Since we didn't meet on Thursday New Year's Day the first question is "Who could meet this Thursday?" If a meeting makes sense the next question would be "What is on the agenda?"
The council meeting was called on account of snow. There will be a council meeting prior to January 25th. We still plan to ask the council to recommend passage on the question of becoming an RIC congregation.
I sent our explicit welcome statement to LCNA who confirmed our statement would make us an RIC congregation.
Just to be up front in reactions from the congregation, someone is still suggesting we reword the statement. Her recommendation changes the punctuation of the explicit welcome and drops the youth's "come as you are, where you are and who you are". It is late to make changes, but since we did talk about the punctuation in the explicit welcome, I include her entire recommendation here:
Creator Lutheran Church welcomes you to join us in worship, fellowship, and ministry.
The Gospel reveals God's grace as an unconditional gift of love for all people. Ethnicity, socioeconomic status, physical ability, mental ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and marital status are not barriers to our invitation. As an inclusive community grounded in God's love, we follow Jesus' example and celebrate the diversity of God's creation.
There are agenda items for the meeting. Let me know if you have anything additional you think should be included.
Thanks,
Gary
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I can meet Thursday but I have a meeting in Portland at 5:30pm that will probably take about an hour or so so I wouldn't be able to be there till 7:15 or 7:30pm. If you could let me know by Wednesday night that would be great. Also, I would vote for keeping the 'as you are, etc.' wording but I still strongly feel that it should simply be added to the end of that sentence rather than stuck in the middle-, i.e.,
Creator Lutheran Church welcomes you to join us in worship, fellowship, and ministry--as you are, where you are and who you are.
What was the person's specific objection to the "as you are" wording? Did she understand that the youth came up with that part and we want to make sure the youth feel included in the process?
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