783+01:00a thought provoking post and thanks for it
from m...a thought provoking post and thanks for it<br /><br />from my experience the people in charge of a change like it whereas those to whom the change is done don't <br /><br />so i think people's reaction to change depends on whether they feel in charge of it - or at least have some real say in it<br /><br />sadly what is called consultation on change often isn't but because its dressed up as such it makes people even more cynical or resistant to the changeusefulinpartshttp://usefulinparts.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com