Could it be a sign from God?
An Episcopal church in Cobb County wants to install an electronic sign to replace an old-style sign that a car destroyed two years ago. It has had to keep the high-tech shift on hold, though, because county rules prohibit electronic signs in residential areas.
Now, a ray of light may shine down on the church after all. Cobb County commissioners are considering a change to the county code that would allow electronic signs for some churches, private schools and others in residential areas.
The stats are [url=http://tinyurl.com/nu42as ]here[/url]. Perhaps, they are trying to turn around the free fall. They already spent $29,000 on the new sign? Oops.
Yikes! This is my parish, and I had heard they were planning to do this. Too bad they didn’t ask for input from the whole congregation!
This is also my parish. The vestry voted on this two years ago, after a motorist took out our sign in a one car accident. While the surrounding area is residential, the street in front of this church is a 4 lane highway, with two large shopping centers just a quarter mile south. The sign being proposed is not bright neon, but simply one whose lettering can be changed by computer from inside the church. The folks criticizing the proposed sign in the paper do not live within 30 miles of the church.
Alli B., #2, if memory serves me this was a unanimous vote by the vestry to purchase this sign. Since a Baptist church a mile down the same road, with similar residential neighborhoods surrounding it, and two shopping centers a quarter a mile away, had a similar sign, we did not know that this one would not be allowed at the time of the purchase.
This is one of the most active churches in the diocese with one of the largest outreach programs. It would be a shame if it is prevented from using a sign like this to engender interest in its programs in the surrounding neighborhoods and in the thousands of motorist that pass it every day.
Hi, Billy! Yes, it’s four lanes, but it’s residential all around the church. I guess I’m just very traditional. I asked a friend of mine who’s really active at the church about why we don’t have a sign yet. She said, it’s coming; if you like the one at St. Anne’s, you’ll like the new one (she had a big frown on her face). Needless to say, I don’t like the sign at St. Anne’s. Oh, well. Times, they are a’changin.