ERRATUM:

In my BLOG entry of July 31 entitled "Where the Church Get’s It
Terribly Wrong," I got it wrong. The telephone conversation I mention
in the BLOG was actually an exchange of e-mails. The statement about
the use of the social hall at First United Methodist Church in San
Diego came to "Party A and Party B" not from the senior pastor but
from another staff person. The senior pastor has contacted the
district superintendent who says he believes the social hall may be
used for receptions.

The Book of Discipline states, “Ceremonies that celebrate homosexual
unions shall not be conducted by our ministers and shall not be
conducted in our churches.” The senior pastor stated in e-mails of
August 5 and August 8 that “elsewhere it (the Book of Discipline) says
we are to offer pastoral support and guidance to all people, with the
exception of doing same-gender services.”