Clergy Spouse

Anglican clergy wife, employed full time. Navigating adventures in churchland.

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The priest is at your father’s sickbed with communion, but please yes take the opportunity to criticize the Christmas services.

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When the churchwardens’ chronic neglect of the rectory comes to a head, I always let tradespeople know I don’t own this house. Not my negligence!

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When clergy get stressed everyone rushes to recommend retreats, sabbaths, pilgrimages, time away.

Meanwhile the spouses continue to silently carry the load at home. #church

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Just learned that a recently departed parishioner was gatekeeping who could and couldn’t sell crafts at the church bazaar, and rest in peace, Gwen, but that is messed up.

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“Your son is so well-behaved in church! You’re doing something right!”

Horrifying. So if my kid had had an off day what would than mean, Glen?

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“We don’t want to test for asbestos. We might not like the answer we get.” #church

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Pancake suppers should reflect God’s extravagant grace and love. If you hesitate to give my kid a second pancake, I will hesitate to come back next year. #shrovetuesday

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Hey as long as Donald Trump is targeting citizenship, does he want to do something about accidental Americans? I’ve never even lived there. Take it back.

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Me: The 3-year-old usually finishes her quiet time between 2 and 2:30.
MiL: We’ll be there at 1:30.
Me:

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“When are you going to have more kids? We need more kids in the church!”

And when was the last time your kids and grandkids were here, Eunice?

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When parishioners don’t want to accept e-transfer at the church market because then nobody will know how much THEIR table earned.

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The best Sundays are the ones when some truly dumb church issue ruins the rest of the priest's day. Makes for funnnnn afternoons. #clergyspouse

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@ChurchLead This is ridiculous and anti-Semitic. Why are you sharing this?

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@VeganPlanet @CP24 The church applied to serve as an emergency warming centre and was turned down. 📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://t.co/uNL4v14f2u

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Church ladies: I wonder who’s planning the Advent quiet day this year.

Me: I think it’s just [my spouse].

CLs: Oh no, it isn’t usually.

Me: yes of course, how silly of me, I’m only married to them. #church

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“I have a toddler, it’s not my time to go where I want and do what I want” -sister-in-law who literally spent yesterday afternoon at a winery

Try raising a kid with no grandparents around and then talk to me.

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I would never say gift-giving has to be of equal value, but I've got in-laws who spend recklessly on themselves 11 months of the year and then every Christmas say, "Sorry, it's going to be a small Christmas this year." So I'm not going to break the bank on them.

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Oh these bishops and their power trips. The lack of emotional maturity and self-reflection among church leaders is frightening sometimes.

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“We sang the same Gloria for 20 years and it was just fine!”

I despair of this church surviving the next 10 years. #anglican

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Someone in my spouse’s church is angry because, I kid you not, the small gong has moved 3 feet to the left. #anglican