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School's out! Heatwaves have already left puddles of sweat all over the streets of Toronto. This can only mean one thing: summer is here!
Even without the kids at home and the air conditioner "on stun", I bet there are a few more hints that summer is here. Perhaps a few of those hints might be found in the way things have been going at church?
With that in mind the Summer Edition of the Heavenly Top Ten is:
“Top Ten Ways To Know
It's Summer In Your Church”
- The bald spot on your pastor's head is the color of freshly picked strawberries!
- Your church's annual "Potato Salad Sculpting Contest" is just around the corner!
- You found pool toys in the baptistery!
- There are suntan lotion smears on the collection plates!
- The smell of Noxema hangs pungently in the air!
- The last three sermon illustrations had to do with baseball, fishing, and BBQs!
- There are more visitors then members at the worship service!
- This morning's offering contained the bonus of three golf tees!
- You're not sure, but you think it was the Beach Boys version of "Nothing But the Blood" that you heard during communion!
- And the number one way you know
it's summer in your church is: - You notice the church treasurer, dressed in sackcloth and ashes, keeling in earnest prayer during the offering!*
*Just a polite reminder: While we are off enjoying the summer,
our churches and missions continue to need our support.
The Heavenly Top Ten is intended to be a fun look at
issues of faith and fellowship. It should not be considered a serious treatment
of
any of the topics presented.