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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Bulletin Bloopers and Blunders


GOOD CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS GONE BAD


What follows are ACTUAL announcements from ACTUAL church bulletins.

1. Don't let worry kill you --let the church help.

2. Thursday night -Potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

3. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.

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

5. The rosebud on the alter this morning is to announce the birth of David Alan Belzer, the sin of Rev. and Mrs. Julius Belzer.

6. This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

7. Tuesday at 4:00 PM there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk will please come early.

8. Wednesday the ladies liturgy will meet. Mrs. Johnson will sing "Put me in my little bed" accompanied by the pastor.

9. Thursday at 5:00 PM there will be a meeting of the Little Mothers Club. All ladies wishing to be "Little Mothers" will meet with the Pastor in his study.

10. This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the altar.

11. The service will close with "Little Drops of Water." One of the ladies will start quietly and the rest of the congregation will join in.

12. 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.

13. The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind. They can be seen in the church basement Saturday.

14. A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.

15. At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.

16. "A songfest was hell at the Methodist Church Wednesday."

17. "Today's Sermon: HOW MUCH CAN A MAN DRINK? with hymns from a full choir."

18. On a New York convalescent home: "For the sick and tired of the Episcopal Church."

19. In the vestry of a New England church: "Will the last person to leave please see that the perpetual light is extinguished."

20. In a Pennsylvania cemetery: "Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own garden."

21. Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa will be speaking tonight at Calvary Memorial Church in Racine. Come tonight and hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

22. Announcement in the church bulletin for a National PRAYER & FASTING Conference. "The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer conference includes meals".

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

24. Today the pastor will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing "Break Forth into Joy"

25. Miss Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way again" giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

26. "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".

27. Next Sunday is the family hayride and bonfire at the Fowlers'. Bring your own hot dogs and guns. Friends are welcome! Everyone come for a fun time.

28. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say hell to someone who doesn't care much about you.

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

30. The sermon this morning: "Jesus walks on the water'. The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus'.

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

32. 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.

33. The "Over 60's Choir" will be disbanded for the summer with thanks.

34. The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are afflicted with any church.

35. The Pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday morning.

36. Remember in prayer those who are sick of our church and community.

37. Next Sunday Mrs. Vinson will be soloist for the morning service. The pastor will then speak on "It's a terrible experience".

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