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- Humour in Church.
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- The tradition of Holy Howlers in religiously related documents continues
- undimmed. Witness the following sampling of bonafide goofs culled from various
- Church bulletins and orders of service.
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- The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind and they can be
- seen in the church basement Friday afternoon.
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- A special open day has been organised for Monday to defray the expense of the
- new carpet. All those wishing to do something on the carpet will please come
- forward to get a piece of paper.
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- Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on Oct 24 in the church.
- So ends a friendship that began in their schooldays.
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- This week's saints include a French woman (Teresa, the little Flower), a
- Swedish woman(Bridget), an Italian man (Francis of Assisi), a German man
- (Bruno), a Jewess from the Holy Land (Mary, God's Mother). They include single
- people and married people. Bridget was a wife and mother. Mary was a virgin
- and virgin mother. If they could do it so can we.
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- This afternoon there will be a meeting at the South and North end of the
- church. Children will be babtized at both ends.
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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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- The Reverend Merriwether spoke briefly, much to the delight of the audience.
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- This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. White to come forward and lay an
- egg on the altar
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- The choir will meet at the Larsen house for fun and sinning.
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- Thurs. at 5pm. there will be a meeting of the Little Mothers Club. All wishing
- to become little mothers will please meet with the minister in the study.
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- Will the ladies of the Willing Workers who have towels which belong to the
- kitchen please bring them to the church on Friday as we need them for supper.
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- Wednesday, The Ladies Literacy Soc. will meet. Mrs. Clarke will sing"Put me in
- my little bed", accompanied by the vicar.
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- We'd just been to a funeral and passing a new grave saw a man kneeling
- on the side sobbing "Why did you die! Why did you die?"
- "Was it your wife?" the vicar asked. "No, he replied. Oh why did he die?"
- "Who was it?" the vicar prompted. (Knowing it must have been somebody close)
- "My wife's first husband!" said the man "Oh why did he die?"
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- Further on some people were trying to console an old man who was
- sobbing out "What shall I do? What shall I do?
- The vicar told him that he'd get over it. That time heals all wounds.
- "Yes, I know that" he replied, "but what shall I do tonight?"
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- Leaving the graveyard, the car skidded and killed three men. (The usual
- Englishman, Frenchman and a Yank).
- When they arrived in heaven, the Englishman was handcuffed to an old,
- ugly woman; the Frenchman was handcuffed to a young ugly woman, and
- the Yank was handcuffed to a Marilyn Monroe look-alike.
- The Englishman asked why, when they were all sinners, did the American
- get special treatment? Gabriel replied "Who ever heard of a Yank with-
- out a pretty girl on his arm?"
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- While they were arguing, an old Scouser arrived at the gates. He was asked
- to wait while they checked his record. When they came back, he had gone!
- AND SO HAD THE GATES !!!
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- The Devil was asked why it was that, altho' everybody knew what happened
- to sinners, he still had so many customers.
- "Well", he replied, "it pays to advertise".
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- Question: Why is the Angel Gabriel so popular?
- Answer: Because he always has his horn.
- (Think about it.....wouldn't YOU be popular?)
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- *** EOF
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