Bizarre Church Activity

[Jerome]

Does anyone have an idea of what this 'Jubilee' church was up to?:

South Bay neighbors upset with local church for its actions atop Mount Umunhum

"ABC7 News has reached out to the church to ask why its members poured anything onto Mount Umunhum rocks. Once we hear back, this article will reflect Jubilee Bridge's answer."

"As of September 2017, Mt Umunhum became one of the Bay Area's publicly accessible peaks. Tuesday afternoon [there were] obvious signs of a crew's clean-up effort....A few days prior, a liquid was poured across the surface of one rock at the mountain's peak."

"'We had some visitors over the weekend who put some olive oil on one of the boulders atop the mountain,' Leigh Ann Gessner said. Gessner is a public affairs specialist for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District."

 

[JonShaff]

Maybe they were calling the elders of the Church to anoint the sick with oil--maybe they poured it on the rock as a symbol for the community. All speculation of course. Not sure why they would be mad? It was olive oil.

 

[Jerome]

UPDATE

Church Apologizes

"A South Bay church has apologized for a messy ritual involving olive oil on Mount Umunhum over the weekend....The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District said the group did not have a permit for the gathering."

"on their Facebook page, pastors Adam & Michelle Bernal said, 'We are truly sorry for the Organic Olive oil that was placed all over the rock on Mount Umunhum and accept full responsibility for the cleanup efforts'"

"The church went on to say, 'We extend our apologies out first the Amah Mutsun tribe and all of the Ohlone Indians. Secondly we apologize and thank the Rangers and Open Space for the quick work that was done to clean up the rock and working with us to resolve this matter. Thirdly we apologize to all the community, we have heard your outcry’s and understand your concerns.'”