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Warham Guild stole photos?

My little business, Church Linens and Fabrics, offers vestment patterns. A long time ago, I had a Warham Guild stole and, realizing the historical value, I took a pattern from that stole. I gifted the stole to a favorite priest and don't have it any more. Over the years, that pattern got lost in my workroom. I've just found it again and will offer the pattern through my website.

However! While I took a pattern of the shape of the stole, I did not take a picture of the orphrey/galloon arrangement! Which are important - if not crucial!

I need pictures of the lovely slim Warham Guild stoles with the spade-shaped ends.

Can you help me?

Elizabeth Morgan
Cathedral of All Saints
Queenbury, New York, USA
4 July 2014

(Editor: if you have information that can help Ms Morgan, please send it to us and we will pass it on to her. Or you can find her email address on her website.)

About parish newsletters

(In response to our front page of 25 May 2014)

The most important thing in a parish publication I want to have and easily findable are location (not P.O. Box), phone numbers, contacts, and website. If the parish is in transition, that should be easy to figure out, with both lay leaders and any clergy other than the latest one-Sunday only supply should be indicated. If the parish is in permanent transition, one should be able to figure that out too.

Pictures are good and should have names on them. In 20 years we won't remember who is who. Service times should be in the publication. Alternate times for Christmas, Easter, and summer should also be listed, even if these are 2 months away. The parish website should be listed for details.

Reference to music is nice. Events at the parish whether on-going (i.e. Sunday forum) or upcoming should be listed in the magazine. If you have a big thing going on like EFM or a recurring Dreams group, it would be nice to have interim paragraphs on these.

Robert L. Campbell
Church of the Holy Apostles, Manhattan
North Bellmore, Long Island, New York, USA
vpfluke@aol.com
4 July 2014

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