Without air conditioning, our church canceled services.
He didn’t want anyone getting sick because the deacons didn’t deem the air conditioning worthy of the church’s money
Most of the people in our congregation were elderly, and our minister always tried to do what was best for the mass. Last July was hotter than normal, and the air conditioning wasn’t working very well in the church. If it was ninety outside, it was at least ninety-five inside, and something needed to be done. Although the deacons kept saying they couldn’t afford it, the minister kept saying we needed to get the air conditioning unit fixed or repaired. The deacons were told to find the money, or he would need to go to a higher power. When dad said he was going to the higher power, he didn’t mean he was going to do more praying. He would go to the health association and tell them the deacons were denying air conditioning to the elderly. I didn’t think dad was serious because I didn’t think he could go to the health association, but he would complain to someone. When one of the older parishioners passed out, dad went ballistic. Even before the sermon began, he walked up to the pulpit. He greeted everyone, thanked them for coming, then addressed the congregation and the deacons. He said because of the state of the air conditioning system, he was going to let everyone go home. He didn’t want anyone getting sick because the deacons didn’t deem the air conditioning worthy of the church’s money. One of the deacons reached out to several HVAC companies and asked if they could give us a discount on an air conditioning unit. Luckily, one of their HVAC technicians had a family member who went to our church.