As an ethnic scot scunnered is NOTHING to me (meaning it's easy to understand), and having some family (uncles and aunties) who speak with a norn irish brogue, they say scundered, nevertheless....
as a religious, and somewhat theologically educated (though, i may say, not an expert) myself, . . . . .
why the heck did they let a young-ish man lead a kirk congregation of older people? Surely there was a congregation better fitted to this man, and perhaps a minister who matched more closely the demographic of your congregation could have been allotted???
Originally Posted by James Hubbard
, folks. But then ... when the day came for appointing a *Nominating Committee *[referred to in the 3rd paragraph of my opening post] church members who could be bothered staying behind after morning service to vote, gathered together in small cliques to make sure of their voices being heard (politics and religion are not so very dissimilar in many ways!). And the upshot was, that at least 90% of those chosen to "represent the interests" of the congregation were less than middle-aged. Indeed, at least two of their number - both clad in denims - had barely finished university!!
