Saint's Church

"This church saved my life. I started going to church at the beginning of this year and I had a medical emergency that I would have not been able to fight without the strength of God. I am eternally grateful."

"I didn’t want to give up on getting involved with Saints church. Being I deeply resonate with the pastors message & I love the outer operation. Though upon recognition with trying to recieve mentorship I have been deeply offended, by Denise a leader in the mentorship community. She assigned me a mentor that to me didn’t meet my needs, so i ended my mentorship. Denise calls me & I tell her where it went wrong, and her answer to my solution “So you’re looking for a more advanced, mature mentor?“ ofcourse! As I explain my needs she says “Well everyone has a life so I’m not sure I’ll have to see” The next day, I bought up my feelings to Denise & wow the response was very explosive to say least, she even proceeded to call me accusatory when I mentioned just what I had noticed. She proceeded to keep reiterating she can’t think of anyone who could fulfill what I was looking for, instead of hearing me with an open heart. I have never felt more unheard and unseen. For a mentorship leader of a group the response given to me was attitude, yelling, constantly being interrupted as I’m trying to explain and gaslighted into believing nothing wrong was said instead of an apology and empathy. I was told the mentors aren’t being paid, they volunteer so I couldn’t get commitment & accept shortcomings being that all this is voluntary. From a church this is the answer.. whew That kind of response to someone seeking for mentorship & involvement is extremely hurtful to not only me also to the perception of the church as a whole. She got so frustrated and had her husband take over the conversation, he was calm, still very dismissive of what I had said. The conclusion was from him, I must have misunderstood but I can continue mentorship. No, thank you! The answer was clear and simple. I do not want to be apart of a community that has this mindset, volunteer or not! Because you aren’t getting paid you use it as an excuse to why you can’t be involved and empathic? The way you do anything, is the way you do everything. In the Bible it states: “‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭39‬ ‭NIV‬‬"

"Visited this place a few times. The worship is amazing and so is pastor durso (*the son*) what discouraged me from returning was that after a few visits, i answered an alter call where there would be prayer for those going through tirals. I went to the alter and not 1 hand was layed or prayed over me. I fealt so heart broken and decided not to go back."