Dangelo

Michael Dangelo, associate rector for congregational growth.

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“Their lifestyles are preventing them from making a weekly commitment,” says Dangelo, who heads up the team, referring to the young professionals who participate, and whose job demands run high.

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The danger in offering so many programs and activities is creating a congregation that “gathers as consumers, not as community,” says Dangelo.

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Dangelo actually survived the layoffs because her seniority rank was a few spots above the cut.

CJR 2009

Dangelo actually survived the layoffs because her seniority rank was a few spots above the cut.

CJR 2009

Marchbanks and Rivers; Dangelo, Millard (4) and Barnhart

Local News from union-bulletin.com 2009

Dangelo says that while many of Trinity’s programs “were created to keep people,” despite making huge investments in those programs—and more than doubling its paid staff in order to run them—the parish today sees about the same number of active parishioners as it did twenty years ago.

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Dangelo—the youngest member of Trinity Boston’s clergy—ever feels he has stepped onto a sinking ship.

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Mike Dangelo of Trinity Boston, admitting that, in a time of conservatism, we’ve declined in membership because we simply can’t offer certainty.

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“It doesn’t work as well as we’d like it to,” Dangelo admits of the parish’s attempt at creating community through fellowship groups.

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