Ben Wink has left a new comment on your post "Mark Schroeder Joins Rick Miller and Other Shrinke...":
How can one use the chapel at MLC for a worship conference?! That would be patently ridiculous. I mean what with all of the classes going on 24-7-365&1/4 and such in that glorious edifice of multitasking Christianity...oh, wait. This is happening in July when there are no classes going on? Hmmm...have to rethink that one.
Just went to MLC's webpage and apparently the link to having MLC to host your event does work, so apparently no one in the Committee on Worship (COW) knew they could do that! Gosh there's phone numbers and email addresses and everything.
Oh, but wait, there's no link to reserving something for the Chapel Of The Christ! That must be why COW is not having it there. If the MLC webpage doesn't advertise it, then it must be out of bounds for reservations. Darn it all! And here there was that $8 million spent and everything! Shoot!
Oh well, is there anything available at the pseudo-Christian fake Lutheran college in St. Peter, MN? That's where they have that Christ Chapel right? Not to be confused with a Chapel of the Christ. Golly that is confusing! Maybe that's what happened! COW just thought they were calling up MLC and were booking someplace that had Christ and Chapel in the title and before you knew it, the contract was signed and they were committed to it! That must be it.
And Mankato is just too far from New Ulm and has Bethany which is ELS and since WELS is in fellowship with them, using that chapel and campus is right out of the question I suppose.
Plus Mankato has lots of distractions that some would call convenient like chain motels, department stores and actual restaurants, which can be a distraction indeed compared to lovely St. Peter, which makes New Ulm look like a metropolis in comparison.
So I guess the best choice was made even though it is a school that WELS is not in fellowship with and WELS is not using their costly and controversial new worship facility to host their own WORSHIP conference.
Golly, I'm writing MLC a check right now for maintenance for that Chapel of the Christ because apparently it is not getting used during the summer and might fall into disrepair due to neglect. All those cobwebs in there might become a health hazard.
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GJ - The excuse being peddled is "Mary Lou College does not have AC in the dorms, and the chapel is not large enough."
WELS never tells the truth. The real reason is Chaching and Change wants to promote unionism.
