Thanks Tom, Merry Christmas to you and Sam. I couldn't have made it to 500 without people like you who will take the time read and respond with meaningful comments.
It is a sad state of affairs with the church when the 16 year old would have to provide teaching for the teaching moment instead of the preacher but it looks like that is the case. The preacher said, "I'm sorry" so I guess in his mind that makes it all okay just to crap on the boy like that when he stepped up and volunteered over a month ago when nobody would commit to doing it for the late night service.
The boy said he's done with volunteering for anything that Pastor Lee is involved with after this one. The wife is still trying to decide how she is going to handle it since she works up at the church part time but I think that Pastor Lee will not be convinced he made the right decision when the Mrs. Papper gets done confronting the head pastor and himself.
She also said that on Jan. 2 when she goes back to work she will tell the head pastor's wife who was asking about me a while back that she shouldn't expect me back ever after this treatment our son got.
Next Christmas I may just listen to Stille Nacht on the livestream and never set foot in the church. This has got me guzbucking angry with them, well past the level I had been at.