tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post115903015109486876..comments2023-09-27T07:42:18.141-07:00Comments on Rebel Without A Pew: I get the Absent Minded Pastor Award of the Week: Don't even try to fight me for it.Karen Sapiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01952041607368514856noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159627940765895972006-09-30T07:52:00.000-07:002006-09-30T07:52:00.000-07:00That's pretty good. Makes me glad to be part of a...That's pretty good. Makes me glad to be part of a church that would always have a good stash of communion wafers in the sacristy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159415651970320632006-09-27T20:54:00.000-07:002006-09-27T20:54:00.000-07:00Hee hee hee. They might not have noticed the rasp...Hee hee hee. They might not have noticed the raspberry grape juice, but I sure bet the garlic bread would be a surprise. Not to mention that it would sort of color the moment of "you may kiss the bride...etc."<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the laugh. :-DDorcas (aka SingingOwl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15626748280614018533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159406929126283992006-09-27T18:28:00.000-07:002006-09-27T18:28:00.000-07:00THAT IS RICH!!! Gave me quite a laugh!The only we...THAT IS RICH!!! Gave me quite a laugh!<BR/><BR/>The only wedding I know of where you need those little wedding-favor-mints-in-a-bag BEFORE the reception!<BR/><BR/>blessings-<BR/>debAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159379468832342522006-09-27T10:51:00.000-07:002006-09-27T10:51:00.000-07:00Congrats on remembering it BEFORE the ceremony and...Congrats on remembering it BEFORE the ceremony and not during ...<BR/><BR/>I locked myself out of my office once before a Holy Union and there was no one present with keys but me and everything I needed was in my office ... so I put my shoulder to the door and broke in, way too easily! After a great deal of teasing me, our property person fixed it so I couldn't do that again ... and my office is far more secure than it was before.Reverend Dona Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236153172787772792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159344038479607042006-09-27T01:00:00.000-07:002006-09-27T01:00:00.000-07:00love this :)you are the BEST !!!!!!!love this :)<BR/><BR/>you are the BEST !!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159238477970651072006-09-25T19:41:00.000-07:002006-09-25T19:41:00.000-07:00I'm telling this one!I would do just what you did....I'm telling this one!<BR/><BR/>I would do just what you did. And, with a straight face as though garlic bread and raspberry grape juice was JUST THE THING for September Weddings...<BR/><BR/>Love it!St. Casserolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046979001194772038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159209862209353372006-09-25T11:44:00.000-07:002006-09-25T11:44:00.000-07:00oh, now this is a good one. ;-)oh, now this is a good one. ;-)kwpersheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313821985751564632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159207582366427602006-09-25T11:06:00.000-07:002006-09-25T11:06:00.000-07:00Oh ... I might just have this one.The scene: Sunda...Oh ... I might just have this one.<BR/><BR/>The scene: Sunday morning, we have just finished communion.<BR/><BR/>As I am putting things back on the table, my communion assistant leans over to my and says in a whisper, "Pastor, you forgot the peace and the offering."<BR/><BR/>Oops.<BR/><BR/>So of course, I invited the congregation to share the peace, and we had the offertory then -- just before the end of the service.Pastor Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09494101435500835028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159108333796148032006-09-24T07:32:00.000-07:002006-09-24T07:32:00.000-07:00I have laughed and laughed at reading this. Jesus...I have laughed and laughed at reading this. Jesus answered your prayers! I am with QG...an excellent story to share!Princess of Everything (and then some)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15389182962616830610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159061309827605672006-09-23T18:28:00.000-07:002006-09-23T18:28:00.000-07:00Too good. You win the Absent Minded Pastor award o...Too good. You win the Absent Minded Pastor award of the week. I give up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654861033242845082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159060694457116342006-09-23T18:18:00.000-07:002006-09-23T18:18:00.000-07:00You win. Uncle. Way more dramatic than the moment...You win. Uncle. Way more dramatic than the moment I had today- locking myself out of the office 12 minutes before the wedding with the service and my robe inside (luckily father of bride is also chair of property committee).APStraighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197234021468276494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159056472503313582006-09-23T17:07:00.000-07:002006-09-23T17:07:00.000-07:00Did you warn them up front or no?Did you warn them up front or no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159051143531709232006-09-23T15:39:00.000-07:002006-09-23T15:39:00.000-07:00Just the couple. Not very common in PCUSA wedding...Just the couple. Not very common in PCUSA weddings, but not out of order, I don't think. Our session did approve it ahead of time and there was an elder present.Karen Sapiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952041607368514856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159050043817471492006-09-23T15:20:00.000-07:002006-09-23T15:20:00.000-07:00Bread and juice of the fruit. Does it really matt...Bread and juice of the fruit. Does it really matter in the long run? Can not Jesus be spiritually present (maybe not as sweet) in garlic bread and CranRaspberry Juice. The importance is not the physical, but the spiritual. The efficacy is in the Holy SPirit not the elements.<BR/><BR/>A question from a PCUSA minister . . . was communion served to the entire gathered body or just the couple?<BR/><BR/>Grace and Peace,<BR/><BR/>LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1159037000862435362006-09-23T11:43:00.000-07:002006-09-23T11:43:00.000-07:00And a good story for their future children! Love i...And a good story for their future children! Love it.Jody Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.com