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I was born on Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina, then lived a while in Fayetteville, North Carolina, before moving, at the age of 5, to Walnut, NC. I graduated from Madison High School in 1977. After a brief time in college, I spent the most of the 1980s in Nashville, Tennessee, working as a songwriter and playing in a band. I spent most of the 1990s in school and now teach at a university in Tennessee. My household includes wife and son and cat. In South Carolina I have a son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Church Ladies


I never know if these church bulletin/announcements are real or made up. Certainly we've all read or heard such slips of the fingers or tongues. Anyway, while my brain is otherwise occupied by the beginning of the semester, I thought I'd pass these along as I received them from one of my former professors. Enjoy.





      • The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.

      • The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water. ' The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus.'

      • Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.

      • Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.

      • The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.

      • Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say 'Hell' to someone who doesn't care much about you.

      • Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.

      • Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

      • For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

      • Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.

      • The Rector will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing: 'Break Forth Into Joy'.

      • Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.

      • At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?' Come early and listen to our choir practice.

      • Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

      • Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

      • Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.

      • The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.

      • Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.

      • The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.

      • 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.

      • 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.

      • The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.

      • Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.

      • The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

      • Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double door at the side entrance.

      • The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday : 'I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours'.




      2 Comments:

      Blogger nbta said...

      I love these. Thanks for posting them today I needed a good laugh!

      8/15/2008  
      Blogger mac said...

      Glad to be of help, and I hope all is well.

      8/15/2008  

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