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A couple of not so good things our Methodist did.....Back years ago, now I am going back to my teen-age years, which was maybe 5 or 6 years ago.....OOOPPPS, maybe 62 or so years ago, anyway the Easter Sunrise Service each year was handled by different church S.S Classes, even when they young people"s turn came, they did it all, then one year the Methodist decided that it was necessary to have a professional to lead the service.....Back then I would only guess that all the churches in the neighborhood would be 100 to 150 folks show up. Then one day the Methodist decided we need professional singers in the choir, which maybe was a good thing, but at the same time regular church singers got pushed back because they were not just good enough and probably the jewel of all was when I going to old folks homes doing a Sunday Morning service, then The Methodist and Pres. Churches opened a assisted living place and I and my singer woman was doing the service, and a retired Methodist District Superintendent every Sunday would pat me on the back and tell me how much they appreciated the laity and their contribution, then one Sunday I was told not to come back that the message needs to be given by retired pastors.......NOW!!! After my very 1st Sunday there I came home and told my wife that my time at this place was short, she thought I was nuts, but I informed her that now this new place had MONEY in the assisted living folks and sure enough maybe after 3 or 4 Sundays I was put out to pasture....Jesus never said MONEY was evil, but He did say it is the root of all evil. Follow the money, Politics, religion, school, sports etc, etc, etc....Don't be too judgmental on me, I am just telling it like it is. One last point, after I was told they would be doing the service, maybe 4 or 5 months later some of the old ladies at the home ask where we were, why was David and Roberta not coming anymore.....The Christian leaders answer---"we have no idea, they just quit coming".....Pretty rough when the Christian leaders loose track of honesty and integrity . I think the thing the old folks missed that we would go early and spend time just sitting a chatting with the old folks, the after the service it would be 40 minutes to an hour of visiting with the old folks.....that personal contact disappeared....

OH WELL !!!! your post got me to thinking and I ran off a bit, sorry about that