First, I am not a member of Colonial Baptist Church, but I have been to several services there. When I find someone that condemns by saying ""Christians are supposed to immulate Christ & act compassionate, not quick to judge,"" but they fail to look in the mirror at their own behavior, it turns my stomach.
Don't you find it odd that someone would call you and ""lie"" about your check being returned for NSF if it had not? Why would they? Later, they even gave the returned check to you. (Given, they also sent you a returned check from someone else) Could they actually be able to do this if it had not been returned? Look on the check. It will say the reason whey your bank gave the check back to the church instead of crediting the funds to their account. Why did they have to contact you 2 months later if you sent them payment for the returned check when they initially informed you about it?
For security, I have seen lots of cameras there and the doors are locked. Do you think that you could have just walked in to one of the rooms and took a kid? I would be concerned if you were able to get one of the kids without some security in place or to leave with one. In an active church, there are always lots of things going on and people will go in and out of the common areas, no matter which door they go in.
Since this is your first child, you may not know how difficult it is to have your child placed in preschool and that if you are holding a spot without funds to hold the spot, you are preventing someone on the waiting list from getting closure to their needs. Should the church hold the spot for you for 2 months while others are on the waiting list?
You may say that from my comments, I also am acting unlike one of Christ's disciples. If you think so, please refer to the New Testament. His disciples did not always tell people that what they were doing was right or tell them what they wanted to hear. The disciples did have a sense of urgency, and they told the people what they needed to hear. Sure, the humans @ Colonial Baptist make mistakes. Shame on them for sending you someones checking information. They are human! However, if my child were waiting for a spot in preschool there and someone was non-committal, holding a spot without having funds in place, I would hope that they would call and attempt to resolve it as quickly as possible.
I am not condemning you for your comments. I hope that now that it has been several months since this occurred, that you can contact them so that you can discuss your feelings.
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