siberfish

and if we don't take care of this now, we are worried that next year he puts a Ki-Bosh on us doing any fundraisers, and will be hamstrung to not do anything because of no funds.

My position is Assnt. Scoutmaster. Unit money earning app. has been submitted. We are doing everything by the book. Our Unit Committee is headed Up by the Assoc. Pastor, who is on board with us big time, as is the senior pastor. The other slots on the Unit Com. are held by 4 seperate parents. The way our church's constitution is written, the deacon's pretty much run things, and the pastor can only advise them what the church should do, but in the end, the deacon's say what goes. The wory here is that this complainer is a deacon, and will be the deaacon chair next year. We want to "ta

My Scoutmaster and I stared a new Cub and Boy Scout Troop at our church, First Baptist Church near Spartanburg. The Deacon council approved our charter, and also approved us to do 4 fundraisers during the year. (The church constitution says no church group can do fundraisers without approval.) We do not get 1 penny from the church, and as many of you know, starting a new Cub and Scout Troop is quite expensive. My SM and I are laready in the hole $1,500 for equipment, books, etc. for both the cub and boy scout groups. We recently got approval from the Deacon council to do a fund raiser selling