Writing a sympathy card is a nice gesture if done properly.
What has happened is that the tone of these cards takes on the same tone as their funeral services. Its an Infomercial for the Religion.
People pick up on that pretty quickly.
designs
This is considered active service time for those who are home-bound; or for pioneer's who need service time. If it turms into a study; the home-bound person would, of course, turn it (the study) over to the pioneer and so forth...:thumbsup:
sage41:happyheart:
Yes, my SIL a pioneer is quite into that. She searches obituaries online and on the paper and signs her name with a little sympathy message. Relatives of the deceased then approach her asking if she was a friend of the deceased. She contacts them back saying she wasn't and shares a few scriptures....Thus the line of contact is opened. Even if the person doesn't respond, she follows up with an email saying hello (no scriptures or anything) to reinitiate contact.
I wondered if that was one of the new mo's. I assumed it was just her.
She and few of the friends place calls and write letters and emails as an alternative to door to door service to make the time needed to pioneer.
Wouldn't it be nice if just anyone simply wrote a note to the bereaved with encouragement, but not an agenda?
I mean, how hard is it to write a note of condolence, with perhaps a scripture or two of encouragement, and leave it just like that? There's no necessity to make a denominational issue of it, just a simple scripture or two to help the person cope. Is that really so hard? Can't we simply encourage someone without trying to prosyletize them?
Wouldn't it be nice if just anyone simply wrote a note to the bereaved with encouragement, but not an agenda?
I mean, how hard is it to write a note of condolence, with perhaps a scripture or two of encouragement, and leave it just like that? There's no necessity to make a denominational issue of it, just a simple scripture or two to help the person cope. Is that really so hard? Can't we simply encourage someone without trying to prosyletize them?
Hey MM
I do do just that, and have for over 25 years. Have never had a meeting as a result and never sought one. I have gotten 2 or 3 hate letters as a result (not bad for 27 years) and about 1 out of 100 send a sincere thank you note. There have been some who have ordered literature as a result of the tract... but not from me... from the tract publisher. I guess it's about caring about all people. The tract simply shows that the dead are dead and that there is something better in the future.
I also write letters to the editor. For these I have met with many people and spoke in several churches on various subjects. I've also had some nice folks offer to kill me or burn down my house or blow up my car. See, they all love me too. :funnyface: