Jen,
I'm not offended at all by your comment,  but they, the vets,  would 
be. They are a part of the body of Christ and they have been 
emotionally trained to honor that flag above everything.  To me, it 
almost looks like worship.  In fact, in the case of this one man who 
isn't coming back, I believe that it is worship.  This makes it a 
heart and spiritual issue more than a simple decision of where the 
flag should go.  All I can say is, I'm glad that they're out of the 
front of our sanctuary and now, our sanctuary is holy devoted to the 
worship of Christ.
Kathy



At 05:12 PM 7/18/2006, you wrote:
>kathy.  No offense... but does it really matter what the vets 
>think?  I mean... don't shoot me yet... i'm only saying, we are to 
>pray for the pease of Jereusalem right?  What better way of showing 
>that we stand for them?  I really don't mean any offense... I'm 
>sorry if you take it that way.
>Jenifer gilley
>"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have 
>trouble remembering how to fly."
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>>Wow, I almost wouldn't mind a flag for Jerusalem myself, but our 
>>Vets would never go for that!!
>>Kathy
>>Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
>>
>>
>>At 05:12 PM 7/17/2006, you wrote:
>>>kathy!
>>>
>>>so glad all went well yesterday!  God is good!  I know for my 
>>>church, we have three flags in the front.  We have Jereusalem's 
>>>flag, the US Flag, and in the senter we have a flag that was 
>>>created i think to represent Christ. Don't ask me how... but this 
>>>was how it was explained to me. Still praying for you all!
>>>Jenifer gilley
>>>"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have 
>>>trouble remembering how to fly."
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>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>>Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 1:42 PM
>>>Subject: How it went at the meeting
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Guys,
>>>>Well, thanks for praying.  The meeting resulted in an outcome 
>>>>that I never expected.  The majority ended up voting to remove 
>>>>both flags from the sanctuary altogether.  We've moved them to 
>>>>the fellowship hall and now, I'm going to begin working on  a 
>>>>display to go with them that points out our godly 
>>>>heritage.  Amazing.  I don't know if the veteran who has not been 
>>>>back will come back now either, but the majority, most of us 
>>>>actually, voted that Christ and the people are more important 
>>>>than a few pieces of cloth.  Yea.  A lot of prayer went into 
>>>>yesterdays meeting and heads stayed pretty cool and 
>>>>collected.  Everyone had  their turn to speak and I believe that 
>>>>the matter was handled well.  Thank you Lord for your 
>>>>peace.  This was a real test of our ability to handle conflict in 
>>>>a mature, godly way.  If we are going to change and become 
>>>>relevant to the community around us, many more changes will have 
>>>>to be made and more toes are probably going to get stepped on in 
>>>>the process:  not intentionally, of course, but everybody has 
>>>>their thing.  Anyway, this was a small way of demonstrating to 
>>>>all of us that we can weather conflict and come out the other 
>>>>side friends.  If we can just keep The Lord, and His purpose, 
>>>>front and center I believe that there is hope.  Thank you so much 
>>>>for your prayers.I know that they helped to bring about a godly outcome.
>>>>Kathy
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