Hmmm…
One response to “Prayers on converting a Civil Partnership into a Marriage”
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I am in a Civil Partnership in London, and am a dual US/UK citizen. I have also just turned 62, and am applying for my US Social Security pension. One question on the form is: Are you married? We are intending to convert the partnership into a marriage at the earliest possible time but are legally not married at the moment. Thus this question is complicated. I am a kind of Schroedinger’s Cat: both Not Married and Married at the same time. I have tried to explain that to the US Government, but am unable to discover whether I have done so successfully.
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What’s the Scottish Episcopal Church is talking about?
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Want to know what General Synod is like?
Well, here is a wordle made up from last year’s Synod Minutes. (Well, the draft copy, anyway). It is entirely unscientific, but it is interesting to look at how the words relate. Word size implies frequency of use. Now, what does this tell us about our church?
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Extra, Extra!
In addition to the extra Lent Devotions tonight (Eucharist at 6.30 pm followed by meditation and then Compline), there is also an extra Choral Evensong tomorrow (Saturday) in St Mary’s. There is a Royal School of Church Music singing day for Scottish Voices, which our own Frikki Walker directs. It will be splendid and as…
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