Fish or Cut Bait

I had the first of two annual meetings last Sunday. We had eight people present. There were no vestry nominations. There were no diocesan convention delegate nominations.

I had a feeling something like this was going to happen, so the week before the meeting I wrote a "fish or cut bait" letter (also known as a "put up or shut up" letter).

I told one of my colleagues about it and he said, "That must have been a hard letter to write."

"Actually," I replied, "it was really easy."

What was difficult was revising the letter so I didn't come across quite so .... pissy.

It just might be that the question in 2008 isn't, “How will we keep the doors open?” Instead, it might be that the question is, “How can we end the life of Christ Church with dignity and allow her members to unburden themselves of the responsibility of maintaining a church community and building?”

I dropped the letter off at the Post Office last night. People should have it today. I will be at the second annual meeting this coming Sunday, so people at Parish #1 will have plenty of opportunity to talk about it without me being around.

I have a feeling 2008 is going to be an interesting year.