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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our episcopal church was as full as I’ve ever seen it this Easter. Definitely at least twice and maybe even 3x as many people as a usual Sunday.

Our attendance has been holding steady overall. [b]We are really trying to bring in new families.[/b] [/quote]

You should adjust your language here to something like "new folks" or "new members" to be more inclusive.

-- on vestry at an Episcopal church[/quote]

^This kind of pedantry is the worst thing about Episcopalianism. Ignore the comment. Not all parish vestries are like this.

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You mean inclusive? Not all vestries make an effort to be inclusive? Well, I guess you are right about that.[/quote]

No, I didn't mean inclusive. I meant [i]pedantic[/i] and [i]strident[/i]. You made an obtusely and deliberately uncharitable reading of the previous post just so that you could put on your "Well, actually" hat and do a bit of self-righteous finger-wagging. As a fellow Episcopalian who loves the church, I am over this kind of thing. [/quote]

PP isn't wrong, though. I've been part of churches made up primarily of "traditional" families where single people could have been made to feel more welcome if someone spent three seconds thinking about inclusive language. It's not that hard, and I'm pretty sure Jesus would approve.[/quote]

NP, and I agree with this. I wouldn't have said anything about saying "families," but I also think it's not charitable to jump to calling someone raising the issue "self-righteous finger wagging." Single people often feel out of place in church and it's something we should be conscious of. For all the Episcopal church does in the name of being "welcoming," [b]feeling like there's not a place for single people is one of the few things I actually have heard people complain about[/b].[/quote]

It’s a real problem. [/quote]

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