{"id":2839,"date":"2009-11-18T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T21:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2009-11-18T15:34:26","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T21:34:26","slug":"if-you-would-all-please-turn-to-the-church-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/18\/if-you-would-all-please-turn-to-the-church-bulletin\/","title":{"rendered":"If you would all please turn to the church bulletin&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Love those Church Ladies..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for church \u00a0ladies with typewriters&#8230; These sentences (with all the BLOOPERS) \u00a0actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church \u00a0services:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Fasting &amp; Prayer Conference includes meals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>The sermon this morning: &#8216;Jesus Walks on the Water.&#8217; The sermon tonight: &#8216;Searching for Jesus.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Ladies, don&#8217;t forget the rummage sale. It&#8217;s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say &#8216;Hell&#8217; to someone who doesn&#8217;t care much about you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t let worry kill you off &#8211; let the Church help.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Miss Charlene Mason sang &#8216;I will not pass this way again,&#8217; giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>For those of you who have children and don&#8217;t know it, we have a nursery downstairs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. \u00a0Music will follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be &#8216;What Is Hell?&#8217; Come early and listen to our choir practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM &#8211; prayer and medication to follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare&#8217;s Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. \u00a0Please use large double door at the side entrance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/h1>\n<p><strong>The Associate Minister unveiled the church&#8217;s new campaign slogan last Sunday: &#8216;I Upped My Pledge &#8211; Up Yours.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love those Church Ladies.. They&#8217;re Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for church \u00a0ladies with typewriters&#8230; These sentences (with all the BLOOPERS) \u00a0actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church \u00a0services: The Fasting &amp; Prayer Conference includes meals. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; The sermon this morning: &#8216;Jesus Walks on the Water.&#8217; The sermon tonight: &#8216;Searching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}