Clayton Middle had an assembly last week on Wednesday I think it was. From what I get from the kids, it was a person from a church who spoke to them and invited them to an event at the church that night with the promise of 'the best food', and chances to win an Ipod and money. Now I have two problems with this. First, no way were we going to let the kids go since we knew nothing about this assembly or this person from this church. Second, how WRONG was it of the school to let someone from a church come in and speak to our kids without our permission yet we had to give our consent for them to watch the President of the United States? If this was all legit, fine, but the school never sent home anything saying this was going to take place, nothing home that night explaining about what they heard/saw and the invite to the church that night..... Does anyone else see anything wrong with this or know more information about this? I'm really ticked off that the school allowed this without informing the parents.
I agree with Kell. I'd get the details. It may not be a way to get the kids to go to their church for religious reasons. I used to go to a church that had an auction every year. People from all over came because there were basketball tickets and trips to Myrtle Beach up for bid. They had no intention of going to the church on Sunday not did anyone pressure them.
:iagree: thats what I would do first. Get the facts from the school and then ask them why (if its true).
My son was there and came home and asked if he could go see this guy at church. He said he played the guitar and talked about not taking drugs.
I think your concerns are legit. You can find someone to give the "no drugs" talk and play a guitar who has nothing to do with a church.
So you are really ticked off that someone either invited them to church or mentioned church at a school assembly without asking you first?
Were you really ticked off that the President wanted to present a positive message to students but did not receive the permission of the parents first?
With all invitations, parents do have the ability to say, "no". I don't think there should be any problem with a basic invitation at a public school. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to hand out birthday party invitiations either since it may be against some family's morals to celebrate a birthday. Seriously, sounds as if the message was sort of universal and not directly related to on-site worship. The speaker merely tied the message in with a invitation to a church function. Unless a parent has no authority over their own kids, this shouldn't present a problem.
