good news on the church front

[celticdragonfly]

I got a call this morning from someone in the church leadership. They had a meeting, and it has been decided they will be making an announcement from the pulpit and notifying the congregation by letters. So I feel a great weight off me. I am glad they are not leaving things to the rumor mill. I much prefer that the actual facts get out.

There are things that have been done that I would have done differently, yes. But those people have the jobs they do, not I. And the things I said Sunday that were the essentials, notifying the congregation of the facts, are being done. In fact, they're even going a bit more dedicated than I'd asked for - I'd have been satisfied with a pulpit announcement and something in the newsletter. So this is good.

Apparently some of the claims the girlfriend were making may not be true. It makes me _very_ glad that I had made a point Sunday when talking to the president that yes, I'd heard these things, but I could not verify them, they were at best hearsay, so no, I did not think it would be appropriate to include them in any announcements, just the verifiable facts. That makes me feel that I kept my head, and glad I don't have anything I feel I need to back down from. I still would like to know verifiably what the terms of the guy's parole were, but I probably never will, and I suppose it isn't necessary. I know he's on the database, I know he's not coming back, and the parents are being warned.

Interesting that I got a call this morning, rather than just hearing with the others. Possibly this means that what I said made a difference in what happened. Or possibly they think I'm a total loose cannon. Hopefully not. I certainly did not *want* to have to make a public fuss, and since they're doing what is necessary I'm very glad I won't have to.

Given comments both here and from people involved about someone like this reforming, I gave some thought to precisely how someone like that could honestly reform and attend a church. It is possible, I thought out the ideal way to do it. This guy sure didn't.

Heaving a huge sigh of relief.

Comments

[joyeuse13.livejournal.com]

Actually, it was integrity, not respect--but I won't argue with the rest of that. :-)

[selenite.livejournal.com]

Mark learns about integrity when watching Aral and Cordelia in the library. Respect comes toward the end:

Elena swung out of her chair, and picked up her helmet.

"I know what I want to be when I grow up, now, though," he offered to her suddenly. She paused, and raised her brows.
"I want to be an ImpSec analyst. Civilian. One who doesn't send his people to the wrong place, or five days late. Or improperly prepared. I want to sit in a cubicle all day long, surrounded by a fortress, and get it right." He waited for her to laugh at him.

Instead, to his surprise, she nodded seriously. "Speaking as the one out on the sharp end of the ImpSec stick, I would be delighted."

She gave him a half-salute, and turned away. He puzzled over the look in her eyes, as she descended out of sight down the lift-tube. It wasn't love. It wasn't fear.
Oh. So that's what respect looks like. Oh.
I could get used to that.

Mark learned a lot in that book.

[joyeuse13.livejournal.com]

Ok, you win. :-) That's my favorite in the Vorkosigan series.