Crappy Sunday
 | I managed to get to Hollywood Presbyterian church only a teensy bit late this morning, I wasn't ushering or anything. I have to say I really didn't want to be in church this morning. There is alot of emotions and gossip flying all over the place because our Pastor has been put on a leave of absence. And as I understand it,the Presbyterian Church placed a Commission to oversee the church and help straighten out whatever is wrong with it. |
I'm sitting there thinking "What in flippin' tarnation is he talking about ? Stories on Yahoo ? About our church? Huh ?"
Yeah, well sure enough when I got home..... Yahoo News
I tend to think of the Internet as a wonderful thing. But this is definitely the down-side. Anyone can get hold of a story about anything, and just Splatter it all over the World Wide Web.
Then.. the service of about 400 people continued, tho today it seemed alittle low - maybe between 200 to 300. People are getting tired of all the arguing and are starting to stay away.
As the service ended, the Leadership Team of about 20 people got up on stage and the leader read a letter saying : They were all leaving the church. They were all leaving the Presbyterian Denomination. Because of everything that was going on, they didn't want to stay here. They were going to be starting their own church. If we wanted to attend their new church, we were invited. And all the information would be on their website. We could still come to Hollywood Presbyterian next week if we wanted, but They would not be there. They would be meeting somewhere else.
And that was that.
Okay, well, people looked pretty shocked. Some people looked really happy. Some people looked really sad, almost in tears.
Me.. well, I was pretty pissed off. Okay, lets see how we can make things even worse than they already are. Whats that about kicking the dog...
Not to mention, that to me the entire speech smacked of "Sheep Stealing".
I totally understand if they don't agree with what is going on in the Church and they want to leave. I have been thinking of leaving myself. But I didn't like the way they did it - getting up and making an announcement and inviting 300 people to join them. That was inappropriate.
If they had quit the church in private, and then sent me an email to invite me to their new thing, I wouldn't be so mad.
I read a letter on Layman.org that described Hollywood Presbyterian as a Train Wreck right now... and you know what, thats pretty accurate. Things just keep getting worse.
After church there was another meeting to discuss all the problems. I haven't attended any of them, and I wasn't going to attend this one.
I decided to stick to my plans to have a relaxing afternoon...
My first stop was The Burger Factory .Its alittle junky dive, fast food place. I got breakfast. You know, egg, bacon, hash browns and toast. I haven't had a breakfast like that in ages ... and it was a real treat. And the entire breakfast was under $5 - thats pretty good considering its real eggs, and real bacon.
I had planned to sit and play with my new phone while I ate. Guess what ? All the pictures I took yesterday - my battery wore out. That was pretty funny considering....
Then I headed over to I Nails for both a pedicure and a manicure. They have these great chairs that you sit in, where the rollers go up and down your back while you soak your feet in water. Very relaxing. And it helped me forget this mornings problems.
Last stop at Ralphs for some groceries before going home.
I sat and thought ALOT about what happened in church this morning. I came to one conclusion. I have to think about what is best for Me.
It doesn't matter at this point who did what to whom, and who is getting asked to leave, and who has left already - or what any of these people are doing. I have to think of myself and my spiritual growth.
Well, I know I won't be joining the ex-leaders who took off to start their own church. First, I don't want to attend a church that got started because a bunch of Christians were fighting.. And second, I just plain do not want to go to a small church. I am single, in my 40s and I want a church were there are lots of things to do with a large congregation. So that makes any independent church that is just starting out - not a good personal choice for me.
So .... if Hollywood Presbyterian ends up losing its members and the numbers and activities dwindle down, then it will no longer be an option either.
I have no idea where I will end up for church next Sunday.... I feel alittle church-less right now. Sigh....
That being said, I looked around the Internet. I am just becoming a wealth of information about Churches in the Los Angeles area.
Here are a few where I have looked at the websites, and I may visit sometime soon:
Church on The Way. In Van Nuys, alittle drive for me. A huge mega-church with two campuses. I visited there a few times over a year ago, and I kept getting lost trying to find the buildings on the campus. The website seems to have better maps now. Numerous services times.
Lake Ave In Pasadena, another large church. I have never been, maybe I will go one of these weeks. Numerous services times.
Harvest Rock Another church in Pasadena. I don't know anything about this one. I may visit sometime soon.
Mosaic I visited a few weeks back, and really enjoyed the sermon. They seem to have alot of their activities farther east .
New Hope Chapel In Atwater Village. They have one service at 12:30, and I like that later time. They are actually pretty close to where I live.
Oasis LA In Mid-Wilshire - I attended this church for over a year. I really enjoyed the sermons, but decided it was way to young for me. Who knows, maybe I will go back and see what they are up to.
So there, who knows what I will do next Sunday.
And then .... as I was reading all the websites .... the tooth that I just got repaired ???? It broke again !!! Back to the Dentist tomorrow.
More money to the Dentist. A crappy ending to a crappy Sunday......
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