Funny Church Stories

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More embarrassing than funny....

Last night, Bro <name-deleted-to-protect-the-guilty> was preaching a
message on serving the Lord.  He mentioned the example of Samuel
telling Saul that "obedience is better than sacrifice."

Bro D then proceeded to tell the congregation that Samuel told Saul
this because Saul had put on the priest's clothes and made a sacrifice
because a real priest wasn't available.  That got several people's
attention, including mine, but my usual practice is to bring errors up
*after* the service.  But Margaret, a first time visitor sitting in the
very back row, called out, "Umm excuse me, you've made a mistake
there."

Bro D replied, "Okay, can we talk about it after the service?"

"It's just a mistake in the scripture reference.  Samuel was talking
about Saul not destroying all the cattle and all.  That's all."

Oh man, poor Bro Kris.  Took him a couple of minutes to regain his
composure.

I've heard that the men in Bro Huntley's church are actually instructed
to immediately interrupt the minister if he errs on a scriptural point!

> solemnity was ruined for us. We almost couldn't control the laughter. (We

A good (Catholic) friend of mine in Dallas told me that her and her
sister would tell each jokes in sign language during Mass.  They would
try to get the other to laugh during the service.

Richard Masoner