Neto wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:44 am
I did read the article, and your answers support what seemed to be implied in it. But most of it was filled with hate against the congregational board.
Depending on what the other congregations who are also involved in the park board are like, I'd say it's time that the owner (the Moravian church) reorganizes their relationships, to include only those congregations on the park board that support decent values. Otherwise, maybe it's time to put the park up for public auction.
What other options do you all see? What advice would you offer them?
I agree with Neto. Other options:
-Privatise the park and put up signage.
Park is already privatised
-Sprinkle it with holy water.
That’s not too bad of an idea.
-Turn it into a cemetery.
-Turn it into a church veg garden for feeding the impoverished.
A challenge may be that the church garden board gets overtaken by the same radical leftists, who then demand the garden host Pride Garden Drag activities.
Light cannot fellowship with darkness. The false churches that promote drag shows must be harshly disfellowshipped by Christians who wish to remain in Jesus’ kingdom, but also not see their own church yards taken over by the most vile kinds of gross immorality. The era when one could “play nice” with liberal churches is over.
What of the idea for the cemetery? Are there laws regarding respect for the dead and the limits on events in cemeteries? I know churches see to always seek land for a cemetery. It would be one way to get past the board: tell them more land is needed for burials.
MaxPC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:31 pm
What of the idea for the cemetery? Are there laws regarding respect for the dead and the limits on events in cemeteries? I know churches see to always seek land for a cemetery. It would be one way to get past the board: tell them more land is needed for burials.
MaxPC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:31 pm
What of the idea for the cemetery? Are there laws regarding respect for the dead and the limits on events in cemeteries? I know churches see to always seek land for a cemetery. It would be one way to get past the board: tell them more land is needed for burials.
The church (which is half a mile from the park) already has a cemetery that doesn't appear to be full.
MaxPC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:31 pm
What of the idea for the cemetery? Are there laws regarding respect for the dead and the limits on events in cemeteries? I know churches see to always seek land for a cemetery. It would be one way to get past the board: tell them more land is needed for burials.
Presumably you’d need a lot of dead people first?
Spiritually or actually physically dead?
ohio jones wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:08 pm
The church (which is half a mile from the park) already has a cemetery that doesn't appear to be full.
They could always sell it to the local Catholic churches. Ever since the burial rules were passed about "no cremations except under extraordinary conditions", the need for land for more dead Catholics has grown.
Wait; perhaps I should re-phrase that.
“Lititz Moravian Congregation is a loving and welcoming congregation,” the statement said. “We pledge patience, wisdom and compassion as we consider Tuesday night’s meeting and ask for grace, time and healing as we move forward.”
I’m not from the area, so I’m not familiar with the Lilitz Moravian Congregation, but that’s the sort of language used by mainline/liberal congregations. Between that and the fact that they apparently didn’t object to last year’s approval suggests to me that they probably are pretty standard mainliners. Is anyone from the area familiar enough to confirm that?
I don't know anything about that particular congregation either, but the Moravian Church in North America is apparently in full communion with the Episcopal Church and ELCA. Considering them mainline-ish is probably accurate.
ohio jones wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:20 pm
I don't know anything about that particular congregation either, but the Moravian Church in North America is apparently in full communion with the Episcopal Church and ELCA. Considering them mainline-ish is probably accurate.
What I mean is that I’m not sure they’re actually interested in the remedies to ward off the liberals proposed in this thread.
To me it looks like a standard (but not radical) mainline church that doesn’t object to hosting an LGBT event per se, offering a pavilion to host it to address some of their concerns. That would also suggest that the park board is just putting on a show, making melodramatic statements (“I choose love”) in bad faith. But then it seems that’s what everything is about these days.
Spiritually or actually physically dead?
