The Northwood Congregational Church has been reduced to a handful of leftist activists in their congregation due to their own actions. The church is in financial chaos because they went woke and now they are going broke. They are so woke that woke “Wake Up Wednesdays” are a weekly event where the church’s “Racial Justice Team” stands outside the church holding BLM signs.
This same church, “Racial Justice Team,” was silent two weeks ago when (now former) Northwood School Board member Gary Caron was in the spotlight for his racist and graphic social media posts that led to his resignation.
The church is running out of endowment money and now wants a Northwood Taxpayer-funded bailout to cover its operational costs. Instead of changing their woke behavior, which chased off their once vibrant congregation, and instead of renting their church out to those who wanted to use it, they decided to rent it to the Town of Northwood for $39,500 per year.
The only problem with their scheme was that the Town of Northwood was not looking to rent space, so they did a petition warrant article, which the Northwood Board of Selectmen does not support and does not recommend. The town of Northwood has a community center that they own.
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This “rental deal” also comes with strings… the Northwood Congregational church does not own the parking lot they use. Coe Brown Academy owns the parking lot and the church has an agreement with the Academy to use their parking lot when the school is not in session or using it. Northwood Taxpayers would only be able to use the parking lot with permission from the school.
The church has also said that they will decide who uses the church facility and that those groups that they deem “hateful” will not be welcome. This means only a select group of folks will be able to use this property when the church and school give their permission. This is a taxpayer-funded bailout that will not benefit anyone but the church.
For those who are unaware, anyone with 25 signatures can submit a petition warrant article asking for a taxpayer-funded bailout. It’s up to taxpayers to vote it down on March 12. If this passes, all woke churches will attempt this scheme. If you’re in Northwood or know someone who is, on March 12, please vote NO on the Church Bailout Warrant Article 39.
[Update] – The Northwood Church Bailout petition warrant was voted down 155 to 744!
