I have not begun my Christmas shopping....not one thing! I'd like to just skip all the commercial parts of it and concentrate on family togetherness.

I'm depressed about my "church family" and the cruelty they continue to show our Pastor who will be leaving in early Dec....going on to a new church in another state. And my "church family" is outraged that she will being leaving in the middle of Advent...and who will "do" Christmas Eve services..and on and on. This behavior after a year and 1/2 of making fun of her, of making her cry, of telling her that she waves her arms around while preaching, that she should be up in the pulpit for the sermons and then filling the stairs with their coats so she can't climb up there...I could go on and on.

This is her first church and she had/has nothing to compare it to...she almost left the ministry because she thought that this is the way it is and she must not be any good at it.

I'm happy for her that she's found a new church...a more liberal (dirty word) church with many outreach programs. I'm sad for myself ...selfish reasons as she has ministered to me on more than one occasion. Also I'd planed to have support meetings in this church at her invitation...now I'll be looking elsewhere.

And I will miss many of the lovely friends that I'll be leaving behind. But I won't miss the hypoticrical pew warmers with their cruel agenda's.

I didn't know where to post this so I brought here...where I feel most comfortable.

Now you know what's been on my plate....

You can tell me what's on yours if you want to....