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Should the Current Rector Fr. Tom Momberg Step Down?


Wednesday, April 14, 2010

"Let the Games Begin"

Another Reply I will post below!


Mark & Sara Gibson said...

To whoever you are,

We are Mark and Sara Gibson, parishioners and leaders at All Saints’ for over 16 years.

This appalling collection of rambling anonymous rants is nothing more than a cowardly, gutless, and unchristian effort to besmirch someone with whom you have a gripe. Free speech, as you might like to call it, stops at namelessly throwing insults and lies at people you don’t like. Indeed, this nonsense borders on libel.

We’re truly sad that you feel your special needs are not being met, and that you have personal issues with All Saints’ leadership. But your issues are your issues, not All Saints’. Trying to foment an insurrection will do nothing but drag us all down with you. We suggest you seek counseling instead to find the root of your deep-seated and unhealthy anger.

However, The Reverend Tom Momberg is rector of All Saints’, and he has our full support. He came to us through an open and transparent process, and has been thoroughly vetted by All Saints’ and by our diocese. We invite you to get right with it and cease this silliness. Our red door is for coming and going.


Mark and Sara Gibson

P.S. – you need to check your spelling - “Satin” is a fabric.



It's about time you all spoke up.  Yes, I know Satin is a Fabric but I wanted to get the posting out & I did fail to properly spell check.  But with that said you both are two I would not call well informed.  There are more that just myself that have the same feelings as I have expressed.  Only I have put them in writing.  You both are blowhards and I dismiss you all together.  As far as lies, what lies have I told?  Point them out but again remember you live in a glass house just as I do.  To be so angry about just words is so childish.  The facts about the transparent process is a joke, in fact the data from Trinity is in open publication and that is nothing to dismiss.  That was never told to the Parish Members, what was being hidden that we could not know about that?  Why hide the fact he misused funds form the church?  Call it what you want but in my many years of life THEFT IS THEFT.  Or are you Ok with that kind of thing from a Priest?  If so, where did you get your vales?  We (not the parish membership mind you but a few snookered persons) brought him here under the auspice we were getting one person who in turn was totally different.  If my memory serves me right (I am very old) you two were on the search, and or selection committees (or both)?  Boy oh boy I would not want to admit I was taken in by the Rector at all.  If you were part of this process you should be held responsible for this Parishes falling membership.  Or did you over look those facts I laid out that we have lost members to the tune of about 25% to other Episcopal Churches, and that we have gone from a Resource Church to a Program Church in two short years?  Did you also forget the fact that all we got as a Vision was "Jesus"!  Two years to come up with that, if he was so "special" we should have had that vision six months into his being here.  Not Two Yeas Later!  Call me what you want but you two need the counseling.  No seriously you two do need it from what I have seen and now read from you both.  I have had mine (counseling) many years ago and I know I am a bit crazy, so again Sticks & Stones as my very much grown children used to say.  I am happy he has your full support, but that still does not make it correct.  As far a vetted, I can tell you things the Diocese has told him not to do but he has done anyway.  So he even thumbs his nose at them.  Someone I want to support?  Not likely!  I will support a true leader, a true visionary, a true Shepherd of the Church.  Just not this one!  Where were you when the current Senior Warden (not at that time) pushed to have the last Rector removed Out of All Saints?  Did you support him as well?  Did your Support make a hill of beans then?  Looks like it did not.  Or did you support her and her efforts to remove him?  One would have to question your loyalty.  So about the Red Door, when you leave do not let it hit YOU on the way out as I have been here a long time and I see your departure long before mine sport.  So sit back and continue to drink the  Kool-Aid.  You two are special thanks for playing.

2 comments:

  1. Tom and Harriet LitrasApril 15, 2010 at 12:57 PM

    To whoever this underhanded Blog belongs to:

    In our over fifty years of active lay leadership in the Episcopal Church we have never seen anything as unchristian and unepiscopalian as this cowardly anonymous blog. If it were not so disgusting it would be laughable. Tom Momburg is the Rector of this Parish - All Saints' Episcopal Church, Frederick period! We support him and are prepared to say so publicly (and have done so).

    We do not intend to address a laundry list of anonymous and mostly sour grapes complaints raised from anonymous sources complied by an anonymous somebody apparently lacking the courage to identify himself or herself.

    We dare you, we double dare you, we double dog dare you to sign your name(s) to the nonsense you have printed - and - an apology would be in order to Fr. Momberg and All Saints' Parish for opening us up to Diocesan and perhaps public, ridicule.

    Tom & Harriet Litras

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  2. I have been an INVOLVED member of All Saints' for many years, however I choose to remain anonymous so that I may say some things that I feel the blogger has been too kind to point out.

    I must wonder if all you naysayers have actually read all that is on this blog or if you simply spoke your mind without thinking based on the title. The latter sounds most probable.

    As far as "unchristian and unepiscopalian" goes, the christian community at large tends to hide behind lies like yours. Many christians twist God's Word to suit their ends and hide behind a shield from that which they are afraid to face-the TRUTH. It has been my understanding from the decades I've spent as an Episcopalian, that Jesus has taught us to always love our neighbors as ourselves, our enemies included. Your words and those of the other naysayers on this blog are indeed a direct contradiction of Christ's teachings. Explain how you can call yourself a Christian when you don't follow the teachings of Christ?

    As for the cowardly comments I've seen I have chosen to remain anonymous. So too did one of the naysayers. I can only imagine based on the level of verbal slander that has been shown here, that the blogger of this site chose to remain anonymous to avoid such libelous ridicule! I have yet to read ONE INSTANCE of name calling or bullying on this website from the blogger. The only such comments have come from the so called "Christians".

    I commend you blogger for your valiant efforts. May all the naysayers take heed.

    In Christ,
    Anonymous Involved Concerned All Saints' Parishioner

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