Hi Guys,
Thanks for praying.  It wasn't great, but at least it's over.  The 
two sides were supposed to present their case, one for investing in 
ministry and the other for starting a trust fund.  Unfortunately, the 
person in favor of starting a trust fund went first and, basically, 
misrepresented, well, let's just say, lied, about those who want to 
invest in ministry.  The people in favor of ministry never got to 
really present their side at all.  We were, at least able to convince 
the congregation to tithe on the money to a worthwhile ministry and 
just have them park the rest in a CD to allow for further 
discussion.    Our people are getting older.  They don't have a next 
generation to pass on the ministry too.  The building is older and 
isn't up to code.  Unfortunately, these kinds of discussions show the 
true colors of people that you still need to worship with next 
Sunday.  I'm just praying that the Lord will continue to work in the 
hearts of our people to get them to step out of the boat, out of the 
comfort zone and into the adventure where Jesus is.
Kathy