"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." Desmond Tutu
March 12, 2015
L volunteers to chair Buildings and Grounds.
March 16, 2015
Brad Roupp’s email requesting help
March 23, 2015
Excerpt from L's journal: Walkthru with Brad Roupp
March 30, 2015
Excerpt from L's journal: organizing Buildings and Grounds
April 3, 2015
Excerpt from L's journal: pre Easter painting at church
April 29, 2015
Our Baptism
June 6, 2015
December 30, 2015
January 12, 2016
L paints upstairs bathroom on the left.
Brad Roupp arrived to hang his painting and objected to the color L was painting.
Brad Roupp sends L and email telling her to stop using any new colors until...
January 13, 2016, 9:53a.m.
Journal excerpt about contacting Becky Martin
January 15, 2016
Met with Moderator, Becky Martin at Boulevard. We agreed I needed a mediated conversation with Brad Roupp but “that would not be me”. So she was going to make some calls.
January 16, 2016
Becky’s email heralding Brad Roupp’s work
January 17, 2016
Left a message for David Schultz Council Liaison to Buildings and Grounds.
January 18, 2016
L texted Brad Roupp asking him to sit down with her and Daniel at the church to talk.
January 19, 2016
Brad Roupp responded: “Becky wants to sit in.”
Daniel's account of meeting with Becky Martin, Brad Roupp, L Citizen and himself.
January 20, 2016 3:52a.m.
January 21, 2016
L called Paula Sohl for help, they met. Paula advised L not to read the letter she had written resigning from Buildings and Grounds.
L called DeeAnne Everson, who advised her to go to the council and resign, use bullet points.
L attended the Council meeting and resigned.
Meanwhile Daniel sent emails to both Brad Roupp and Becky Martin attempting dialogue.
January 23, 2016
Daniel accidentally copied everyone on council and beyond on his email conversation with Brad Roupp.
Daniel followed with an apology email to the same list.
January 24, 2016
L's response to Council. Copied Brad Roupp and Clark Custodio (Moderator of Council from 2012-2015).
L and Daniel met with Anne Bartlett Interim Interim. Anne offered to send L the name of a Spiritual Advisor.
January 25, 2016
January 26, 2016
January 27, 2016
L met with Nancy Linton Spiritual Advisor, apparently as a distraction technique.
February 1, 2016
Final Sunday with Anne Bartlett as Interim Interim.
L wrote to David Schultz asking why he had not responded to her calls.
February 2, 2016, 3:13p.m.
Jesus' Third Way by Walter Wink
February 5, 2016
February 6, 2016
L's Statement emailed to 20 recipients including new minister Christina Kukuk and all Council plus other members.
Attached to Statement email, list of L's projects for Buildings and Grounds.
February 7, 2016
Reverend Kukuk’s first Sunday as minister of Ashland UCC.
Closed meeting of the Council to discuss the conflict, directly after church.
February 9, 2016
L called to clear the air with Paula Sohl before meeting with Paula, Daniel and Rev. Kukuk. The meeting lasted an hour.
First meeting with Rev. Kukuk, Daniel's account.
February 11, 2016
February 19, 2016
Meeting with L, Becky Martin and Karen McClintock
February 26, 2016
Excerpt from L's journal re: Karen McClintock
February 28, 2016
March 1, 2016
March 2, 2016
L email's Karen McClintock asked about her personal safety.
March 3, 2016
Four emails between Rev. Kukuk and L. (Starting at the bottom of the page March 1, from Christina.)
March 4, 2016
L's second email requesting answers to her questions. K. McClintock's reply.
March 9, 2016
Cancer removed from L's face.
Excerpt from L's journal: I had MOHS today. It was the first day in their new surgical suite. Everyone was super helpful and kind. I commented to Daniel. "I wish people at church were this nice."
March 17, 2016
Daniel attended Council meeting
March 18, 2016
Excerpt from L's journal re: conversation with Dee Anne Everson:
March 22, 2107
Daniel and L met with Rev. Kukuk. Kukuk appeared cold and immature to the point of being obtuse.
Daniel's account of our second and final meeting with Rev. Kukuk.
March 25, 2016
Rev. Kukuk sends Daniel and L mandatory homework assignments.
Daniel and L's decline of homework.
March 28, 2016
Ashland Tidings Article
Daniel met with David Schultz:
Excerpt from L’s journal: David shared that he has confidence in Rev. Kukuk because she knows how to get rid of people. What!?!
March 31, 2016
David Schultz called to arrange a meeting.
April 1, 2016
Daniel and L met with David Schultz and Kim Stein at the church as requested.
David apologized for how Daniel and L had been treated and then served us with a gag order and a punative behavioral covenant “in the way of Jesus”.
Both documents are totally insane:
April Fools' Papers, by L Citizen
April 2, 2016
April 10, 2016
April 12, 2016
Excerpt from L's journal, considering Covenant, lies and threats.
April 14, 2016
Excerpt from L's journal and message to Joanna Niemann
April 15, 2016
May 13, 2016
May 17, 2016
Group appeal to council and clergy.
May 21, 2016
May 26, 2017
L and Daniel recieve snail mail response to Group appeal letter. Authors and signers of the letter are Rev. Kukuk and moderator Becky Martin. The letter is so convoluted and misleading, this is when L and Daniel first started to wonder where these women fell on the personality disorder spectrum. They display no ability to be honest, forthright or even polite.
May 27, 2016
June 5, 2016
L and Daniel have first meeting with Kate Geary and Joanne Lescher
June 14, 2016
June 17, 2016
The Call for a Congregational Meeting
June 26, 2016
Annual Congregational Meeting
Julia Roupp joins Council, also Neil Holland
Nonsense Addendum to Rev. Kukuk's First Annual Report for Ashland UCC.
Back side of nonsense Addendum to Rev. Kukuk's First Annual Report for Ashland UCC.
July 1, 2016
Rev. Kukuk sent Lucy Edwards and Jim Phillips an email shaming them for the Call and for the "language" used in the bulletin.
July 3, 2016
L and Daniel posted a Special Congregational Meeting Announcement at the church.
July 4, 2016
Tege Phillips (office manager) tore down and threw away L’s hand painted poster announcing the Special Congregational Meeting.
July 6, 2016
Daniel Sperry, L Citizen, Lucy Edwards, Jim Phillips, Javan and Alex Reid met with mediators Kate Geary and Joanne Lescher, not council or clergy.
July 8, 2016
Daniel Sperry, L Citizen, Lucy Edwards, Jim Phillips, Javan and Alex Reid met with mediators Kate Geary and Joanne Lescher, not council or clergy.
July 11, 2016
Daniel Sperry, L Citizen, Lucy Edwards, Jim Phillips, Javan and Alex Reid met with mediators Kate Geary and Joanne Lescher, not council or clergy.
July 12, 2016
Daniel Sperry, L Citizen, Lucy Edwards, Jim Phillips, Javan and Alex Reid met with mediators Kate Geary and Joanne Lescher, not council or clergy.
We the meeting callers, sent Becky Martin, thier Agenda for the Special Congregational Meeting, as requested by Kate Geary.
July 14, 2016
Becky Martin sends email declaring she will chair the Special Congregational Meeting regardless of her multiple layers of conflict of interest and the explicit request of Daniel Sperry, L Citizen, Lucy Edwards, Jim Phillips, Javan and Alex Reid. Clark Custodio had already been asked and agreed to chair the meeting. When Daniel Sperry called Walter John Boris to ask for assistance to interceed against Becky Martin's unethical overreach. Walter John's response was: You need to find another church.
July 15, 2016
July 16, 2016
July 17, 2016
Special Congregational Meeting
Prejudicial Agenda (front side)
Prejudicial Agenda (back side)
Special Congregational Meeting analysis
July 18, 2016
July 19, 2016
Kate Geary sends email asking what we want?
July 21, 2016
Rev. Kukuk's eblast abandoning mediation she had yet to participate in.
July 23, 2016
Daniel email's Kate Geary and Joanne Lescher.
July 26, 2016
Kate Geary sends email ending mediation.
July 28, 2016
L's email to Kate Geary and replies. (Start reading July 26 from L, first.)
August 1, 2016
August 3, 2016
Council withdraws from mediation in dishonest e-weekly announcement.
Dishonest Council, by L Citizen
August 7, 2016
September 11, 2016
Daniel sent paper letters attempting another route of communication with "leadership".
September 14, 2016
L called and spoke to Walter John Boris.
L followed up her phone call with Walter John Boris with an email, attaching the AUDIO recording of the Special Congregational Meeting.
September 16, 2016
L made calls and left messages for council persons Linda Anderson, Bob Jessop and John Love. Both Linda Anderson and John Love called back.
L also left a message for Rev. Elizabeth Dilley, Minister for Minister in Local Churches, reportedly the person charged with questions of ethics in the UCC.
September 18, 2016
L called council person John Love. Following the phone call L sent an email.
September 20, 2016
John Love replies to L's thank you email, refusing further communication.
September 23, 2016
L spoke to Elizabeth Dilley, Minister for Ministers in Local Churches for UCC. L found Elizabeth Dilley through a friend who had attended Pacfic School of Religion in Berkley, California. Rev. Dilley had given a lecture on ethics at PSR. When L first connected with Rev. Dilley, she had affirmed that all ethics concerns came to her and one other woman on the national staff.
L followed up her conversation with Rev. Dilley with an email.
September 24, 2016
L emails John Love. This was L's final written communication to council.
September 25, 2016
Daniel and L attend church, Marie Batel preaching.
Excerpt from L's journal, decribing request to Michael Lessmeier: "Please give me a call. We need to have an uncomfortable converstaion about Christina's ethical misconduct."
September 26, 2016
Rev. Elizabeth Dilley responds to L's email.
October 4, 2016
Walter John Boris responds to L's email with rationalizations and justifications for Rev. Kukuk's conduct at the Special Congregational Meeting.
L responds to Walter John Boris. Disgusted.
October 6, 2016
Rev. Paula Sohl response to L and L's reply.
October 7, 2016
Daniel's email to Walter John Boris, Conference Minister.
Daniel and L each recieve "CONFIDENTIAL" certified letters, amputating us from our faith community and banning us from the property.
Sent a request for a Fitness Review for Rev. Kukuk to Rev. Bunny Oliver chair of the Committee on Ministry.
Excerpt from L's journal: Excommunicated by certified mail.
October 8, 2016
Reply from Rev. Oliver and COM, one sentence.
L and Daniel sent a Farewell message to the congregation by email to everyone L felt any connection with from Ashland UCC.
October 9, 2016
Excerpt from L's journal: a MOTIVE revealed.
October 11, 2016
October 12, 2016
November 10, 2016
November 12, 2016
L wrote to John Darling of the Ashland Tidings. J Darling had written the feature on Rev. Kukuk which ran on March 28.
November 15, 2016
L wrote back to John Darling. One sentence response.
December 7, 2016
Met Rabbi Joshua for coffee.
December 11, 2016
December 15, 2016
December 24, 2016
Excerpt from L's journal: confronting Michael Lessmeier
January 2017
February 2017
March 2017
Michael Niemann, by L Citizen
April 2017
May 2017
May 22, 2017
Rev. Kukuk writes a personal message to two of Daniel's friends, sharing more slanderous accusations.
June 2017
June 4, 2017
Candace Younghans and Daniel write to the high school group in response to Rev. Kukuk's attacks.
June 7, 2017
Becky B. blocks L's announcment at the Ashland UCC, Wedneday noon Al-Anon meeting.
Joanna Niemann, by L Citizen
June 14, 2017
First meeting of new Welcoming Al-Anon meeting, Wednesday noon at the Methodist church.
July 2017
July 17, 2017
Becky B. called the police to the Monday Morning Al-Anon mtg to avoid speaking to L.
Al-Anon and Becky B, by L Citizen
August 2017
September 2017
January 6, 2018
Response to John Love's dispicable "open letter".
For updates after January 7, 2018 go to blog page….