I found this cartoon when I was looking for filler's for the February Newsletter for Church, and since I was also in the process of finishing my part of the Parochial Report for the year ending 2010 (financial stats), and Deb (our Church Secretary) had already finished the membership & services part..this reminded me of what a nightmare it would be IF we had to record people coming and going back and forth in a mass exodus, or mass entrance into membership. Granted, we, like other churches, do have people who disagree about things, get angry or hurt feelings, and they leave for a time... (it's sad when that happens, like a part of the family is gone)... sometimes they come back (and then we rejoice!).
We've had some struggles/decisions/disagreements lately, with all the major renovations happening, plus being gone from the building for 10 months (started packing a year ago already!) it is starting to take it's toll on many. We've been praying throughout this whole process for many aspects of it, my prayers, as well as the prayers of others, have been that we can all stay together, and still love one another after it's all finished. Lord in Your Mercy, hear our prayer!
Oh, and thank you Lord that the Parochial Report is now finished too!! "Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice, Give Thanks and Sing!"
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