Notices From Church Bulletins
These are supposed to be actual notices that appeared in church bulletins...
| Weight Watchers will meet at 7 pm. Please use large double door at the side entrance. | Pastor is on vacation. Massages can be given to church secretary... |
| Please join us as we show our support for Amy and Alan in preparing for the girth of their first child. | On a church bulletin during the minister's illness: GOD IS GOOD. Dr. Frucht is better. |
| The choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir. | Today's Sermon: HOW MUCH CAN A MAN DRINK? with hymns from a full choir. |
| Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. | 8 new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones. |
| Potluck supper: prayer and medication to follow. | Don't let worry kill you off - let the church help. |
| The concert held in Fellowship Hall was a great success. Special thanks are due to the minister's daughter, who labored the whole evening at the piano, which as usual fell upon her. | The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the church basement on Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. |
| Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community. | The music for today's service was all composed by George Friedrich Handel in celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birth. |
| Stewardship Offertory Hymn: "Jesus Paid It All" | Ushers will eat latecomers. |
| Evening massage - 6 p.m. | The Rev. Bland spoke briefly, much to the delight of the audience. |
| The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church. | The Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10. 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 morning. | During the absence of our pastor, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good sermon when A.B. Fellows supplied our pulpit. |
| The audience is asked to remain seated until the end of the recession. | Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 to 8:30 pm. Please use the back door. |
| The pastor will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing, "Break Forth Into Joy." | Due to the Pastor's illness, Wednesday's healing services will be discontinued until further notice. |
| The third verse of Blessed Assurance will be sung without musical accomplishment. | For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. |