Redeemer’s Mothers Day
Mothers Day is a memorable day at Redeemer.
There is Mothers Day in 2009 when two Synod Council members visited Redeemer, barely abiding our worship. Before the service was over, they walked to the front of the sanctuary and announced that, from now on, they are “in charge.”
Tracey Beasley and Larry House were quickly surrounded by Redeemer members who, after heated dialogue, sent them packing. Happy Mothers Day.
This Mothers Day, Redeemer Ambassadors gathered in a hospital room of one of our major clergy supporters. We worshiped and prayed together. Later in the day, we met for a Mothers Day party.
This morning we could have used a van. One of our members had to stay behind because our car was full.
That led us to recall Bishop Almquist’s attempt to take control of our property in 1998. A Synod Staff member dangled a ridiculous carrot before the congregation. Turn your property and endowment fund over to us and we will purchase a van for your congregation to travel to another church. We didn’t fall for that obvious ploy. We were sure that once SEPA had Redeemer’s coveted property there would be a reason to renege on a promise that made no sense in the first place.
Oddly, today Redeemer is doing what Synod suggested back in 1998. SEPA has succeeded, for the moment, in locking the congregation out of the Church, and we travel together to other churches on Sunday morning.
No offer of a van this time. Just criticism and law suits. Happy Mothers Day.