The Church Just Isn't Satisfied
Ah, well doesn't that suck....right....
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It seems that my church just can't get enough of anything lately. And it also seems that they're pissed off at just about every member of the church. I guess when I say they, I really mean the pastor. I guess you could say he's still new to our church. It'll be about a year this comming July since he first came to our church. And personally I really don't like him. I don't know he's just really creepy. And plus you all know what they say about Catholic pastors. lol. 
Anyways.....my pastor wants all members of the church to start putting in a lot more money during collection time. And most people on the average put in about $20-$40 in each Sunday. And some of the more weathy people put in more than that. Our church is small, but it is also fairly wealthy its self. But Father Pete just wants more money. He thinks that the church needs to look like some fancy shrine or something. Personally, I think our church looks nice inside and out. The people who are in charge of decorating do a really nice job to make it look really pretty inside the chruch.
We also have what's called the Bishop's Annual Appeal. It's where we donate like $300-$500 to the appeal each year. And I guess it goes to the Bishop. But again Father Pete isn't happy with the turn outs, even though some people even donated $1000. It's like he thinks we're all going to go to hell if we don't give loads of money.
I guess another thing that seems to piss Father Pete off is that the adults don't seem to give enough involvement for certain activities. For instance, VBS is supposed to be held at my church this year. But they don't know if they'll be able to have it because they don't think they have enough adult help. So Father Pete gave a boring lecture to the church saying that they'd better help. I personally don't feel like hearing him bitching because I've already sigined up to help with VBS this year. And maybe he doesn't realize that people have jobs. They just can't take off of them for a week. I don't think their boss would like it too much.
I think that maybe if he'd stop pressuring people so much the church would have a better turn out for most things. Before he came to our church things ran smoother. And I'm pretty sure it's because we weren't pressured into doing so many things. I don't know....maybe I'm wrong.
~carebear~
Anyways.....my pastor wants all members of the church to start putting in a lot more money during collection time. And most people on the average put in about $20-$40 in each Sunday. And some of the more weathy people put in more than that. Our church is small, but it is also fairly wealthy its self. But Father Pete just wants more money. He thinks that the church needs to look like some fancy shrine or something. Personally, I think our church looks nice inside and out. The people who are in charge of decorating do a really nice job to make it look really pretty inside the chruch.
We also have what's called the Bishop's Annual Appeal. It's where we donate like $300-$500 to the appeal each year. And I guess it goes to the Bishop. But again Father Pete isn't happy with the turn outs, even though some people even donated $1000. It's like he thinks we're all going to go to hell if we don't give loads of money.
I guess another thing that seems to piss Father Pete off is that the adults don't seem to give enough involvement for certain activities. For instance, VBS is supposed to be held at my church this year. But they don't know if they'll be able to have it because they don't think they have enough adult help. So Father Pete gave a boring lecture to the church saying that they'd better help. I personally don't feel like hearing him bitching because I've already sigined up to help with VBS this year. And maybe he doesn't realize that people have jobs. They just can't take off of them for a week. I don't think their boss would like it too much.
I think that maybe if he'd stop pressuring people so much the church would have a better turn out for most things. Before he came to our church things ran smoother. And I'm pretty sure it's because we weren't pressured into doing so many things. I don't know....maybe I'm wrong.
~carebear~
