Face the Music

July24th

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When someone told eighty-year-old Pastor Middleton he was “preaching to the choir,” it wasn’t just a figure of speech. Someone had accidentally turned his podium around.

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Comment by Carol — July 24, 2009 @ 8:50 am

This was not an accident. They wanted to stir things up by turning the pulpit away from the congregation. While not one of the brightest ideas, it did cause the members of the church to stay after the last “Amen” to find out why his back was turned on the people!
Comment by John — July 24, 2009 @ 10:21 am

LOL
Comment by John — July 24, 2009 @ 1:59 pm

Pastor Middleton was trying to get used to his new rotating pulpit. One of the deacons suggested they try it after viewing an old Def Leppard “in the round” concert.
Except for the occasional bouts of vertigo, and Sister Edna falling asleep when the preacher had his back turned, it was deemed a success.
Comment by Rachel — July 24, 2009 @ 2:16 pm

When Pastor Smith turned his pulpit around, Brother Jude was forced to stop miming the pastor’s every movement and just listen to the sermon.
Comment by Carol — July 24, 2009 @ 6:28 pm

Rotating pulpit….ahh, this will keep the congregation alert…until the deacons who have to rotate the pastor get tired after a long winded sermon…
Comment by Steve — July 24, 2009 @ 7:59 pm

I never thought I would find a Def Leppard reference on the Sandwich. That’s Hysterical.
Comment by Brad — July 24, 2009 @ 8:04 pm

Okay, so the hand puppets over Sister Sarah’s shoulders will have to wait till next week. No big deal.
Comment by Scott Webber — July 25, 2009 @ 1:05 am

A rotating pulpit is only a problem if the speed isn’t in proportion to the size of the congregation
Comment by LuLu — July 25, 2009 @ 9:52 am

Pastor Middleton recently had large hanging screens installed under the guise of using them instead of hymnals. The long malignant pauses in his sermons when his rotating pulpit faces sideways has revealed his true motives!
Comment by Carol — July 25, 2009 @ 9:49 pm

Although the one week, the youth pastor Andrew Mc Gulley thought it would be funny if during the “special music” they played “You Spin Me Right Round, Round” (For those who are not familiar, it was an 80’s dance song…) And the pastor spun off into the choir…it wasn’t a pretty sight.
Comment by Drew — July 29, 2009 @ 6:24 am

If you look closely, you’ll notice the metal rods planted in the ground and up their backs to give them the allusion that they’re awake. Deacon Bob cleaned up in cash by selling toothpicks for the eyes and giving instructions on how to place them properly in the eye, so as to give the farther illusion that they were alert (Not to mention, it also helps to avoid blinding yourself. I just wish he had told me how to remove the dang things! However, it does help when the wife goes into a long discourse).
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