My dear St. Thomas Youth Groupies:
Lorin has been telling us repeatedly that this is OUR youth group, and we should act accordingly. So I am. I've been listening to lots of views and opinions on the different changes that are going to happen pretty soon, and I finally feel the need to spew officially. And please hear me out.
First off, I love you all very much. We've been through a lot together, and that has to mean something.
Second, I think some of you are off your rocker, flying over the cookoo's nest, insane, and crazy for what I've been noticing.
Bluntly, I think some of us have stopped acting like members of the youth group. I know it sucks that Lorin's not going to be our official minister anymore, and I think yes, he most certainly is still one of my dear friends.
But I don't like how some of us have started acting. Some of the side comments being made, the knowing glances (hell, me and Kayla are telepathic, I know what telepathy looks like) that tell me that some of you have changed. I've heard so much crap about how the core of our YG is the 'elite' and no one else is allowed in. Of course, it's not entirely that way. But how true is it, that we have become the elite? I think it comes down to this: are we Lorin's youth group, or the one at St. Thomas?
Lorin has had a profound impact on each and every one of our lives, make no mistake. Of course I still want to stay connected with him, and hang out and such. But I have been getting the feeling of quite a lot of resistance to our new leader. Yes, this is OUR youth group. But we are getting a new leader. And as a result, I think there is going to be a split between those who stay attached to Lorin as leader and those who are willing to take on the challenge of having a new one. Lorin's said it a million times, I know. But I don't think it's resonating. I am still getting the impression that some of us aren't going to move with the changes, and that there inevitably will be a rift between the old gaurd and the new.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm staying at St. Thomas. I'm sticking it out here. Dammit, you guys!! I know none of us can see the whole picture from the outside, including me. But I don't like what I do see. I'm not going to get into specifics online, I'd much rather tell you in person.
Yeah, it sucks that times are changing. Yeah, we want to be loyal to Lorin. But I think some of what's been said about wanting to accept and change and move with the current is pure shit. So decide. Are we going to stay united at St. Thomas, and make this youth group work, or are we going to go off and do our own thing? Because I'm staying here.
