Wednesday Festival: The Carnival Continues!

Teri posted the question a couple of days ago, and for today's Festival-Carnival,  I'm going to do my best to collect all the posts from their various locales.  If I've missed you somehow or if you post after this goes up, please add your link in the comments. 

What's the most surprising connection you've made through RevGalBlogPals? Or the most surprising or helpful thing you've learned/experienced through this galship of friends?Of course, feel free to interpret the question however you'd like--"connection" could mean with another person or a congregation or even just bits of information that finally connect into a coherence you never expected. Things you've learned or experienced may have been helpful, surprising, or even surprisingly helpful though they at first seemed silly. Your experience and imagination is the limit--there are no wrong answers, only stories we all want to hear!

For instance:

Mary Beth writes about Surprising Galships.

Julie reminds us that we are connected through the matrix . . .       .

Rev Mibi writes about connections and help here.

Martha 'splains how supportive community thrives.

Kathryn reflects on the connection between geocaching and Revgals.

Teri connects across continents.

Deb delights in surprising acceptance and support.

Karla recalls being lonely in a new place, needing friends, and finding them.


How about you? How have you been surprised by/through/about RGBP? Share your story or your link in the comments! Use this format to include your post's URL:

<a href="the url of your blog post goes here"> what you want the link to say goes here</a> 

Wednesday GalShip Festival

Happy July 3^rd – are you rushing around trying to get all of your work done with one fewer day, or is that just me?!   As a fun distraction, the RGBP Board has asked us to reflect on what Galship means to us in our lives.  There are several different definitions you will find as you read through the blog posts:

Mine is here. I am not sure I would be a priest today without RGBP Galship.  

Mary Beth, to whom I will be forever grateful for introducing me to RGBP, blogged Galship through one particular and special relationship

RevHRod – which I used to think meant HotRod – and it still might – on Galship 

Martha writes about the beginnings of Galship and St Casserole

Liz has a great definition of Galship – and I can hear it in her lovely accent.

Robin has shared her experience with Galship.

BookGirl has a wonderful entry as a Pal experiencing Galship – bridging Galship from before RGBP and also bridging academia and Palship. 

Jan has a lot of fun Galship pics and a prayer request to share.

Teri writes about the spectrum of relationships found within Galship

Deb writes about her journey from Pal to Gal through RGBP - we've done a lot of that journey together

Kathrynzj has a picture of the Chia tattoos in her post about Galship – we got them to show solidarity with her – but we couldn’t shave over the temporary tattoos 

Terri, who I finally met IRL at General Convention last year has blogged about Galship and posted a great picture

RevShuna explains the RGBP group in her post from across the Pond – great Galship over there too!

Katherine E – who must live close to me – writes about Galship – when are we meeting up?

Gord has a great post about Galship as a Pal and a regular contributor of RGBP

It's a great festival this week!  Fill up your coffee cup and settle in for some fun reminiscing and get acquainted with some folks you may not have met - YET!

If you have blogged on Galship - please link to it in the comments or on the FB Page.

Happy 4th to the US Gals & Pals - and blessings on your work this week.