[Sweet Pea]

JT - I agree that UPC churches should be more community minded and helping in disasters, etc.

HOWEVER, I don't think you can compare a UPC church not wanting to "rent" to another group that want to have services. We're not talking they lost their building by some loss - just rent the building for services (maybe until they buy a place.) Having been associated with a church that rented their facility to another group - it wasn't always a pretty sight. There is a quite a bit of headache involved. Some people just don't take care of something that isn't theirs.

Plus as an aside, in some states, churches have to pay tax on any income received from renting or leasing any portion of their building/property on a regular basis. Maybe they don't want to worry with something like that when they chose not to rent to another congregation.

JMHO

Now.... back to the topic at hand. None of us can really know what the full circumstances are - but I'm glad that the AG church offered - and like someone else - maybe God has greater plans for it than we can imagine.