Pat Malarkey had a phone conversation with Martha during the evening of October 23, 2017<\/p>\n
Martha Walsh was BRUU\u2019s Unsung UU in 2009<\/p>\n
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The events around BRUU that stand out most in Martha\u2019s mind have to do with meeting BRUU members through Helen Elkin and her travel group and, subsequently, her very first visit to a BRUU service with her husband, Ed.<\/p>\n
This was just after BRUU bought its current building at Church and Main.\u00a0 Martha and Ed attended a service because they knew others there already through the travel group.\u00a0 Rev. Kathleen Allen did a service that day titled, \u201cThe Bible as Fatted Calf.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martha says that the service, itself, was OK but not memorable; what was memorable was what happened during polylogue!<\/p>\n
The Walsh\u2019s sat in the middle of the church, towards the back.\u00a0 There was a man in the front row who wore a T-Shirt that said, \u201cJesus is the Answer,\u201d and he had a Bible in his hand.<\/p>\n
During polylogue, the fellow with the T-Shirt said that Rev. Allen and all the other heretics in BRUU were going to hell.\u00a0 Martha recalls that he seemed genuinely sorry about all of this but, when he stopped for breath, Rev. Kathleen reclaimed the mike from him and thanked him for speaking from the heart but it was time now to let other people speak.<\/p>\n
Martha added that several congregants invited the fellow with the T-Shirt to join them for coffee afterwards, but he left.<\/p>\n
Sometime later, Martha told Rev. Kathleen how impressed she was that day of her first service!\u00a0 Rev. Kathleen confided in Martha that she was afraid the fellow with the T-Shirt might have had a gun and ill intent.\u00a0 The Rev. was relieved the incident ended peacefully.<\/p>\n
Martha says, \u201cWhy would you go anywhere else?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pat Malarkey had a phone conversation with Martha during the evening of October 23, 2017<\/p>\n
Martha Walsh was BRUU\u2019s Unsung UU in 2009<\/p>\n
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