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A turn of events
This, according to several participants in the service, was where events took a turn.
Anne Yeoman, a church supporter, offered to take notes at the Sept. 19 meeting on behalf of those attending. Her notes read:
“Rev. Thompson then asked the two known current members present if they were willing to receive the new members. The members, Bill Gimbel and Woodrow Gimbel, expressed a willingness to receive new members, but did not think it proper to do so at this time .... The discussion ended with an agreement to reconvene those interested in membership, the existing members, and Rev. Thompson at the church on Oct. 24 at 3 p.m. to further consider the matter.”
Although dismayed by the turn of events, the other participants were willing to go 4 forward with the Oct. 24 meeting. Presgraves said she received a letter from William Gimbel dated Oct. 11, saying the Oct. 24 meeting was canceled. No reason was given. It has yet to be rescheduled. The future of the church remains in limbo.
Unbeknownst to the saddened group, three days before the Sept. 19 meeting, four members of the group filed papers in court to be named trustees of the church.
A petition for appointment of trustees was filed Sept. 16 in the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County by attorney J. Michael Sharman of Culpeper on behalf of William Gimbel, Woodrow Gimbel Jr., Jessie Settle and Dolly Mae Sisk.
The petition stated that “at a members meeting of the Piedmont Regular Baptist Church held on the 16th day of September 2004, one hundred percent of the surviving members voted to appoint certain trustees.”
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