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Happy Fourth, A laugh to celebrate

Fourth of July is my favorite holiday.  It always has been.  I do love our country.  I love freedom, opportunity, diversity. Mountains, deserts, plains.  Nasal twangs, southern drawls and the fact that my neighbor couple is a French man and a Japanese woman.  For those reasons, I love to celebrate the independence of our country.  But there is another more basic reason I love the Fourth of July.  It is the one holiday that has remained true to its original purpose.  It isn’t commercialized beyond patriotic decorations on the front lawn.  It was originally created to celebrate our independence and it is still celebrating the same thing 233 years later.  Thanksgiving, my second most favorite holiday runs a close second to that.  But, I love Thanksgiving for the food. I cannot lie.

 

Happy Fourth of July to you all.  Hope your fireworks are safe and sane, your hamburger hasn’t been recalled and your suntan lotion is SPF 30 or higher. 

 

For your sheer entertainment, I’m including a list of misprints from different church bulletins around this great country that my beautiful big sister forwarded to me.  I was laughing so hard while I read these that I just had to share with ya’ll.  Hope you too experience hysterics.

 

These sentences (with all the BLOOPERS) actually appeared in church
bulletins or were announced in church services:



The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
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The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water.' The sermon tonight:
'Searching for Jesus.'
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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.
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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.
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Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church  help.
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Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious
pleasure to the congregation.
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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery
downstairs.
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Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help
they can get.
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church.
So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music
will follow.
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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?'
Come early and listen to our choir practice.
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Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several
new members and to the deterioration
of some older ones.
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Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled.
Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person
you want remembered.
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The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and
gracious hostility.
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Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.
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The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be
seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
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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.
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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.
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The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend
him  their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.
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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the
back door.
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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.
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Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please
use large double door at the side entrance.
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The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last
Sunday:  ' I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours ".

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LOL. These are priceless. Have a happy and safe 4th of July.

Bev
Thanks Bev! Hope your 4th was fun!