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joevol33 said:
We had a young couple come today, they'd visited before, but it's been a while. He just stood for a while in the back of the church. It was odd, you could tell something wasn't right. You never know nowadays when someone is acting funny. Hate to think that in church, but it is what it is. Anyway, during the singing he walked to the front and was talking to the pastor. Our pastor then asked some men to come pray with him. I got to him first and asked what I could help him pray about, and this big guy just broke. He told me he may have a bad tumor and that he was scared. We prayed with him, and just loved on him like he was family. It really helped him, and he was so grateful that we showed him so much love. It sincerely changed how he was feeling. There are days as Christians and as a church we mess up, but there are moments when we really make an impact on someone. Those latter moments are worth it all to me.
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We had a guy that looked uncomfortable, but he visited several Sundays. People were friendly to him and he eventually relaxed a little. Then one Sunday he tried to go in the children's section. He was stopped cause you have to sign in and out of there. He never came back.

Fast forward a month. We get a letter from a local church that they had a registered pedophile that had tried to get access, and included his photo along with info from police on what to do if we saw him.

So yeah, you hate to be suspicious but you have to be suspicious.
 
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vollygirl said:
We had a guy that looked uncomfortable, but he visited several Sundays. People were friendly to him and he eventually relaxed a little. Then one Sunday he tried to go in the children's section. He was stopped cause you have to sign in and out of there. He never came back.

Fast forward a month. We get a letter from a local church that they had a registered pedophile that had tried to get access, and included his photo along with info from police on what to do if we saw him.

So yeah, you hate to be suspicious but you have to be suspicious.
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We represent a church in a pedophile case. People are awful sometimes!
 
#11,729
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vollygirl said:
It was really unsettling. I always thought our children's church was overboard with how they did things. Not any more.
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It still won't be enough in today's world unfortunately. I feel bad for churches and schools because they put things in place to prevent things to happen, but you can never trust anyone. And when something happens, they have the insurance policies that have to pay out.
 
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volwindy said:
It still won't be enough in today's world unfortunately. I feel bad for churches and schools because they put things in place to prevent things to happen, but you can never trust anyone. And when something happens, they have the insurance policies that have to pay out.
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Yep. Ours is very strict when it comes to access to the kids. It's sad it has to be that way for schools and churches like you said.
 
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vollygirl said:
We had a guy that looked uncomfortable, but he visited several Sundays. People were friendly to him and he eventually relaxed a little. Then one Sunday he tried to go in the children's section. He was stopped cause you have to sign in and out of there. He never came back.

Fast forward a month. We get a letter from a local church that they had a registered pedophile that had tried to get access, and included his photo along with info from police on what to do if we saw him.

So yeah, you hate to be suspicious but you have to be suspicious.
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That is scary.
 
#11,737
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Flying back to Omaha today.
My weekend was in New York City 1st time I visited that Metropolis or amazing city plus saw the Warriors play the Knicks in what was a decent game.

Also I see a candidate for Mayor of Omaha wants to a pro sports team in Omaha.
Problem with that is you can't add a team to the nfl without screwing up the numbers which is currently a even amount. And I don't doubt the same for nba, nhl and MLB even with me not having counted the number of teams.
Add in find a arena that will not interfere with other teams playing if it is a Shared Stadium with the Stormchasers, The UNO Mavericks, etc.
If not I don't doubt a new stadium could be built but that will cost a large amount of bucks. I wouldn't doubt his 1st option ask the brilliant rich man Warren Buffet.
 
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wildnkrazykat said:
Yall can go ahead and pRay for me. I've been charged with rebuilding the youth class and right now I have one girl who is homeschooled and doesn't sin, has no hardships she can identify, doesn't believe she has to use bible study books inhre personal time and in general irritates me.

I know that's a bad attitude but she's just irked me today.
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Maybe she should teach
 
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vollygirl said:
We had a guy that looked uncomfortable, but he visited several Sundays. People were friendly to him and he eventually relaxed a little. Then one Sunday he tried to go in the children's section. He was stopped cause you have to sign in and out of there. He never came back.

Fast forward a month. We get a letter from a local church that they had a registered pedophile that had tried to get access, and included his photo along with info from police on what to do if we saw him.

So yeah, you hate to be suspicious but you have to be suspicious.
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I'm part of the security team at my church. Unfortunately it's one of the places most likely to be targeted by pedophiles because they create an environment that welcomes outsiders in. Every kid is given a nametag with a number and the parents are given a tag with a corresponding number. Nobody is allowed to pick up their kids without that tag, no exceptions.
 
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Nfl team is what a candidate for Omaha mayor wants.

Numbers would need to be sacrificed if you have 5 teams in 1 division so maybe 1 afc division plays only 3 out of 4 nfc teams in that 5 teams division.
Plus not playing 2 other teams of 2 different nfc or afc divisions because of having 2 more division games.

Currently on airplane in Chicago it will be great to be back in Omaha.

Also give my friend the New York City World Trade Center magnet.
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
I'm part of the security team at my church. Unfortunately it's one of the places most likely to be targeted by pedophiles because they create an environment that welcomes outsiders in. Every kid is given a nametag with a number and the parents are given a tag with a corresponding number. Nobody is allowed to pick up their kids without that tag, no exceptions.
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Ours is the same way.
 
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#11,742
At ours you sign the child in and they print out a sticker that goes on the back of their shirt. The parent gets a copy, and they scan them both when you pick the child up.
 
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firestorm said:
Nfl team is what a candidate for Omaha mayor wants.

Numbers would need to be sacrificed if you have 5 teams in 1 division so maybe 1 afc division plays only 3 out of 4 nfc teams in that 5 teams division.
Plus not playing 2 other teams of 2 different nfc or afc divisions because of having 2 more division games.

Currently on airplane in Chicago it will be great to be back in Omaha.

Also give my friend the New York City World Trade Center magnet.
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Would there be much support for the NFL in Omaha? I figured Nebraska football would be king around there.
 
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