Please help>>> How do I ask a lady to tone down her evangelising without hurting her feelings?

[jingleyjen]

I am working with 2 friends in a venture involving children.
We made the decision to take the local vicar up on his offer of a donation to the group, he wanted us to put resourced by local church on our advert, which we were happy to do.
The friend concerned is a very evangelical Christian, God is in every ounce of her being, in almost every sentence, she admits she just cant help herself.
When helping at this group she has been evangelising to the parents, it has made some parents feel uncomfortable and have suggested they won't be returning.
When we talked about this she has said she will tone it down, but it isn't in her, she has now thought that the group should focus on "befriending the vunerable" in the community.
It is supposed to be a community group. I am not sure what to do. I don't want it to just be for vunerable families.
We have been honest (the 3 of us) about how religious we want it to be. We have been honest about our desires for the group.

I don't want to hurt this lady, but I want the group to survive.. What do I do!!!

Tricky. My MIL gets in a knot every so often trying to convert me (I'm catholic). It makes me very uncomfortable even though I know she doesn't mean any harm. Perhaps you could talk to her about starting another group with the focus she wants so she can perhaps be less evangelical with your current group.

I agree that perhaps she needs to think about another group for her focus. It's not fiar to hijack your group when it was previously agreed what it would be about.