Comments on: Dispatch http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Fri, 18 May 2012 18:08:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Tyler Watson http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/comment-page-1/#comment-118320 Tyler Watson Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:26:45 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/#comment-118320 Wow. No kidding it's complex. I greatly applaud your active work towards recapturing a physical sense of neighbor and working against the commuter culture. Your point that your neighborhood is too expensive for folks now does raise really difficult justice questions. Wow. No kidding it’s complex. I greatly applaud your active work towards recapturing a physical sense of neighbor and working against the commuter culture. Your point that your neighborhood is too expensive for folks now does raise really difficult justice questions.

]]> By: erika http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/comment-page-1/#comment-118170 erika Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:21:08 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/#comment-118170 Tyler, Our boundaries are the 10 freeway to the North; Arlington to the West; MLK to the South; and Vermont to the East. If someone wishes to become a voting member of our church, he or she must reside within these boundaries. We do have some folks who participate in our ministry, worship and life together who do not live inside this boundary, and we call them "participating members' vs. "voting members". It's been a bit challenging of late as we have had folks genuinely drawn to our community, who give themselves to the ministry, who actually cannot afford to live here now that rents have gotten so out of control, so for them to "relocate" so to speak is impossible. In fact, someone challenged the justice of the boundary requirement on these grounds: basically if you were wealthy enough, you could move into our community (ironically enough), they argued, but if you were poor and wanted to move in you would be excluded. If Doug and I had to move into this neighborhood now, we would not be able to afford it, so I can relate to what they are saying. Always complex... Tyler,

Our boundaries are the 10 freeway to the North; Arlington to the West; MLK to the South; and Vermont to the East. If someone wishes to become a voting member of our church, he or she must reside within these boundaries. We do have some folks who participate in our ministry, worship and life together who do not live inside this boundary, and we call them “participating members’ vs. “voting members”.

It’s been a bit challenging of late as we have had folks genuinely drawn to our community, who give themselves to the ministry, who actually cannot afford to live here now that rents have gotten so out of control, so for them to “relocate” so to speak is impossible.

In fact, someone challenged the justice of the boundary requirement on these grounds: basically if you were wealthy enough, you could move into our community (ironically enough), they argued, but if you were poor and wanted to move in you would be excluded. If Doug and I had to move into this neighborhood now, we would not be able to afford it, so I can relate to what they are saying.

Always complex…

]]> By: Tyler Watson http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/comment-page-1/#comment-118081 Tyler Watson Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:53:46 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/#comment-118081 I want to echo the thanks for this post. I miss the days I lived in midtown Sacramento and could walk to my friends' houses and apartments. I lived there in 2002 when the Kings and Lakers battled it out in the playoffs. I loved the fact that I could walk down the street and hear from a woman in a business suit and a drunken homeless man, "Go Kings!" on the same block. Out of curiosity, how do you all define the boundaries of your parish? I want to echo the thanks for this post. I miss the days I lived in midtown Sacramento and could walk to my friends’ houses and apartments. I lived there in 2002 when the Kings and Lakers battled it out in the playoffs. I loved the fact that I could walk down the street and hear from a woman in a business suit and a drunken homeless man, “Go Kings!” on the same block.

Out of curiosity, how do you all define the boundaries of your parish?

]]> By: erika http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/comment-page-1/#comment-117069 erika Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:38:20 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/#comment-117069 Hey Matt! Nice to hear from you. I think it can be so easy to just take for granted the way commuter life is. I am glad this offers a helpful view of the alternative. Hey Matt!

Nice to hear from you. I think it can be so easy to just take for granted the way commuter life is. I am glad this offers a helpful view of the alternative.

]]> By: Matt Wiebe http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/comment-page-1/#comment-116995 Matt Wiebe Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:16:16 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/dispatch/02/#comment-116995 Thanks for this reflection on your experience living out a parish-model ministry. This is a story that I can point to when I come across people who maintain that you can build a "commuter community"... Thanks for this reflection on your experience living out a parish-model ministry. This is a story that I can point to when I come across people who maintain that you can build a “commuter community”…

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