Church Politics

Today I began jumping with both feet into the world of church politics.
And it’s complicated.

When I was in college, we spent a great deal of time at the Rafiki House playing a game called Mafia, in which players try to pick each other off without other players knowing who is in charge.
After learning what I now know about our limited congregation (I have less than 40 people to work with) this will probably use more complicated.

I was nominated to be on what is called the Nominating Committee, in which I help find people to fill the various positions within the church.
4 of the positions have the elected official be on the Board, which has rules about not having two family members being on at the same time.
Our church has several large families in it, so figuring all this out will be tricky.
In addition, I’ve also discovered that there are about 15-20 people who aren’t members, but could be. And then there is a list if people who have left the church who are still considered “members”, but who just don’t attend. Only official church members can hold positions of office, which further complicates things.

I may have to draw diagrams to figure all of this out!

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Sleeping in the Rain

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We usually go to bed late after the concerts, after sitting around the fire, and wake up around 8-8:30. We are really far from the concert stage (about as far as you can get) so we listen to the 9:00 pastor on the neighbor’s radio. Some really boring bands usually play right after the pastor, so it’s usually not worth the walk, especially if you’re still half asleep.

I’m not sure if Andy has found out about Jon Hnaituk & Emily Gauvin yet. Andy and Emily used to be girlfriend/boyfriend, but they broke up.

Kyle McKibben stormed off last night because we were all sleeping outside and he wanted one side of the fire to himself. He still hasn’t returned. By morning, I was the only one left out there! Apparently it had started to rain and they all went in, but I slept right through it!