Limo delivered food request for Schuller's wife angers Crystal Cathedral congregants

[Liberal_in_LA]

Officials at the Crystal Cathedral told elders and other congregants that they could help founder Robert H. Schuller's wife, who is recovering from pneumonia, with food donations in lieu of cards and notes.

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It also specifies food guidelines such as no salt, fruit plates, meals with protein, no sweets and specifies that egg dishes such as quiche "would be good."

The email asks that the food be delivered to the Tower Lobby of the church, and said that the food would be delivered by a limo driver.

Some congregants took issue with the fact that a limo driver would deliver the meals.

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"We’re just tired of it," said Canfield, a congregant who was involved with an online petition to rid the church's board of Schuller family members. "We’re just tired of them taking advantage of us."

Recently, the creditors committee in the church's bankruptcy filed a lawsuit claiming that the Crystal Cathedral Ministry took money from an endowment fund and that family members benefited while the church struggled.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/crystal-cathedral-email-asks-for-food-donations-for-arvella-schuller-.html

[MADem]

1. I'll bet some of 'em are wondering if they make salt-free rat poison!

Amazing it took the congregants so long to figure out they were getting fucked without even a wee kiss.

[Ian David]

2. I am shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, to find a televangelist fleecing their flock! n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. lol. n/t

[Archae]

3. Prostitution may be "the oldest profession"

But the oldest con job is religion.

At least with prostitution the customer gets what they pay for.

[GiveMeFreedom]

14. Not always

:evilgrin: :rofl: :rofl: :evilgrin:

[Warren DeMontague]

5. if you don't want to get ripped off and sold a whole bunch of expensive nothing

ah, I suggest you stop going to church.

[Ian David]

6. What's really funny is that Schuller specifically says, "Limo Driver."

If he had just said, "a driver will deliver the meals," or better still, "Someone will deliver the meals," it might have gotten past a lot more people.

Meals will be driven in a stretch limo by a professional chauffeur, and delivered to Mrs. Schuller, where they will be served on a silver tray and antique bone china plates by a British butler.

Okay, I wrote that last line myself.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. yep. better yet, they just dip into their own pockets and pay for her meals. His family made out

like bandits from that church

[Ian David]

10. They could sell the limo and eat for a long time. n/t

[spanone]

7. has the congregation been in a coma? he's been raking it in for years.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. yes, they just woke up from the coma last year.

[Ian David]

11. Oh, come on. What kind of person suspects a televangelist might be ripping them off?

Oh, yeah.

Right.

[pinboy3niner]

13. Someone suggested sending "loaves and fishes"

Sounds like the congregants are sick, too. They've come down with NO MO'nia. :)

[russspeakeasy]

12. Would Jesus wear a Rolex ?

[LynneSin]

15. Would have been classy if that food gathered was for a local food bank or homeless shelter

But it's the Schullers - nothing about them says 'classy'