Experiences With an Episcopal Vestry
I can't believe I let almost another entire year go by between posts. When I first started, this blog was all about trauma-dumping ("THIS horrible thing happened, and then THAT horrible thing happened and can you BELIEVE that other mess??!!"), so I needed to post often. But the further I get away from the church of Christ and the less of a hold it has on me and my psyche, the less I need to talk about it. Still, I do want to keep this blog active for when old memories surface and I need to vent about them. The past 3 years I've been a member of my church's vestry, or lay leadership committee. In the COC, of course, women are not allowed leadership roles of any kind except teaching the small children's Bible classes, so I never expected to be involved in something like this when I was growing up. In the Episcopal Church, vestries include 9 lay people who serve for overlapping terms of 3 years, so every year, 3 people leave and 3 new ones join. I think it...