Westfield shuts down church fundraiser

Once again some beaurocrat who is trying to look the big wig. Get a life mayor! This is a temporary church fundraiser and not a business.

Cool! Now they are setting such a wonderful example for other churches, hire an atterney and fight the city.
what morals are they teaching their kids ?

They spent $8,000 and the inventory is only worth $2,300? Sounds like a problem from the start!

Instigator, a church is a BUSINESS. If they are holding a bake sale, it is a fundraiser for a BUSINESS. If this church had the $8000 to invest in an unusual business venture for the church, it should have be prepared to lose that money as well as profit by it, just like any other investor, business or personal. Thank you to the mayor for closing an illegal business, regardless of who was behind it.

Churches should not be holding fundraisors. The true church is to preach and spread the gospel, not entertain!

Mary wrote:

Churches should not be holding fundraisors. The true church is to preach and spread the gospel, not entertain!

I couldn't agree more.

Adams is a bumbling moron. Selling fireworks. How about selling condoms and sex toys??

A church should not be selling products that annoy others when used, are suspect in many "accidental" fires, and have a known track record of causing devastating injuries to innocents.

instigator wrote:

Once again some beaurocrat who is trying to look the big wig. Get a life mayor! This is a temporary church fundraiser and not a business.

#1 Learn to spell goober!#2 Rules/Laws are in place for a reason and the church deserves no special consideration over anyone else. Had you or I opened a fireworks store in that location with that type of signage it would have been shut down as well. I too question selling fireworks to raise funds for a CHURCH. If some kid blows a finger off the church would have a lot more to worry about than their $2300 investment.

Joyce wrote:

Out of 9 replies, only one poster claims to be from Indianapolis. The rest of you should get a local life.

I am from Indianapolis, but for some reason the comments show I'm from OKC. I'm not real computer literate to understand why or to change it, but anyway...

Joyce / Mary: Your location will vary depending on where your ISPs corporate headquarters are located, not necessarily your actual home city/state.

a technology guy wrote:

Joyce / Mary: Your location will vary depending on where your ISPs corporate headquarters are located, not necessarily your actual home city/state.

Actually it doesn't have anything to do with the corporate headquaters of your ISP. Your location is dependant on where your ISP has thier point of presence. That is where they insert into the WWW backbone.

Well, Pastor Adams, I believe that you should have dotted all your I's and crossed all your T's BEFORE you committed so much of your parishoner's money!!!

You are supposed to "lead" - if I was on your board, I would vote you out ASAP and look for someone more responsible.

You give church leaders a bad name.

To Trucker Wife: When your husband is on the road, he picks up lot lizards at truck stops.

Carmel Patriot is pathetic.

Zero Tolerance wrote:

Carmel Patriot is pathetic.

Indeed he is.

I know I am, but what are you?