Thought we could use some midweek humour. These are actual mistakes from church bulletins.
Don't let worry kill you - let the church help.
This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.
At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.
Weight Watchers will meet at 7:00 pm at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double door at the side entrance.
Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 to 8:30 p.m. Please use the back door.
Next Sunday a special collection will be taken to defray the cost of the new carpet. All those wishing to do something on the new carpet will come forward and do so.
Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don’t forget your husbands.
Miss Charlene Mason sang, “I will not pass this way again,” giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack’s sermons.
Enjoy your day today.
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Tuesday's Thrust
If you don't feel like being challenged today, you may not want to read the blog. I just finished reading the book "Revolution in World Missions", and I have been so challenged by many of the things the author is saying. In one of the chapters the author, K.P. Yohannan talks about purpose and how all of us are called for a purpose. He recounts a story of a conversation with an 8 year old boy where he asked him several questions.
"What are you doing", I asked the lad.
"I go to school".
"Why do you go to school?"
"To study."
"Why do you study?"
"To get smart." said the boy.
"Why do you want to get smart?"
"So I can get a good job."
"Why do you want to get a good job?"
" So I can make lots of money."
"Why do you want to make lots of money?"
"So I can buy food."
"Why do you want to eat?"
"To live." said the boy.
"Why do you want to live?"
At that point, the little boy thought for a minute, scratched his head, looked me in the face and said, "Sir, why do I live?" He paused for a moment in mid-thought, then gave his own sad answer, "To die!"
The question is the same for all of us: Why do we live? What is the basic purpose of your living in this world, as you claim to be a disciple of Christ? Is it to accumulate wealth, fame or fortune, etc?
No, the purpose of the believer is to obey Jesus when he said in the great commission, "Go into the world, and preach the Gospel."
If all of your concern is about your life, your job, your clothes, your children's clothes, healthy bodies, a good education, a good job and marriage, then your concerns are no different from a heathen's in Bhutan, Myanmar or India.
He then says how Jesus' goal here on earth was to do the will of the Father.
I definitely have a lot of re-examining to do in my life. This book has challenged me through-out.
If anyone would like a copy of this book let me know.
"What are you doing", I asked the lad.
"I go to school".
"Why do you go to school?"
"To study."
"Why do you study?"
"To get smart." said the boy.
"Why do you want to get smart?"
"So I can get a good job."
"Why do you want to get a good job?"
" So I can make lots of money."
"Why do you want to make lots of money?"
"So I can buy food."
"Why do you want to eat?"
"To live." said the boy.
"Why do you want to live?"
At that point, the little boy thought for a minute, scratched his head, looked me in the face and said, "Sir, why do I live?" He paused for a moment in mid-thought, then gave his own sad answer, "To die!"
The question is the same for all of us: Why do we live? What is the basic purpose of your living in this world, as you claim to be a disciple of Christ? Is it to accumulate wealth, fame or fortune, etc?
No, the purpose of the believer is to obey Jesus when he said in the great commission, "Go into the world, and preach the Gospel."
If all of your concern is about your life, your job, your clothes, your children's clothes, healthy bodies, a good education, a good job and marriage, then your concerns are no different from a heathen's in Bhutan, Myanmar or India.
He then says how Jesus' goal here on earth was to do the will of the Father.
I definitely have a lot of re-examining to do in my life. This book has challenged me through-out.
If anyone would like a copy of this book let me know.
Monday, 11 June 2007
Monday's Messages
Random thoughts. Thoughts that have been popping up in my head this morning. My head is kind of like popcorn some times, the kernels (ideas) just start popping and I start thinking.
1. New job, is it time? My back is so sore this weekend, but do i make a decision based on that (does not help either with having to go in this morning for a couple of hours). My back is sore most of the time from work, but who is to say it will be any better anywhere else. 2. The possibility of moving to Winnipeg before I am 50. Sure anything is possible, but I find that the desire to go has dwindled lately, could be fear of starting all over again (after working for at a job for so long you do get comfortable), could be the making of new friends (after all it is easier to leave when you don't have any or many to stay for). Would it be good to go back to live around family (I think so, but am I leaning that way because I don't have as much family left?). Not much else going on this morning for ideas, but it's early. maybe I will continue another time. So, go, stay, work, Winnipeg? What do you think?
1. New job, is it time? My back is so sore this weekend, but do i make a decision based on that (does not help either with having to go in this morning for a couple of hours). My back is sore most of the time from work, but who is to say it will be any better anywhere else. 2. The possibility of moving to Winnipeg before I am 50. Sure anything is possible, but I find that the desire to go has dwindled lately, could be fear of starting all over again (after working for at a job for so long you do get comfortable), could be the making of new friends (after all it is easier to leave when you don't have any or many to stay for). Would it be good to go back to live around family (I think so, but am I leaning that way because I don't have as much family left?). Not much else going on this morning for ideas, but it's early. maybe I will continue another time. So, go, stay, work, Winnipeg? What do you think?
Sunday, 10 June 2007
Sunday's Stupidity
Totally off my usual topics, well at least of late. Just wanted to rant about the idiocy that some call "Sustenance for Life". First it was OJ then it was Michael Jackson, then Anna Nicole Smith and now it is Paris Hilton.... the difference between them all, well the first two were found not guilty for something they did, and Anna well who can forgot that when she died all people cared about was who the freaking father was. At last word, OJ was still looking for his wife's killer on some golf course in Florida, and Michael Jackson was looking to open up a daycare in Beijing. As for Anna Nicole, rumour has it she may not have died but is in fact living in Graceland with Elvis in his basement. And you thought he had left the building. Now we have to be inundated with news that poor Paris proceeds to prison. We have to hear about her hair being unkempt ( I couldn't tell), no make up (Well a slight improvement), and she will not be allowed to wear her designer clothes (maybe she looks good in stripes). Poor Poor Paris. Your in prison. Why is it we give so much air time to air heads.... (I guess because the media knows those watching are also airheads). People lap it up like a dog at the fountain who hasn't drank in a day. At least the dog knows when he has had enough to drink. I remember when we were in Jamaica in January and heard about Anna-Nicole Smith dying. One lady on her lounger, was telling us how she spent an hour on the phone that morning with her mom talking about the whole thing. MORONS. We have nothing better to do than to watch the National Enquirer come to life on CNN, I don't get CNN but I know enough of them to know how they love to sensationalize the news. Do I care that she is in prison. Nope. Isn't that where you go when you break the law....I guess it depends which law you break at least in California. if it were murder, she would be back home, lounging around the house in her designer dress, getting a manicure and wondering what she can do next to keep her name in the entertainment news and on the lips of the stupid people that watch it. Speaking of which, I better go get updated so I can keep all of my readers informed. Oops the phone is ringing, hang on. WOW it is CNN and they want me to come and write the news for them. Now what was that I was saying just the other day about wanting another job!!! What's that? Awww bummer, must be U.S. citizen, and dumber than a sack of hammers....hmmmmmm hmmmmmmm (I heard that). Guess you are all stuck with me ..... for now!
Saturday, 9 June 2007
Saturday's Support
I sure hope to catch up on some lost sleep hours this weekend. Most mornings been up before 3:00, and amazingly it is still dark outside. ;) Feel really draggy this morning. Work till noon, then back to work in the evening for a few hours after 9:00. Anyone know of any jobs available? Hmmm, hmmmmm, hmmmmmm. Then I think of your job SR, no way. You can keep it and the fact that you love your career is extra bonus. Your job Amanda/Manda/Mandy (hehehe), no. I could not even think of homeschooling 1 kids let alone 3. My one would have to be the teacher.
And I certainly would not want to do my wife's job. Complaining customers (except me - cause I am not allowed to go through her lane). I even refuse to go through the self serve tills a the east store. I am sure there are some jobs that I would like to do out there somewhere, maybe like you "kids", when I grow up I will know what I want to be. WHATEVER ;)~
So why am I whining about all this....because my back hurts and because I can! Also I want to let you know that you all do a great job in the work you have chosen. I either don't want to or can't do the things that you are doing but I can support and encourage you all or y'all in what you are doing. Do you get lots of encouragement in your job? Those days you don't get any, I sure pray and hope that God whispers to you how important you are to what you are doing but more importantly to HIM. Do our jobs really matter.....hmmmm to a degree, yes, (we can discuss this another time). What we do with them can make a difference, hopefully to the benefit of others. Think of those people who, or is it whom, I think it's whom, (I know I'm digressing shhhhh) you come into contact with for only a few minutes. That time you spent with them (believe it or not) could make all the difference in the world to them. Make the most (as I am sure you do) of what you do and what you say. We won't see the results until eternity. When we don't make the most of those times and if people see us in that short period of time in a bad light, we may also see the results of that in eternity also. Have a great weekend y'all.
And I certainly would not want to do my wife's job. Complaining customers (except me - cause I am not allowed to go through her lane). I even refuse to go through the self serve tills a the east store. I am sure there are some jobs that I would like to do out there somewhere, maybe like you "kids", when I grow up I will know what I want to be. WHATEVER ;)~
So why am I whining about all this....because my back hurts and because I can! Also I want to let you know that you all do a great job in the work you have chosen. I either don't want to or can't do the things that you are doing but I can support and encourage you all or y'all in what you are doing. Do you get lots of encouragement in your job? Those days you don't get any, I sure pray and hope that God whispers to you how important you are to what you are doing but more importantly to HIM. Do our jobs really matter.....hmmmm to a degree, yes, (we can discuss this another time). What we do with them can make a difference, hopefully to the benefit of others. Think of those people who, or is it whom, I think it's whom, (I know I'm digressing shhhhh) you come into contact with for only a few minutes. That time you spent with them (believe it or not) could make all the difference in the world to them. Make the most (as I am sure you do) of what you do and what you say. We won't see the results until eternity. When we don't make the most of those times and if people see us in that short period of time in a bad light, we may also see the results of that in eternity also. Have a great weekend y'all.
Friday, 8 June 2007
Friday's foresight
Yesterday we were talking about the tongue, and when it is okay to tell someone something about somebody else, for their protection. In the next few verses in James after the taming of the tongue it talks about wisdom and understanding and that the "...wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure, then peace loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy, and good fruit, impartial and sincere." Then it concluses that "peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness." Thank God for grace, because after looking at the list, I stopped after pure. I think that even in the wisdom that God has given us, we will know in our spirit when what we are saying is for someones elses protection or merely gossip.
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