GSonnen
Member
I'm looking for some wisdom here.
A little background on me: I'm 40, married, two kids, strong Christian, and strong supporter of the 2nd Ammendment (NRA lifer). I have a CHL in Texas and carry pretty much all the time. I'm very active in cowboy action shooting and compete in 2 to 3 matches a month. My kids are 6 & 8. They do plink, but are not disciplined enough to compete yet, so they usually watch and help pick brass at our monthly CAS shoots.
I've attended the same church in my hometown for almost 10 years. We attend weekly service, Bible study, & send our kids to Sunday school regularly. Last week, my son (6) got in the car after Sunday school looking pretty sad. I said 'what's wrong', my 8 year old daughter proceeded to tell us that Mrs. "Smith" (the teacher on duty for this month) verbally brow beat & repromanded my son for drawing pictures of guns. His assignment was to draw a picture of something fun he did this weekend. They day before he was at a cowboy match with me. His picture was of some cowboy shooters firing rifles at steel targets (again pretty crude crayon pics done by a 6 year old.) Mrs. "Smith" repromanded him in front of the class telling him that guns are "evil", and it is "illegal to discuss or draw them in a church". This left my 6 year old pretty confused and saddened as his mom and dad are both avid shooters.
I don't know Mrs. "Smith" well, but I called her the next day just to get the facts from her perspective. At the end of our discussion, I found her to be an old curmudgeon who is very anti-gun & anti-second ammendment, both of which she apparently gladly shares with anyone that will listen. I ended the call civilly and proceeded to call our pastor to discuss. He is pro 2nd Ammendment and regularly shoots Sporting Clays with me. He was not happy with our situation, but informed us that this was not the first time Mrs. "Smith" bestowed her personal wisdom on other church members. He spoke with her and really got no where as she feels "guns are evil and have no place in society."
My wife & I are really at a dilemma over this. We've decided that our kids should not be in the class when Mrs. "Smith" is the assigned teacher. She cycles into that position every 3 or 4 months. That really leaves us torn as we like our kids to be in Sunday school and learn about the Lord, but we are afraid of the moral direction they may get from this dear old lady. It looks like our Pastor is unable/unwilling to persue the issue any further even at our request.
Anyone have similar issues in their church? If so please share your wisdom,
Greg
A little background on me: I'm 40, married, two kids, strong Christian, and strong supporter of the 2nd Ammendment (NRA lifer). I have a CHL in Texas and carry pretty much all the time. I'm very active in cowboy action shooting and compete in 2 to 3 matches a month. My kids are 6 & 8. They do plink, but are not disciplined enough to compete yet, so they usually watch and help pick brass at our monthly CAS shoots.
I've attended the same church in my hometown for almost 10 years. We attend weekly service, Bible study, & send our kids to Sunday school regularly. Last week, my son (6) got in the car after Sunday school looking pretty sad. I said 'what's wrong', my 8 year old daughter proceeded to tell us that Mrs. "Smith" (the teacher on duty for this month) verbally brow beat & repromanded my son for drawing pictures of guns. His assignment was to draw a picture of something fun he did this weekend. They day before he was at a cowboy match with me. His picture was of some cowboy shooters firing rifles at steel targets (again pretty crude crayon pics done by a 6 year old.) Mrs. "Smith" repromanded him in front of the class telling him that guns are "evil", and it is "illegal to discuss or draw them in a church". This left my 6 year old pretty confused and saddened as his mom and dad are both avid shooters.
I don't know Mrs. "Smith" well, but I called her the next day just to get the facts from her perspective. At the end of our discussion, I found her to be an old curmudgeon who is very anti-gun & anti-second ammendment, both of which she apparently gladly shares with anyone that will listen. I ended the call civilly and proceeded to call our pastor to discuss. He is pro 2nd Ammendment and regularly shoots Sporting Clays with me. He was not happy with our situation, but informed us that this was not the first time Mrs. "Smith" bestowed her personal wisdom on other church members. He spoke with her and really got no where as she feels "guns are evil and have no place in society."
My wife & I are really at a dilemma over this. We've decided that our kids should not be in the class when Mrs. "Smith" is the assigned teacher. She cycles into that position every 3 or 4 months. That really leaves us torn as we like our kids to be in Sunday school and learn about the Lord, but we are afraid of the moral direction they may get from this dear old lady. It looks like our Pastor is unable/unwilling to persue the issue any further even at our request.
Anyone have similar issues in their church? If so please share your wisdom,
Greg