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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Terry,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Thank you for the
clarification. From what I know about Dale, I would imagine that he had
good reason to think that the questionnaire was not formed under the guidance
of “the elders.” In other words, he had reason to believe that
Nate wasn’t encouraged by or in consultation with the elders. Now,
the pdf thing that you mention does present evidence to the contrary; but I don’t
think this was sufficient evidence to haul it into the public square. For
example, I think that Donovan pointing out that Nate was one of those involved
with the questionnaire was sufficient counter evidence; your point has been
neutralized, and therefore in hind sight, it would have been best not to have
pointed this out. Or at the very least it would have been good to point
this out in a more judicial fashion (and not committing yourself to too much
rhetorically). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>With that said, I’d like
to thank you for judicially posting original documentation on your website
regarding <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and limiting your colorful
interpretation there. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Michael Metzler <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Terry Wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
lang=RU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Michael,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=RU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
lang=RU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Sorry, I wasn’t
trying to be obscure. My post was a light-hearted attempt to draw attention to
yet another example of apparent disingenuousness on the part of those who
speak, officially or otherwise, for the covenant community of those who attend
Christ Church or Trinity Reformed Church. Dale Courtney has established himself
as such a spokesman, and recently sent an email blast concerning the
Questionnaire prepared by the six-member “group of citizens desiring a
return to civility in Moscow.” In the body of the email was the
statement, “With that in mind, a group of six Christ Church/Trinity
Reformed members (without any direction from the elders, it is important to
note), created a questionnaire that was sent to each of the candidates.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
lang=RU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Thus, Dale explicitly
denied any involvement by the elders of Christ Church in the preparation of the
Questionnaire. Yet a simple examination of the document metadata (appended
below) seems to indicate a different scenario.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
lang=RU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
lang=RU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Now there's probably a
simple explanation that doesn't involve deceit on anyone's part, but it doesn't
look good, and it only serves to confirm what many on the other side of your
covenantal divide have come to believe about the honesty of kirk-community
spokesmen. A return to civility in Moscow will require more than just a
whitewash treatment of malice and bitterness. On the upside, at least the false
impression was left with only those within the covenant community, and not with
the community at large. Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=RU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span
lang=RU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Terry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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