As promised, we want to give you a report on our first transitional meeting held last evening by our congregation. The meeting lasted the full 2 hours set aside for it, with no conclusion or decision as of yet.
The time was mostly spent airing opinions and brainstorming for solutions. Some strong feelings were expressed on both sides of the issue. Some new ideas emerged, as well. So, since our time was up, we tabled this until November's meeting.
Our next transitional meeting, held in October, will be a summary of our transitional pastor's report on the issues within our congregation. He has conducted interviews to comprise this report. He is calling this meeting a "watershed" event for our congregation. We are looking forward to this meeting.
We were amazed at how much fun our first meeting actually was for us. It is good to sit down together and discuss church with other members. Perhaps because the issue for this meeting was not a hot topic, the meeting was more enjoyable. We are sure that as this process moves forward into more sticky situations the meetings may be of a more serious nature.
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