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�From the Front Pew
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There i n old cliche' th
probably found it or in in
the fact th t when one now
nothin about nythin, the.n
one c nnot be held re po n-
,.ible for re ult or outcomes
surrounding that p rticular
subject.
old often-he rd
cliche', "ignorance i bli
probably pplie to many ir­
um tance , However. one of
hem hould not be the Black
church.
he "bury your head in the
sand" ppro ch to i ue in
the church could eventually
bury it a well.
Often, Church-goer are
heard to ay,"1 just pay my
title nd enjoy the ervices
on Sund y. I don't get off
Into all that meeting and bu i ....
nes stuff."
SEVERAL LETTERS
llECENTLY received by the
Front Pew c o l irm n g i ve s
· credence to the fact tha t "a 11
that busine s stuff" needs to
· be adhered to by many more
church goers. I have received
[ntorma tion on every kind of
· "uns c rupu l o us " administra­
ion tactic you could imagine.
Unfortunately, many
church-goers just crap their
entire religious experience
when underhanded actions are
put into effect in their chur­
ches or money ends up some­
where it wasn't suppose to go.
I� many churches, just like
any other organization, a f
Imall egment of the member­
strip make all of the decisions
over the telephone and by the
time it gets to a board, (if
there is aboard), the tiny
power it r uc tur e has the
decision off and rolling.
· Too often, church members
are basically lazy about at:
tending meetings and getting
bus iness done.
: Therefore, those willing to'
a'ltend, are allowed to "pilot"
the plane' in the direction they
• is,h. Of tenthe expression is
he:ard, "We fai thful few have
to- do everything." But this
may well be ..
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ti�a are into areas where they
do not have family support
sy'stems. So rei iance upon the
church becomes more i rnpor­
tant.for many of them, but in
tha't transi tion some of them'
have lost a lot of (even) those
ties. It is up to the church to
begin really to extend itself
into the c o mmunl t y and to
help re-establish those sup­
port systems for families,"
she'said.
Conference participants
wiJl hear keynote speaker
Marian Wright Edelman,
founder and executive direc­
tor of .the Children"s Defen e
Fund, address ke y iss ues and
possible solutions. They will
ap l n t o smaller groups to
devise additional strategies
. and form of upport which
can be offered by churches or
in partnership with secular or­
a nization .
. BENNETT SAID an em­
p�hsis will be on bridging the
aap between churches and
secular organizations. "The
churches are doing their
Uling, then the social e rvice
people are doing their thing
aA9 the community organizers,
ate doi ng thei r thi ng. All of u
· ne e d to come together and
say, 'We are all working for
the arne cau e: let'S see if we
can wor together and make
SOme connection - do some
networking, it he aid.
f
The 81' c .
p o r f'u l n t r t:
en rgy, nu mon put into It
hould ref'l t that pow r in
th entir ommunity. But it
III n e v [do. 0 if more
church oer don't iak th ir
h ad out of the nd nd
demand better a countability.
I think it' time we topped
being 0 complacent about the
way our churche are run and
get involved in the total
proces ,and not just for a few
hour on Sunday and weekly
choir rehe r: 1.
And th I nor nce L f r
rom bein "bli f'ul l."
N t w ek : I n o r an c e :
Are th re mini, t e r who en­
courage it?
or
To a ddr e 1 tt r s of in-
quiry or concern to be pub­
lished by "From the Front
Pew," please write: Ethel Mc­
Cane, c/o Michigan Citizen,
P.O. 03560,. Highland Park,
M148203.
T TH ... RI � of b in
tarred and fe th r d, might I
concede the e three thing:
That we till have too much
"ignor nce" in our com­
munity;
We s o m e n m e hide the
right to be i norant under the
"bu hel" of r c l i g io n:
TRY TO'
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