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Tere sinoditalgulised!<br>
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as announced (and unless some new surprise happens), our first talgu
day will start this Wednesday at 12h30 in Pirita Klooster (Merivälja
tee 18) and end at 17:00. Those who can, are invited to stay one
more hour for the mass, which starts at 17:00.<br>
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We will be 8 participants (3 pastors and 5 lay persons, 7 men and 1
woman, 4 Catholics, 2 Lutherans, 1 Anglican and 1 Orthodox).<br>
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Besides the 8 "physical" participants, there a 8 more team members
who can't come but we count on them to pray for us. <br>
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It would be great if those who cannot participate physically could
send me a simple sentence of greeting or blessing, which I would
read at the beginning of the meeting.<br>
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Our working language will be Estonian.<br>
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Our goal is to write a common text to which we all consent and which
expresses what we have to say at the Synod on Synodality. The
"agenda" on my website (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://hw.saffre-rumma.net/sc/talgud/1/">Agenda for the
first talgu meeting</a>) is only what I personally imagine at the
moment for this text. I am preparing a printable document as our <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumentum_laboris">instrumentum
laboris</a>. It is possible that none of my suggestions will be
accepted. I don't expect us to finish our text during the first
meeting. We will decide after the first meeting whether there will
be more meetings. I have never done such a project before, so
everything is possible.<br>
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You are welcome to bring your notebook computer with you, maybe you
will use it.<br>
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There will be moments of prayer. If you have some favourite song or
prayer text, bring it with you so that we can use it.<br>
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About money. Pirita convent financially relies on their work as a
hotel business, and tourism isn't doing very well at these times.
Their normal price is 20€ for a meal with dessert, and I promised
that we will pay this price + a donation for the room rent. But
money should not be an obstacle for anybody to participate. So I
will ask everybody to contribute as much as you feel able to
contribute, and I bet that the total will be enough (if I lose my
bet, I will pay what is missing :-).<br>
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Luc<br>
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