I'm in a rather impious and squirmy mood, and so, I thought I'd change pace and share some of the funniest things that happened in my churches. I often read critics` movie reviews and one of these critics was reviewing crude old sci-fi movies from the 1950s and early 1960s. Pointing to their clunky special effects, tin-can alien costumes, and metallic dialogue, he wryly observed, "Some of these movies are so bad they're good." Of course, he meant that they work well as comedy. I would apply that to church services by saying, "Sometimes things go so wrong that they go so right!" Here is the first of several memorable examples from my own church experience:
(1) I attended Calvary Temple in Winnipeg for my first 21 years. John the Baptist was the theme of our pastor's most memorable service. I now recall just this detail of his sermon: he declared, "Then Jordan baptized Jesus in the John." Then he went on, not realizing what he had just said. I was shocked and amused and looked around that large church to measure congregational reaction. They all just sat there, stone-faced! To this young boy, their failure to react at all was even more hilarious then the blooper. I thought, isn't anyone listening to what the pastor is saying?
Please feel free to share your own funny church stories.
(1) I attended Calvary Temple in Winnipeg for my first 21 years. John the Baptist was the theme of our pastor's most memorable service. I now recall just this detail of his sermon: he declared, "Then Jordan baptized Jesus in the John." Then he went on, not realizing what he had just said. I was shocked and amused and looked around that large church to measure congregational reaction. They all just sat there, stone-faced! To this young boy, their failure to react at all was even more hilarious then the blooper. I thought, isn't anyone listening to what the pastor is saying?
Please feel free to share your own funny church stories.