As announced in church this morning, Sychar Lutheran has been broken into. We are, as yet, unsure how they entered the building - whether by key, sneakiness, or a door that wasn't closed all the way. We are sure that they broke in the door to the custodian's closet, borrowed some tools, and then used those tools to destroy the door jam of the office door and the handle of the safe.

We aren't exactly sure what they were looking for, as all of the valuables that we could think of were still in place. No flagrant vandalism took place, except for the destroyed door ways and safe handle.

We have been blessed in two ways:

1. The culprit, for unknown reasons, did not destroy or deface anything extra, nor steal anything we've noticed yet.
2. Somebody, with a note in the offering plate, has volunteered to pay for fixing the safe and re-keying the church.

To the somebody that broke in:

• Please, next time you want something out of the office, ask first...we'll probably just give it to you.
• Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU for not defacing, desecrating, or otherwise causing severe damage to this House of God.
• Forgiveness can be found -- Heaven is near -- I know a good church that can help you take care of those things.