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