Because I don’t have a topic
Posted on January 13th, 2006 by catalyst into the Uncategorized categoryI long ago realized that the primary reason people visit this blog is for gossip about City Bible Church. And frankly, there is nothing I love more than spreading a story or two. On my list of alternative careers, gossip columnist is in the top 5.
That said, I do not really have much current gossip to share. Word on the street is that the Asplunds will be leaving the church shortly, but I have been hearing that for years. And frankly, at some point you have to admire their determination. This Father and Son team are solid Christians, and they refuse to bail on a church that has bailed on the Bible and Jesus. I kind of hope they stick it out.
There is one little interesting tidbit of info that I recently learned. In the weeks this blog first started, a leader in the church hired a private investigator to find out everything they could about JP and I. Here’s the kicker… …they reportedly paid the person $100 an hour.
As you can imagine, I was furious when I heard this. A hundred dollars an hour! I would have gladly told them anything they wanted to know about JP for half that price. And if they had just placed a call to Jonathan Morton (our 12 year old brother) he would have happily told them every dirty little secret for free. And, more than likely, he would have thrown in some extra info about Joel and Jesse, just as a bonus.
I just thought this was interesting. We call them out for running their church like a business and they hire a private invesigator.
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January 13th, 2006 at 6:39 am
How did you find out they hired a PI? Which “leader” did it? Or was it a group concensus?
I’ve gotta admit it’s pretty funny. I wonder if it was a private transaction, or if it was the CHURCH who paid the PI?
ie: How would you feel if your tithe funds were being used to pay a PI to find out info about the author of a blog?
January 13th, 2006 at 7:11 am
I probably wouldn’t make a very good “gossip columnist” because I don’t really like using specific names.
But…. allegedly, the leader was Howard Rachinski. It was after we had written somethings about Doug Lasit(apparently they are cousins) and so he hired an investigator.
Also, to be fair, (allegedly) he hired the investigator through CCLI, so church funds weren’t being used.
January 13th, 2006 at 8:07 am
Holy Crap, I thought that guy was crazy before, now I am sure of it.
What exactly were they hoping to find? Some skeltons in your dark closet that they could use to blackmail you to shut the site down?
That might just be one of the most shady things I have heard about the CBC folks so far.
Man it must be killing Howard that he can’t actually get you to shut down. He usually gets what he wants.
January 13th, 2006 at 8:29 am
Guess you guys must’ve really been a threat!
Did you hear about this from a valid source?
January 13th, 2006 at 8:54 am
“I’d like to be cowboys from Texas or pimps from Oakland but it’s not Halloween. Stop messing around; Peter Pan, Count Chocula.”
January 13th, 2006 at 9:59 am
Hey, as long as the CBCIA uses the worship music slush fund instead of tithes it’s all good….
January 13th, 2006 at 10:20 am
To be fair I don’t think that Howard cares at all about you guys or what you do. The truth is he could have stoped this blog by simply offering catalyst a 100.00
Because Cat is a Drunk Whore.
January 13th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Yeah, I heard this from a valid source, I even know the name of the guy they hired.
As for being a drunken whore, All I have to say is:
“City Business Church, I wish I knew how to quit you.”
January 13th, 2006 at 10:27 am
A drunken whore????
Why? Because he claims “It’s all lunch to me”?. I think he might be a sober whore.
Damn you Catalyst, you sly slut.
January 13th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
This is the juiciest thing I’ve heard all week. I sorta feel cool for having participated in something that merited a PI investigation (even if the person who decided to hire the PI is a misguided megalomaniac with maybe the worst hair and clothes in world history….and don’t even get me started on his choral conducting…it’s the kind of thing that most choirs only see on acid trips). Even after 3 years at the number one party school in America (go Buffs!), I’ve never been at a party where the cops showed up. So, this is kinda like the next best thing.
Also, I was a little shocked to find out that almost all of the mainline denomination churches I’ve worked in since 1998 have and use a CCLI license….because they mustn’t have any idea what kind of craziness is at the forefront of that organization (when I’d tell stories from my church background to these people, they’d all cringe…never realizing that they’re financially associated with that same fringe group). Just goes to show you that “Christian” corporate America and secular corporate America aren’t at all different things…both are mostly run by badly dressed white guys who dance around like weirdos and do crazy crap with the money they make on their slick public image.
January 13th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
And PS, how is it that Dougie and Howard are cousins? Like 3rd cousins twice removed? The Rachinskis are Canadian and Dougie’s family is from Hawaii.
Yeah, yeah, I found all that out from my PI.
January 13th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
I think he was using the term “cousin” loosely to refer to a relative by marriage? Or maybe Cat just goofed.
IIRC, Howard’s wife is the sister of Doug’s wife’s mother. Which makes Doug the nephew-in-law of Howard.
It just goes to show the inbred nature of the royal families within CBC. If you’re on staff there, there’s like a 90% chance you’re related to another staff member in some way.
January 13th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
The person who shared the info referred to “Howard and Doug” as cousins.
I was kinda curious myself, but I thought perhaps he meant “cousin-in-the-lord.”
January 13th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
Cousin-in-the-Lord.
kee-hee-hee….Catalyst speak funny.
January 13th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
Catalyst,
“You shut your mouth when you’re talking to me.”
-Howard
January 14th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
How hilarious that a CBC leader hired a PI to look into the Morton brothers. For what purpose? To try to intimidate or blackmail you into shutting down your blog that makes them look bad by exposing some of their ugliness? How immature can you get? “You make me look bad, so I’m going to make you look bad?” The irony, that the CCLI guy cannot get, is that you guys don’t care if people know about any of your skeletons! You admit you have them! You don’t claim to be royalty, an example, or any of the other self-ascribed labels that CBC leaders put on themselves. You don’t have an image that you’ve meticulously built your life-in-a-fishbowl around. Too funny.
Well, as they say, you know you’re doing well when your enemy is out to get you. Not that CBC is our enemy. They’re a non-entity in our lives now that we’ve been delivered from them. Hallalujah.
Too funny. Blog on.
January 15th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Wow, Howard Rachinski?
That’s crazy.
I know his son, and OH THE STORIES i could tell about him.
but i dont gossip.
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January 15th, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Not to change the subject… ok, I am going to.
Did you know that CBC’s corporate Saturday/Sunday gatherings are not longer called “services?” No, they are now referred to as “Experiences.”
Don’t believe me? Go to the website and click on the “Momentum” button. Then look at the calendar.
Oh, and JP, get out your funnel. Read the daily proclamation prayer and proclaim a “mighty blessing” upon yourself.
January 15th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
Jan 7 Prayer Ministries Saturday Evening Experiences
Jan 8 Sunday Experiences Sunday Experiences
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA
January 16th, 2006 at 5:59 am
actually, most churches around the country that are trying to be more “hip” have converted to “experience” versus service. I can see it though, I don’t want to go to a “service,” but rather I want to experience the Lord at church. Service reminds me of a funeral or something religious. I don’t think it’s all that big of a deal, and it certainly wasn’t CBC’s idea. The church I now go to in the NE part of the country also calls it experience, but it was like that a couple of years ago already.
January 16th, 2006 at 12:10 pm
” Howard’s wife is the sister of Doug’s wife’s mother. Which makes Doug the nephew-in-law of Howard.”
This would mean that Donna Rachinski is the sister of Sharon Wagar. News to me and I knew both ladies pretty well (I’m an 80s-90s former member). I was looking at the pictures of the pastoral staff on their website and Howard does not look at all like I remember. Has he had work done (hair plugs? botox? prosthetic toe?)? Something ain’t right there.
January 16th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Yeah, I had someone confirm my memory on the relations. And I won’t say how I knew all that, but I’m surprised more people don’t make the connections.
Howard did get some kind work done that involves gluing (literally) the hair to his scalp. His son had it done as well (father & son bonding gone wrong) but he shaved it clean. It was quite the event at the time, and a few people told me that Howard was actually proud to show it off and was not subtle about it (like he could be). It’s rather silly if you ask me, but then I have all my hair.
January 16th, 2006 at 5:30 pm
Sharon Wagar and Donna Rachinski are not sisters. They are cousins of some sort. Doug married into a ridiculously large, yet very close-knit family, so “cousin” is just easier than saying “my wife’s mother’s father’s cousin once removed”.
January 17th, 2006 at 8:11 am
Thanks Hannah! I guess I needed a Canadian to answer that one.
January 21st, 2006 at 10:44 pm
Ha ha ha…You flatter yourself with your “valid source” stuff. C’mon. Howard wouldn’t even waste his time or money on your gruel!!! Try staying just a little bit legitimate…OK???
January 24th, 2006 at 2:46 am
catalyst
i realize Dougs not perfect but John Paul and Tanell need to stop blaming everyone else and move on
January 24th, 2006 at 6:39 am
I don’t think I mention Doug in this post. And Johnpaul doesn’t really write on this blog anymore.
But yes, you are correct, Doug is not perfect.
January 24th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
Dear Justin & JP,
This is Howard Rachinski (really). It has come to my attention you have “informed” your fellow bloggers that I have hired an “investigator”. In addition, a few of your bloggers apparently have found it a real delight to take some “shots” at me. How delightful…
So…to set the record straight and to help all your fans from getting ulcers, I thought it best to “blog in”…
First of all, I have not “hired a PI”. In fact, I think that’s totally hilarious!!! Whatever could you have been thinking of??? I feel rather sorry that you had to compromise your perspective by spreading such a blatant lie. So, for all those “Howard” haters out there…you are out of luck. I haven’t done any such thing. And, Henri, you should know better than that!!!
Secondly, to help pacify all those cries of outrage for that “hideous relative connection”, my wife’s father and Donna Lasit’s grandmother are “brother & sister”. Oh perish the thought… I can’t imagine what all your “outcriers” will do when they discover that we are all related…to Noah…to Adam…Please don’t have a heart attack.
Thirdly, dear JiminyCricket, ficm, and other “anonymous” contributors, please don’t lose any more sleep over my clothes, my hair or my choral conducting. Did that make you really feel better to “diss” me or CCLI? You don’t even know me. You don’t even know my company. You don’t even know how many homes and families we have helped. But, I guess you must have really felt better, huh???
Finally, Justin and JP. I’m surprised. I was one of your “supporters” through Temple Christian, through basketball - giving you encouragement where possible. I’m surprised…because you could help cultivate positive changes…you could make a difference…you could help…
So…I’ll keep encouraging you to do so…If you, JP or any of your other “contributors” want to talk…let me know…
But, please, don’t stoop to the lowest possible level of irascibility.
You guys are so much better than that!!!
January 24th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Justin -
Everything you say is Truth.
I support you.
Signed,
God.
P.S.
This is God