September, 2006
Invitation
You are invited to a special Short-term Missions sharing on Friday (8th). This year, our missionaries were sent to the Native Americans in Arizona and to Taiwan. You will hear their testimony. We will also be sending a team to Japan next month.
You are also invited to join us for our annual church picnic on Saturday (9th). Just like last year, we will be having the picnic at Shadow Cliff in Pleasanton. All are welcome. It starts from 11:00 to whenever you feel like leaving the park.
On the Light Side—jokes to have a laugh
Johnny had been misbehaving and was sent to his room. After a while, he emerged and informed his mother that he had thought it over and then said a prayer. “Fine,” said the pleased mother. “If you ask God to help you not misbehave, He will help you.” “Oh, I didn’t ask Him to help me not misbehave,” said Johnny. “I asked Him to help you put up with me.”
A minister questioned a six-year-old: “So your mother says a prayer for you each night. Very commendable. What does she say?” The little boy replied, “Thank God, he’s in bed!”
A couple with three children waited in line at San Francisco’s Pier 41 to purchase tickets for a boat trip to Alcatraz. Others watched with varying degrees of sympathy and irritation as the young children fidgeted, whined, and punched one another. The frazzled parents reprimanded them to no avail. Finally they reached the ticket window. “Five tickets, please,” the father said. “Two round trip, three one way.”
The minister gave his Sunday morning service, as usual; but this particular Sunday, it was considerably longer than normal. Later, at the door, shaking hands with parishioners as they moved out, one man said, “Your sermon, Pastor, was simply wonderful—so invigorating and inspiring and refreshing.” The minister, of course, broke out in a big smile, only to hear the man add, “Why, I felt like a new man when I woke up!”
The above jokes are taken from Medicine for the Soul by Dr. David Jeremiah
邀請
- 誠意邀請你參加一個在9/8日﹝星期五﹞舉行的短宣分享會。
- 好像往年一樣，我們又會在Pleasanton的Shadow Cliff公園舉行全教會旅行，由上午11:00開始。
輕鬆一吓 – 笑話可以令你開顏
- Johnny因為頑皮而被罰關在自己的房間，經過一陣子，他出來告訴母親他經過思想後作了一個祈禱。他母親很高興的說：「好！如果你求神幫助你不再胡鬧，祂是會幫助你的。」Johnny說：「噢！我並沒有請求祂幫助我不再胡鬧，我請求祂幫助你來容忍我。」
- 一位傳道人問一個六歲的小孩子：「你母每晚都為你祈禱，這是值得嘉許的。她禱告說些什麼？」小孩子回答說：「感謝主，他睡著了。」
- 一對夫婦和三個孩子在三藩市的41號碼頭排隊買票，準備坐船到Alcatraz島去。當孩子們正在不耐煩、抱怨、和互相對打的時候，其他的人都表示不同程度的同情和不安。這對已經疲累的夫婦斥責他們亦無濟於事。最後，他們到達售票處，這位父親對售票員說：「唔該你，五張票：兩張來回、三張單程。」
- 傳道人如常的在主日崇拜講道，但在這一個主日中，他的講道較平常的為長。之後，他在出口處與離開的會眾握手，有一位男士對他說：「牧師，你的講道真好，充滿活力、令人鼓舞和有清新的感覺。」當然，傳道人就歡顏一笑。但這位仁兄隨即說：「正是這樣，當我醒來的時候，我覺得好像新人一樣。」
以上的笑話是節錄自David Jeremiah博士著的Medicine for the Soul 一書。
