A minister decided to do something a little different one Sunday morning.

He said “Today, in church, I am going to say a single word and you are going to help me preach”.

Whatever single word I say, I want you to sing whatever hymn that comes to your mind. The pastor shouted out, “Cross” !

Immediately the congregation started singing in unison, “The Old Rugged Cross”.

The pastor hollered out “Grace”. The congregation began to sing “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound.”

The pastor said “Power”. The congregation sang “There is Power in the Blood”.

The Pastor said “Sex”. The congregation fell into total silence.

Everyone was in shock. They all nervously began to look around at each other afraid to say anything.

Then all of a sudden from way in the back of the church a little 87 year old grandmother stood up and began to sing ” Precious Memories.”

1. He is the only man who has never been compared to the man she could have married.

2. He had no in-laws to drop in.

3. There were no Jones for him to keep up with.

4. There were no credit cards OR shopping centres.

5. He never had his dinner interrupted by window salesmen.

6. He got away with wearing a simple wardrobe.

7. He never had to shovel snow!

8. If he had gone bald, who would have known that wasn’t normal.

9. There was no “standard weight and height” tables – and the word FAT meant good.

10. When God asked “Adam, where are you?” He replied, “The woman you gave me was reading the map.”

An elderly couple were experiencing declining memories, so they decided to take a power memory class, where you learn to remember things by association.

Later, the man was talking to a neighbor about how much the class helped him.

“Who was the instructor?” asked the neighbor.

“Oh, let’s see,” pondered the man. “Ummm… What’s that flower, you know, that smells real nice, but it has those thorns…?”

“A rose?” offered the neighbor.

“Right,” said the man. He turned toward his house and shouted, “Hey, Rose, what’s the name of the guy we took that memory class from?”