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Tubbs
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Originally posted by The Phantom Flan Flinger:
Which Names Should Be Allowed To Go In The Memorial Book was a good one I remember.
(Tangent – when the memorial book was instituted, a note went in the church newsletter “If anyone wants someone put in the memorial book, please see Wendy”. I wasn’t sure if that meant Wendy was willing to bump people off on request.)
We've had "Who Should Be Allowed to Read from the Bible at the Carol Service".
Tubbs
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Remember that the Choir are your enemies.
Whatever they say, they are plotting against you.
Don't listen to them - they are only trying to trap you.
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Then the dog ran before, and coming as if he had brought the news, shewed his joy by his fawning and wagging his tail. -- Tobit 11:9 (Douai-Rheims)
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Originally posted by Ricardus:
Remember that the Choir are your enemies.
Whatever they say, they are plotting against you.
Don't listen to them - they are only trying to trap you.
This sounds remarkably like proof of the existence of Sirens, of the Greek mythological variety.
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gog
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Even without experience or direct training you will be expected to provide IT support on all church related matters
From the Addendum to ministerial training: the real stuff that there was no time for in training
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
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Originally posted by gog:
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Even without experience or direct training you will be expected to provide IT support on all church related matters
From the Addendum to ministerial training: the real stuff that there was no time for in training
You will also be expected to:
- Project manage construction projects
- Sort out the finances and the budget in the absense (and sometimes the presence!) of the treasurer
- Clean the church and the grounds, including the loos
- Organise the church pot luck
- Garden
- Church repairs, either by doing them yourself or finding a suitable tradesperson
- Various other jobs that no one else in the congregation fancies doing but need to be done
Companion volumes to the Addendum to ministerial training: the real stuff that there was no time for in training include, My ever expanding job description aka Real Life Ministry plus practical volumes such as Bodge it in Excel! Church Finances For Beginners and The Reader's Digest Book of DIY for Clergy.
There are also volumes for Minister's wives such as Never Made a Cake in My Life and Flower Arranging: From Beginner to Expert in a Week
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Sirens attract you with their breathtaking singing.
Choirs trap you with their stubbornness.
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Don't bridle when a parishioner greets you with "Hello Gorgeous". The honeymoon period will be over soon enough.
The Ordinand's Rule Book. Pg 70. Rule 201.
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Kelly Alves
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Returning the greeting with such sallies as, "How's it hanging, sugarballs?" is strongly unadvised. Life ain't fair.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Sandemaniac
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You will arrive in your new parish to find that the PCC have wound up the bellringers by generally knowing better than them how the (less than safe) access to the belfry works, demanding their own access despite claiming to be restricting it to essential visitors etc etc etc, and you will have to sort the mess out. What joy! And you thought the flower ladies were bad....
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(Depatment of internal parochial warfare}
I waited 23 years to snitch the laminated tablecloth with the pretty elephant design from the vestry, but it was mine in the end!
I made a donation of course
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Postscript to "Ministry for Pessimists"
Prepare to be surprised and humbled. The greatest blessings come through the most unexpected people and circumstances.
It ain't that bad - you could be picking brussels sprouts in East Anglia on a cold winter's morning with a biting east wind.
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Don't bridle when a parishioner greets you with "Hello Gorgeous". The honeymoon period will be over soon enough.
The Ordinand's Rule Book. Pg 70. Rule 201.
Especially when the aforementioned parishioner has a guide dog.
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Originally posted by ExclamationMark:
Postscript to "Ministry for Pessimists"
...It ain't that bad - you could be picking brussels sprouts in East Anglia on a cold winter's morning with a biting east wind.
I think that's something many of us in comparatively sedentary and intellectual occupations could usefully remember when we are tempted to whinge.
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Don't bridle when a parishioner greets you with "Hello Gorgeous". The honeymoon period will be over soon enough.
The Ordinand's Rule Book. Pg 70. Rule 201.
Scribbled into the margin by a nameless wag, probably now Archbishop
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If the bride does it during the wedding, you know it already is over..
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Don't bridle when a parishioner greets you with "Hello Gorgeous". The honeymoon period will be over soon enough.
The Ordinand's Rule Book. Pg 70. Rule 201.
No parishioner of mine has ever greeted me with Hello Gorgeous...not a single one...ever. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Evensong
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Originally posted by mr cheesy:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Don't bridle when a parishioner greets you with "Hello Gorgeous". The honeymoon period will be over soon enough.
The Ordinand's Rule Book. Pg 70. Rule 201.
Scribbled into the margin by a nameless wag, probably now Archbishop
Half blood prince - eat your heart out
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Evensong
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Try and use culturally and contextually appropriate language at parish council meetings. Saying a particular decision will probably "come back to bite me in the ass" during your report will not endear you to the bourgeoisie.
- The Ordinand's Rule Book. Pg 71. Rule 230.
/groan.
I should probably start a blog.
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Baptist Trainfan
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True, but saying something like "In my opinion, this is a proleptic and eschatologcal opportunity which the Pneuma of God exhorts us to treat as a Kairos moment for ontological change in our understanding of the Kerygma" doesn't go down too well, either.
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Kelly Alves
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I dunno, in some circles that might get you a blowjob.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Oscar the Grouch
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Originally posted by Beeswax Altar:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Don't bridle when a parishioner greets you with "Hello Gorgeous". The honeymoon period will be over soon enough.
The Ordinand's Rule Book. Pg 70. Rule 201.
No parishioner of mine has ever greeted me with Hello Gorgeous...not a single one...ever.
Move to Devon.
The traditional greeting there is "Hello, my lover!" The first time that a drop-dead gorgeous 20 something woman says it to you, you'll feel 10 feet tall.
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Oscar the Grouch
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Originally posted by Tubbs:
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Originally posted by gog:
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Even without experience or direct training you will be expected to provide IT support on all church related matters
From the Addendum to ministerial training: the real stuff that there was no time for in training
You will also be expected to:
- Project manage construction projects
- Sort out the finances and the budget in the absense (and sometimes the presence!) of the treasurer
- Clean the church and the grounds, including the loos
- Organise the church pot luck
- Garden
- Church repairs, either by doing them yourself or finding a suitable tradesperson
- Various other jobs that no one else in the congregation fancies doing but need to be done
You forgot "You will spend about 25% of your time moving chairs."
How could you forget that? What kind of person are you? Do you not CARE that I broke my fingernail moving all those chairs just so that you could have your bloody pot-luck supper?
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Originally posted by Tubbs:
We've had "Who Should Be Allowed to Read from the Bible at the Carol Service".
Tubbs
Groan. Have you been at the same church as me?
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Drifting Star
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
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Originally posted by Beeswax Altar:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Don't bridle when a parishioner greets you with "Hello Gorgeous". The honeymoon period will be over soon enough.
The Ordinand's Rule Book. Pg 70. Rule 201.
No parishioner of mine has ever greeted me with Hello Gorgeous...not a single one...ever.
Move to Devon.
The traditional greeting there is "Hello, my lover!" The first time that a drop-dead gorgeous 20 something woman says it to you, you'll feel 10 feet tall.
However, when a 60-something ferryman says it to your husband you may not have quite the same reaction.
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
True, but saying something like "In my opinion, this is a proleptic and eschatologcal opportunity which the Pneuma of God exhorts us to treat as a Kairos moment for ontological change in our understanding of the Kerygma" doesn't go down too well, either.
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Baptist Trainfan
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Thank you. Such a comment in a PCC meeting is likely to provoke a stunned silence followed by someone saying, "Er ... that's all very well, but the door in the gents' toilet is still sticking and no-one's done anything about it".
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
True, but saying something like "In my opinion, this is a proleptic and eschatologcal opportunity which the Pneuma of God exhorts us to treat as a Kairos moment for ontological change in our understanding of the Kerygma" doesn't go down too well, either.
One of the Ministers at an old church did. Once a Principal of a Bible College, always a Principal of a Bible College. There were times when you did feel like a third year theology graduate. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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I think that if Baptist Trainfan is going to say things in a foreign language, a translation should be provided.
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Baptist Trainfan
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Not if he doesn't know what it means and is just showing off ...
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There are books written about how to run a well-thought through stewardship campaign but you can ignore them. A sermon and a leaflet on making your will is quite sufficient. In the sermon, say exactly what you feel; if you or your church needs lots of money say so loud and clear, there is no need to explain what you need it for. Don't bother to mention time or other non-financial gifts that your congregation might offer to the church, as they are clearly valueless.
Some might think that talking about making a will to a largely elderly congregation could be tactless, but don't let that bother you. Likewise if a member of the congregation, whom you know suffers from depression, informs you that the sermon caused him to feel suicidal ideation, don't worry. You did not intend to imply that he was worth more to you dead than alive, so you bear no responsibility at all and there is no reason why you should apologise.
Note: when preaching on this important topic, there is no need to mention any of the Bible readings for the day (but of course it is not important enough to justify ignoring the lectionary and choosing appropriate readings).
The Bluffer's Guide to Stewardship
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"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin
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Originally posted by JoannaP:
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There are books written about how to run a well-thought through stewardship campaign but you can ignore them. A sermon and a leaflet on making your will is quite sufficient. In the sermon, say exactly what you feel; if you or your church needs lots of money say so loud and clear, there is no need to explain what you need it for. Don't bother to mention time or other non-financial gifts that your congregation might offer to the church, as they are clearly valueless.
Some might think that talking about making a will to a largely elderly congregation could be tactless, but don't let that bother you. Likewise if a member of the congregation, whom you know suffers from depression, informs you that the sermon caused him to feel suicidal ideation, don't worry. You did not intend to imply that he was worth more to you dead than alive, so you bear no responsibility at all and there is no reason why you should apologise.
Note: when preaching on this important topic, there is no need to mention any of the Bible readings for the day (but of course it is not important enough to justify ignoring the lectionary and choosing appropriate readings).
The Bluffer's Guide to Stewardship
From The Bluffer's Guide to Stewardship: Anglican Version: Anglicized Edition -
Stewardship is not an issue about which you need worry your congregation. The Lord has provided the Church Commissioners* who, despite their constant prognostications of doom, have control of resources only slightly less than those of the World Bank. In case of emergency, there will always be money available from somewhere to mend the roof/fix the window/rebuild the church, unless you wish to do something radical** in which case - you're on your own, sunshine.
* Unless you are unfortunate enough to be in a 'daughter' church (Wales, Scotland, Ireland) - then you could try busking
** Toilets, level access, sound system - if it was good enough for Richard Hooker, it should be good enough for you.
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Please note: the above advice does not apply to Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostals, Congregationalists, Independents, Presbyterians, Friends, Brethren, Adventists, Salvationists .... (insert as appropriate) .... who wouldn't know what a Church Commissioner was even if it leaped up and bit them in the face.
And English Heritage/Historic England will not be your friend.
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But if you buy this book, you will have a pure and trouble free existence as a minister (trust me, I buy it for all new clergy). Just don't follow his dress sense....
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Please note: the above advice does not apply to Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostals, Congregationalists, Independents, Presbyterians, Friends, Brethren, Adventists, Salvationists .... (insert as appropriate) .... who wouldn't know what a Church Commissioner was even if it leaped up and bit them in the face.
And English Heritage/Historic England will not be your friend.
Hence why I quoted from the 'Anglican Version' ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Originally posted by Rev per Minute:
From The Bluffer's Guide to Stewardship: Anglican Version: Anglicized Edition -
Stewardship is not an issue about which you need worry your congregation. The Lord has provided the Church Commissioners* who, despite their constant prognostications of doom, have control of resources only slightly less than those of the World Bank. In case of emergency, there will always be money available from somewhere to mend the roof/fix the window/rebuild the church, unless you wish to do something radical** in which case - you're on your own, sunshine.
* Unless you are unfortunate enough to be in a 'daughter' church (Wales, Scotland, Ireland) - then you could try busking
** Toilets, level access, sound system - if it was good enough for Richard Hooker, it should be good enough for you.
If only... ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Don't suggest jokingly to an ex parishioner on the telephone that they sound like they might be a difficult patient after they have discarded the two consultant physicians looking after them in hospital by taking out their names above the bed and crumpling them on the floor and were in limbo waiting for another one. They might just hang up on you.
On the other hand, it could be that their hearing aid wasn't in when you woke them from a deep sleep.
- "The Ordinand's Rule Book. Pg 70, Rule #1,500"
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DO mention to selectors that you've won another academic award. They love that shit.
- "The Ordinand's Rule Book. Pg 150, Rule #7,004"
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Oscar the Grouch
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When you are on holiday, you should plan to phone your training incumbent at least once a week, so that they can keep you informed of all the latest developments in the life of the church.
"Instruction Manual for newly ordained curates" Chapter 25, paragraph 14
(Well - it's what MY bloody training incumbent made me do. And I looked like a right fool standing in a telephone booth in the middle of rural Wales, discussing pastoral matters for half an hour.)
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Oscar the Grouch
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Originally posted by leo:
That is abuse - holidays are holidays.
Clergy, of all people, should keep Sabbath.
But this was a guy who never took a day off (and was - for almost 4 years - deeply resentful of the fact that I always took my day off). He was also a guy whose idea of a holiday was to spend two weeks at a Christian hotel, "ministering" to the guests.
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
I looked like a right fool standing in a telephone booth in the middle of rural Wales, discussing pastoral matters for half an hour.)
Couldn't you have said that you had run out of coins, couldn't read the phone's number on the dial because it had been vandalised, and couldn't get through to the operator to reverse the charges?
I have just upset a church member by refusing to go to a dinner they'd arranged at a time when I'm on holiday. Unfortunately I fell into their trap: "Even though you're on holiday, are you actually away on that day?" and had to dig myself out after I admitted that I was indeed "around".
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Oscar the Grouch
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
I looked like a right fool standing in a telephone booth in the middle of rural Wales, discussing pastoral matters for half an hour.)
Couldn't you have said that you had run out of coins, couldn't read the phone's number on the dial because it had been vandalised, and couldn't get through to the operator to reverse the charges?
I could have done - but then I would have had to put up with his endless whining for the next couple of months. This was actually a compromise - his original demand was that I phone in every couple of days.
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
I have just upset a church member by refusing to go to a dinner they'd arranged at a time when I'm on holiday. Unfortunately I fell into their trap: "Even though you're on holiday, are you actually away on that day?" and had to dig myself out after I admitted that I was indeed "around".
Mmmm. Over time, I've developed the habit of being incredibly vague about my diary to church members. I will tell people that I'm "away" - even if "away" merely means "away from church stuff". I will tell people that my diary is full that evening - "full" meaning I've arranged to spend the evening having a meal out with friends. Or even "full" as in "I'm staying in and watching TV and relaxing for once".
So I make it a habit to never say WHY my diary prevents me from attending their particular event. It just does.
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Yes - that was where I got it badly wrong.
After 28 years in the ministry, you'd have thought I'd learned better than that! ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Yeah, I've learned also to say sweetly, "Oh dear, I'm so sorry, I have commitments that day" and if they inquire what those commitments are, I say, "I'd probably better not talk about that" and leave them to infer that there's something confidential going on. If they keep hassling me, I say "I wouldn't talk to other people about your stuff, would I?" Which always shuts them up.
It's perfectly valid for me to have a commitment to my family or even to myself (and a good book and a bowl of popcorn).
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Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down!
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Oscar the Grouch
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Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:
It's perfectly valid for me to have a commitment to my family or even to myself (and a good book and a bowl of popcorn).
Yes! Yes! Yes!!!
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The sound man can be a vengeful swine. Switch off the wireless microphone before using the toilet!
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Thay haif said. Quhat say thay, Lat thame say (George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal)
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jacobsen
seeker
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And before commenting on the awful singing...
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Banner Lady
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Always, always take time to thank your 'minions', even if they have not done what you had imagined they would....
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Women in the church are not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be enjoyed.
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Baptist Trainfan
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Never cross the Organist, the folk on the Coffee Rota or the Flower Arrangers. (At least we Baptists don't have to worry about the Altar Guild!)
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Tubbs
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Be clear about a) what is paid for by the church and b) what is paid for by you and c) what the implications of b) are when filling in your tax return. What saves you money today may screw you over later when you have to declare it. Whatever your spouse says about stuff the church should blooming well pay for ...!
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"It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than open it up and remove all doubt" - Dennis Thatcher. My blog. Decide for yourself which I am
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