LAUGHTER for the soul

Secret Service

A gentleman I did not know, was in front of me walking out of church one day.  The preacher grabbed him by the hand, pulled him aside and said to him, "Fred, you need to join the Army of the Lord!" The man replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor." The Pastor questioned, "Why don't I see you except at Christmas and Easter?" He whispered back, "shuhhhhh I'm in the secret service! "

Political pastoral advice

Young Vicar to Supervising Pastor: "That was a great sermon.... but sometimes I couldn't tell when you were talking about God and when you were talking about yourself".

Supervising Pastor: "Young man, in your situation, you would do well to view them as similar".

Your successor...

Pastor Schmidt took a new call and was saying farewell to his congregation at the Church doors for the last time. He shook the hand of an elderly lady as she walked out. She was sad, holding back tears and mourned "Your successor won't be as good as you." "Nonsense", said Pastor Schmidt, in a flattered tone. "No, really", said the old lady, "I've been here under five different ministers, and each new one has been worse than the last."

Waiting till the last minute

Pastor Meyer waited in line to fill his car with gas just before a long holiday weekend. There were many cars ahead of him in the service station. Finally, he saw a member and got out to chat.

The member remarked, "it seems as if everyone waits until the last minute to get ready for a long trip." The minister smiled, "I know what you mean. It's the same in my business."

A Baptist cowboy

A cowboy, who just moved to Wyoming from Texas , walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.

The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, "You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time."

The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in

"There is no God"

A Lutheran, who was a senior at the University was getting rather tired of professors who felt they had to teach atheism. His professor started the class by saying the following: "Students, is there anyone here who can see God? If so, raise your hand. If there is anyone here who can hear God, raise your hand. If there is anyone who can smell God, raise your hand." After a short pause, with no response from the students, he concluded, "Since no one can see, smell or hear God, there is no God." The student then raised his hand and

When a Lutheran do as the Lutherans

 When you're a Lutheran, do as the Lutherans do

Lutherans do:

...volunteer to shovel the sidewalk rather than take the only open pew up front.

...sometime skip the last hymn to make sure church lasts exactly 60 minutes.

...hold a hymnal ...during the entire service  but never look down at it.

... hum the hymns during communion so they can see who's at church that Sunday.

Pontius who?

The Sunday school teacher asked the younger children to draw pictures illustrating the Christmas story.  She walked by and noticed one little boy drawing an airplane! "What Bible story are you drawing?" she asked.  "This is the Flight into Egypt," the little boy answered.  "See, here is Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. And this," he said, pointing to the front of the plane, "is Pontius. He's the Pilot."

Then this is for you

2nd Lutheran Lutheran supports a missionary in Togo. When the usher passed the plate to Mr Davy he shook his head and whispered, "I never to give to missions". The usher replied, "then please, be our guest and take something out, this money for helping the heathen".

Should have booked

The Christmas eve nativity play at St Johns Lutheran was packed with parents, relatives, visitors and members. Joseph and Mary were going from house to house knocking on the doors and asking it there was any room for them. As they continued to get "no room" answers, a teenage voice from the back yelled "YOU SHOULD HAVE BOOKED!"