Today in worship we had 5 people. At 11:00 we had 4 people, this is including me. The 5th person showed up at 11:15. So I did not preach the sermon I had prepared. I preached once this summer to 3 people and I wasn't going to do it again. I told the pianist that he could leave because with the four people who were there I would have been the only one singing. Not an exageration, the only one singing. So we just had a conversation about a few things that it was helpful to talk about. But it was just crazy. Last week we had 18 people, any more people we would have probably had to add chairs. This week 5. I'm saving this weeks sermon for next week. I'm using the same order of worship and everything. I'm considering just crossing out the 1 in November 11 and changing it to an 8. Now I'm probably not going to really do that, but it seems like a waste of paper to print new bulletins with a different date.
We started talking about the fact that before we start advertising on the radio we need to change our name--we've talked about this a little before. But one of the members, the one I refer to as "guy who does drugs," said that he has a whole list of new names for the church. He apparently lies in bed at night thinking about this stuff. One of the names he threw out was this one. Wait for it.
Wait for it.
Jane Fonda Baptist Church.
WTF!! I don't think he believes this is a serious possibility, but he at least wrote it down. Sometimes the level of crazy really amazes me.
Alright, until tomorrow. I'm hoping tomorrow holds a little less disappointment and a little less crazy. But I'll take a little less of just one of those.
Peace out!
4 comments:
If you did become Jane Fonda Baptist Church, does that mean you would wear a satin leotard with shiny stockings and superthick leg warmers? Because I would definitely show up for that.
You could also transpose the name to make it a little more alluring in so many ways: Fonda Jane Baptist Church.
I think you definitely did the right thing by saving your sermon for next week. If it was Jesus Portillo worthy, it definitely is worthy of more than 4 people in the congregation. Besides, this way you'll have a free Saturday evening. Enjoy!
was barbara streissand baptist in the running? after all, she's jewish just like jesus. And then it wouldn't matter if only one person sang, as long as they had her voice
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