Dear Family Life Assembly of God,
I would like to take a moment and explain what happened this past Wednesday. During my message, at youth service, I used an inappropriate word to make a point. This caught me off guard and should not have been used.
Let me be vey clear using this word was not a planned statement this was a spur of the moment spontaneous slip of the tongue. This is not who I am and it is not the kind of language I use on a daily basis.
I have diligently worked hard for the last 8 years to earn your trust and I am sorry if I may have let you down in the area of trust or respect. It is so important as a leader for me to keep my guard up at all times and I let it slide in this one case.
I am truly sorry for this and I promise that I will work hard at not letting this happen in the future. I am sorry if this caused any of you teens to be distracted or be miss lead in any way. This was not my intent. My only intent was to catch attention. I would like to convey my apologies to any that might have been offended and I would kindly ask you for your forgiveness.
I would like to keep our forces on all the good that God has been doing in this ministry and do not let this one incident cause any Glory be taken away from HIS workings.
Thanking You
Your Youth Leader
Anthony Navaratnam
2 comments:
Anthony, You are a kind, sincere and compassionate role model for the youth. Cody and Casey look up to you and have great respect for you and will continue to have. When you prayed over Casey, the prayer sent chills through me. We are all human and make mistakes but it takes a good person to admit it and publicly apologize. God Bless, Carissa, Cody, and Casey
Anthony, my friend, sometimes we miss the guardrail and an incident happens. Paul the Apostle said it best, "In my weakness am I made strong". You are a great leader and thus subject to more intense scrutiny by those whom you lead. Thank you for the immediate response, it's accepted and forgiven. HE's still Lord! Steve S.
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