by life is to short 21 Replies latest jw friends
EmergedAsMe, in the churches I'm familiar with or have friends in, eg, Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, Light and Life etc, United Free Church, safeguarding is of top priority.
EmergedAsMe, I really like your name very much. It expresses how I feel, relief that I got out more or less intact, but considerably wounded...very much so.
I saw that happen many times in my congregation, hell sometimes I'd end up with the much older men and I would pull a face - on the inside. I would be so bummed that I landed with the old foggies and not my friends. I knew that the service would be very boring that day. I think in their minds they see it as grooming the child in being a preacher - learn from their elders on how the preaching work should be done.
Now that I know what has gone on in that faith - it's down right creepy. Little people should work with their parents! Hell they shouldn't even be on the bloody field work anyway - it's not normal for little kids to do that, especially after a 2 hour meeting. (we had our meetings from 8-10 in the morning and field service followed!)
