Not a clerical error
Pictured above: Rev. Mary McKinnon Ganz and Rev. Jade "JD" Benson, new ministers at the First Parish Church in Budleigh Salterton's sister town of Brewster, Massachusetts It seems a long time ago now that I wrote about Brewster First Parish Church's search for a new pastor at http://budleighbrewsterunited.blogspot.com/2010/01/avoiding-clerical-errors.html Inspired as I was by the Church's rigorous resolve to conduct its search for a suitable candidate in a totally unprejudiced way I imagined that it would be many years before the ideal person was found. So I'm delighted to report that not just one but two new ministers have been chosen and are taking up their duties this month. The Rev Mary Ganz and her partner the Rev Jade Benson have been welcomed in a spirit of open-mindedness and tolerance which characterises the Brewster church, the first in its denomination 20 years ago to welcome bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender people. I can't imagine too ma...