The Chapel of Awareness annual report and meeting materials arrived for most members, apparently, in the last few days. Some Chapel members in contact with Chapel Guardian have shared some of their thoughts about the materials.
As the annual meeting approaches, Chapel Guardian point out (again) the inconsistencies in behavior and thinking that cause us to question the activities of the current Chapel leadership. Consider:
1) Amy Milford and Louise Morin are mentioned prominently in Pastor Don Miller's report. They are listed as "co-leaders of the Ways and Means Board Committee". Louise also heads the tape department. Chapel Guardian are pleased that Amy and Louise appear so committed to the Chapel after serving on the board in the prior year, with Rev. Don, in which they contributed little to the board and turned on Rev. Ann Lorenzini, as did Don. So where was this commitment in the past two years? Recall that the three of them initially backed the discontinuation of memberships of those who stopped participating in Chapel activities over several years. As members of the board, they were the very targets of the lawsuit they later supported. Their contributions to the Chapel have been confusing at best, deceptive at worst, in Chapel Guardian opinion.
2) It's ironic that Don would also highlight two people who were 100% absent over the final five years that Rev. Ann was pastor and board chair: Melissa Hall and Suzy Sisler. Rev. Don even notes Melissa's "long hiatus". Melissa (like Rev. Don, Suzy Sisler, Amy Milford and Louise Morin) was an active member of the Friends of Chapel group, which sought to take over Chapel from fellow members.
3) John Dorian is also listed, another member who did nothing for years while attacking the character of Rev. Ann Lorenzini and others, in open meetings, as a member of the Friends of Chapel group.
4) The Friends of Chapel pastor also commends Rev. Nell Rose Smith as board chair, who (among other "accomplishments") engaged in a mean-spirited campaign to successfully expel Rev. Ann and several other members who did not fit within her vision of Chapel.
5) The Friends of Chapel pastor also highlights the activities of Rev. Sherry DeLoach. In his letter, Rev. Don states that Rev. Sherry has started healing clinics: "... The first time that Chapel has offered something like this to the public". Chapel Guardian find this statement interesting since Rev. Sherry never uses Chapel addresses, phone numbers, or email addresses to promote these supposed Chapel clinics --- only her personal and business contact information.
Chapel Guardian notes that these ongoing concerns are not lost on a good number of the Chapel membership.
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"As members of the board, they were the very targets of the lawsuit they later supported. Their contributions to the Chapel have been confusing at best, deceptive at worst, in Chapel Guardian opinion."
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting side note to this comment is that Amy Milford was NOT named on the law suit. Rev. Nell Rose Smith substituted Amy Burger's name for Amy Milford in the document. Amy Burger did not serve on the board until much later that year and was not involved in the decisions being disputed.