COGWA Shuts Down Services

From Doug Horchak:

Dear Pastors,

The impact of the coronavirus outbreak has proven to be an extremely fluid situation, with circumstances changing by the hour. Taking all things into consideration, we (the Church administration team) have decided to ask all of our U.S. pastors to cancel meeting for Sabbath services tomorrow, March 14. 

We realize this is very short notice. However, out of concern for the safety of the brethren—and given the mounting number of emergency declarations and restrictions from an increasing number of state and local governments throughout the country—we feel it is best to ask all of our U.S. congregations to cancel Sabbath services tomorrow.

Some of our pastors are already reporting local restrictions on meetings. For example, many area schools are being shut and our services are being canceled anyway. Various counties are also restricting meetings effective today. There are reports that President Trump will be declaring a national emergency this afternoon. This will further restrict our ability to hold services.

Given that we will not hold services in local congregations, we ask that all of you pastors to be sure to forward the “Statement From the Church on the Coronavirus” (sent to you yesterday) to members of your congregations via email.

The administration team will meet again on Monday, March 16, to further discuss the ongoing impact of the coronavirus outbreak and how it will affect our church services in the weeks that follow. From this meeting, we will develop further guidance and recommendations for all of our pastors early next week about the following Sabbaths, upcoming Passover and holy days.

Sabbath webcast: 

In lieu of local congregational services, we will be webcasting a live Sabbath message tomorrow, March 14. Doug Horchak and Jim Franks will be giving the messages. The webcast will be available on the COGWA.TV website and will begin at 2 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Information concerning how to connect to the webcast will come to you later today.

We appreciate the patience and cooperation of our ministry and members as we work to give guidance and direction during this unique and uncertain time!

The Most Depressing Feast Announcement Ever

As many Churches of God shut down services for the next few weeks, many are also looking at the potential for disruption of Feast of tabernacles activities this coming fall. The potential is there for restrictions in domestic and international travel as well as people assembling in groups of 250 or more....not that any COG has 250 people to attend in any one location at a time, anymore.

Never fear though, a solution has been offered.  It comes from our official COG zealot who plans on lecturing for 8 days straight on the law.  Can you imagine listening to James Malm for 8 days straight?  The licking flames of the lake of fire would be so sweet compared to this.

12 Mar:  The incidence of actual illness may fall of during the summer but this is not going away and the pool of asymptomatic carriers will continue to grow exponentially and a possible resumption of widespread illness is possible when next winter sets in. For Passover and the Spring Feast larger congregations should be split into small groups.I personally recommend that everyone plan to remain as close to home as possible for the Feast of Tabernacles, especially avoid international travel. Also avoid rich foods, drink and attending crowded tourist sites in favor of spending more time getting right with God.  Organizations should move away from large sites to smaller more local sites. If you are ill, STAY HOME and access the Feast presentation at TheShiningLight!

Then to make matters worse, this stinking turd expects you to sit in your hotel room eating cold roast beef sandwiches with organic whole wheat bread instead of going out for a nice meal. The entire point of Herbert creating this man-made Feast was to serve up a sample of the kingdom of God to come where we would enjoy the best things in life.  

Oh hell no!

Sam Harris: Through the Eyes of a Cult

In this episode Sam Harris discusses the Heaven's Gate suicide cult and argues that we all have something important to learn from them about the power of belief.

The Exit Interviews

Marshall Applewhite's Exit Interview

"It's not our fault. We have been here, We have made ourselves known. We have held meetings. We have put out information. Articles that have been printed. Major newspapers that have gone world over for many years for the time we have been here. We have been ignored. ....we understand why we have been called that when someone has not been given the knowledge to see us for who we are and recognize what we can offer for you..."