Turn the cheek or shake the dust off?

Sometimes it's a tough decision.

I've been wrestling with the idea of blogging about this because I don't want to come off as bashing leadership - the Bible is clear on that. Having been involved in church leadership, I know it is no easy task and there is no way to keep all of the people happy all of the time.

Okay, so, we are having a CC event in our hometown of Peoria, IL. It is our second; the first was at Richwoods Christian Church, thank-you-very-much Pastor Jim Powell for your willingness to step out of the boat and for your positive words of encouragement for what Cache' is doing. But, you say, don't you both attend Northwoods CC? Yes, we do. Prior to the event in 1/08, we met with the adult ministry leader and a former singles leader at Northwoods. They saw the value in what CC is offering to Christian singles and thought we could have a great event at Northwoods, because of their marketing power and large number of singles. (Although, sadly, their singles ministry shut down a few years ago.) But, the powers above those leaders shunned the idea for no disclosed reason.

That was a little hard to take, but we chose to respect their decision and move forward to RCC who would gladly host an event, which went very well.

Fast forward to Fall '09 and it's time for another event. We decided to ask RCC if we could have it at their facility again because they were so great to work with us, the familiarity to guests, etc. After mentioning the Fall event to the adults pastor at Northwoods, he said he'd be glad to promote our event. Well, that's something!

Unfortunately something turned into nothing. It seems that although some of the pastors are not opposed, the Elders are strongly opposed to even putting our event flyers in the information areas. We were advised to try to schedule a meeting with the Elders if we wish to attempt to change their minds.

I have a feeling that would be a long shot - to meet face-to-face with the Elders. Hmmmm ... we may need some divine wisdom on this.

~ Linda