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GregFL:
Talk to ginger about how long her family was "involved" because I really don't have the anser and shouldn't speak for her.

Thom:

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"Talk to ginger about how long her family was "involved" because I really don't have the anser and shouldn't speak for her."

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Well, I can't speak for Greg or Ginger, but as her brother, I can address the length of family involvement question:

Family involvement started, I believe, in early '71 with our 2 older brothers and myself. My younger, and Ginger's older sister followed. Oldest brother left pretty quick, next stayed a bit longer, not sure of sister's start/end times. I think I was the last one to attend, probably in '75. All of us were Andrews Ave. and or SR 84

Antigen:
Thom, long after you graduated again, Mom was dragging me down to open meetings every Friday night. Then there was the "volunteer" work making sandwiches in the kitchen at Plantation Elementary.

Every Sunday after Sunday school and church, we'd make the drive down to SR-84 and wait at the gate for a couple of Seedlings to come out w/ a couple of bread racks full of bread, mayonaise, mustard, PB&J and lunch meat and load them into the trunk of the car. Sometimes, there would be another "volunteer" parent waiting there too. Then we'd drive over to the elementary school and spend an hour or so assembling the sandwiches, load them back into the trunk and deliver them back to the Seedling at the gate. Then on to either Denny's or Skyline for a late lunch then back home.

I think she thought that a little Seed was a good prophylactic against adolescence and impending druggiedome. And she believed, and believes to this day, all the bullshit "signs of drug addiction", like a need for privacy, mood swings, changes in fashion and music and, above all, any attempt to make friends. GOD forbid I should let slip any desire to be a part of anything except for church and The Seed.

I'm still grateful to good old Don Taws. What a sweet old man he was. When Mom sent me into his office to get chastised for not formally joining the church, he told me it was alright; that he would never want anybody to swear an oath that they didn't believe and that he'd always be there if I wanted to talk. And I found out later that he'd been trying to explain to Mom for awhile that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to force me to attend services and open meetings if I didn't want to.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson, 1787
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Thom:

--- Quote ---On 2005-02-12 11:06:00, Antigen wrote:


I'm still grateful to good old Don Taws. What a sweet old man he was. When Mom sent me into his office to get chastised for not formally joining the church, he told me it was alright; that he would never want anybody to swear an oath that they didn't believe and that he'd always be there if I wanted to talk. And I found out later that he'd been trying to explain to Mom for awhile that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to force me to attend services and open meetings if I didn't want to.


Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson, 1787
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And now you know....the rest....of the story.  ::boohoo:: Thanks Ging, for filling in the blanks.

I agree with Don Taws. A person has to make their own spiritual choices. I've never forced my kids to go to church, but I did encourage and model it. Today they attend with us sometimes. I'm a happy camper.
Shannon and I went to see Don (Pastor/Bible Teacher in High School) about 5 years ago. He lives a bit south of Asheville, NC. I tracked him down because I wanted to tell him I was grateful for the fine example of Godly living he modeled when he was my teacher. I wanted him to know that his energy spent trying to get through to me when I was in school was not wasted, and that the 'seeds' he had planted had at last sprouted.
He and his wife had just returned from the funeral of their Daughter, Kiki. (bee sting), he had a cast on his broken ankle, and he was battling cancer. He said 'God is good' a few times that weekend, and meant it. He jumped up Sunday morning and taught his regular Sunday School class. I needed to see what a genuine Christian looks like after a long term journey, and with trials. His enthusiasm for The Lord was even stronger than it had been 25 years earlier! I am glad Shannon went with me to meet them as well.
I strongly disagree, however, with T. Jefferson. I believe a newspaper needs an editor, proof readers and other such government in order to stay on task. ::cheers::  to remove our conscious contact with God. I plead lysdexia! [ This Message was edited by: Thom on 2005-02-12 14:49 ]

GregFL:
Thom, you do have a good sense of humor, just like Ginger told me you did.

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