Wednesday, July 6, 2011

It's taken me this long to figure out how to even start.

Last Sunday, we had a guest minister at our church. Our church was not in the path of the tornado that hit us May 22; however, several churches were. A couple have shifted their congregations into older buildings that belong to the same denomination, but we offered to share ours with a couple of other churches.

Well, we have our services at 8:00 and 10:30. We're usually done, and most of us are even out of the fellowship hall well before 1:00, when the church that took us up on our offer has their service.

Last Sunday, our service went way short. We were out before 11:30, despite having our usual mid-service meet and greet, and communion. I was a little surprised--our usual rector, though prompt, usually gets us all taken care of and out of the service at around noon.

Then I heard a couple of ladies from our congregation--part of our vestry, I think--talking about why: the minister that was coming in at 1:00 made a point to come in and demand that we be out before his congregation came in.

Excuse me? Dude: not your church building. You are our guests. Be gracious. Don't bully our clergy, or our guest clergy.

I hope that, when you get your church rebuilt, it catches fire. I have no doubt that you're going to be spanked for your behavior--God's a better parent than I, and I don't permit my kids to throw tantrums, nor will I permit them to bully others.

2 comments:

  1. Wow. I'm just amazed at the gall some people have.

    I think what we all need to do, all of us, is start saying a big NO to childish, unreasonable demands. Or at the very least, YOU NEED TO WAIT YOUR TURN like I said to the lady waving an empty punch cup in my face at the reception I helped out at last weekend.

    I really, really loathe the degree to which an entitlement mentality has taken hold in our culture. I think that, more than anything, will be what brings America down, if something does bring us down. And then, all the entitled people will be the ones to blame.

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  2. Agreed. I'm doing my best to make sure my kids don't have that attitude, including making plans to homeschool them.

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