It is interesting. On Sunday there was a perception that the same people come to these RIC events each time and that we "preach to the choir". Yet the heartfelt feedback on Sunday is coming from those for whom Sunday was only their first or second event.
One of our proposed explicit welcomes connected Sunday with someone who was divorced. There are other Creator members who still feel uncomfortable with a divorce in their past. They are hesitant to share their past because of their church's reactions at the time of their divorces.
October was initially our Ongoing Refinement of the Affirmation of Welcome. Let's change this to an Other Explicit Welcome month to focus on others in our congregation who don't feel the blanket "all are welcome" necessarily refers to them.
We can discuss this at our meeting next Thursday.
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