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rurallib

(62,387 posts)
Mon May 25, 2020, 05:37 PM May 2020

Jokes my brother sends me - church bulletin edition

You have probably seen many of these before, but how about a summer rerun?

They're Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for the church
ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church
bulletins or were announced at church services:


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*The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. *

 *--------------------------*

*Scouts*   *are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be
recycled Proceeds will be used to cripple children. *

*--------------------------*

*The sermon this morning: * *'Jesus Walks on the Water.'* *The sermon
tonight *'Searching for Jesus.' *

*-------------------------- *

*Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those
things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.*

*--------------------------*

*Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.*

*-------------------------- *

*Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious
pleasure to the congregation.*

*-------------------------- *

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

*-------------------------- *

*Next Thursday there will be try-outs for the choir. They need all the help
they can get.*

*-------------------------- *

*Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church.
So ends a friendship that began in their school days. *

*-------------------------- *

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

*-------------------------- *

*At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?'
Come early and listen to our choir practice.*

*--------------------------*

*Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several
new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.*

*-------------------------- *

* Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person
you want remembered.*

*-------------------------- *

*The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and
gracious hostility. *

*--------------------------*

*Pot-luck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.*

*-------------------------- *

*The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be
seen in the basement on Friday afternoon. *

*-------------------------- *

*This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from
the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin. *

*-------------------------- *

*The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would
lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.*

*-------------------------- *

*Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM . Please use the
back door. *

*--------------------------*

*The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church
basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this
tragedy.*

*-------------------------- *

*Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please
use large double door at the side entrance. *

*------------------------*

 *And this one just about sums them all up * *The Associate Minister
unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last Sunday: 'I Upped My Pledge -
Up Yours.'*]

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Jokes my brother sends me - church bulletin edition (Original Post) rurallib May 2020 OP
GREAT! Sherman A1 May 2020 #1
K&R Excellent posting. Hilarious! alwaysinasnit May 2020 #2
Hilarious underpants May 2020 #3
Those are funny. 2naSalit May 2020 #4
Hilarious! Doodley May 2020 #5
To be fair, Hamlet is a tragedy... Wounded Bear May 2020 #6
"Intramural baskeball season starts this week! Aristus May 2020 #7
was that in a Catholic Church in the Tri Cities? gopiscrap May 2020 #8
LOL and then some! grumpyduck May 2020 #9
LOL murielm99 May 2020 #10
Priceless! Thanks for sharing this. crickets May 2020 #11
Misplaced modifiers are beautiful things. Love it! Thanx. n/t. NNadir May 2020 #12
I can't believe there are so many I haven't heard before!! Thanks! nt LAS14 May 2020 #13
Gawd works in mysterious ways through confused heads rurallib May 2020 #14
Years ago our church newsletter included this brow-raiser: madamesilverspurs May 2020 #15
I knew a member of that last church, he still had the tshirt from that pledge drive Canoe52 May 2020 #16
Many thanks homegirl May 2020 #17
"Chuckle Award" winner!!!! Fla Dem May 2020 #18

Aristus

(66,294 posts)
7. "Intramural baskeball season starts this week!
Mon May 25, 2020, 06:11 PM
May 2020

Come Thursday Night and watch us kill Christ the King!"

madamesilverspurs

(15,799 posts)
15. Years ago our church newsletter included this brow-raiser:
Mon May 25, 2020, 08:33 PM
May 2020

"Last Saturday's Wine and Cheese party was a great success. Would the person who backed into the bishop's car afterward please contact the church office."


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Canoe52

(2,948 posts)
16. I knew a member of that last church, he still had the tshirt from that pledge drive
Mon May 25, 2020, 08:34 PM
May 2020

and he showed it to me. The front said “I Upped My Pledge” the back said “Up Yours”

Fla Dem

(23,593 posts)
18. "Chuckle Award" winner!!!!
Tue May 26, 2020, 01:23 PM
May 2020

Awarded to any post that actually makes me Laugh Out Loud. Laughed at several of them. Thanks!

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