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tbibune april 27 1988 c3 bad manners and misguided zeal it was a classic case of bad manners and misguided zeal the kind of experience that leaves you feeling embarrassed angry and sad that some people choose to apply their intelligence and en thusiasm towards such a negative end nancy nagy williams the visit ing pastor at st james presbyte rian church had just begun con ducting the morning service when suddenly a voice rang out from the back of the church excuse me the disrupter began but it is unscriptural to have a woman leading worship you could have knocked the en tire congregation over with a feather such was their state of shock several said afterwards they thought perhaps they were being treated to an unannounced real life drama preplanned and designed to make a point in an un expected fashion but no it soon became evident that this was the real thing from where i live bruce stapley i suppose all church officials harbour a silent fear of such an outburst to happen however with a guest pastor in charge is a nightmare come true the 28yearold minister stood in the pulpit wideeyed and open- mouthed for only a moment then proceeded to tell the man she was entitled according to the laws governing the presbyterian church to conduct a service her accuser an outsider in sisted on carrying on with his out burst until he was escorted from the sanctuary by an elder as he went he made one last attempt to lay a biblical heavy on the energe tic young lady claiming that the day would come when she would have to hold herself accountable for her inappropriate station the man was treated more than fairly it turns out tribune editor jim thomas an elder in the church had provided the man cof fee money before the service fel low elder alan powell spoke with the man both before the service and after escorting him out of the sanctuary he was not nuts it was agreed in fact his knowledge of scripture was essentially sound which leads me to wonder how any wouldbe christian could app ly his time steeped faith in such a disturbing fashion bearing in mind that christ himself empha sized the importance of consid eration of others nancy williams try as she did was unable to pull herself together for at least 15 minutes after the incident so great was her upset when the tears finally flowed im sure i was not alone in my feeling of anger and disgust towards the man who had so self- righteously levelled one who had spent much of her week preparing such a positive spiritual message it particularly gripes me that someone would deign themself an appropriate critic of a church where members and staff alike are earning their keep while the detractor is unable to buy himself a coffee the apostle paul addressing the thessalonians who were con tent to sit back and watch the world go by made it quite clear we are to support ourselves whenever possible the church needs people who make it their business to delve deeply into the bible in an effort to the entire almira furniture 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