[Magdalen] bulletin blooper

James Oppenheimer oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Sat Sep 27 14:40:12 PDT 2014


And there really are people out there who seriously believe the Bible could
be free from error, bless their hearts.

As if humans could ever be capable of such a thing.

I like us the way we are, ak-chew-ally.



James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ah yes, I've presided at many of those Episco-Combo funerals, and they are
> always a challenge! No matter what part of the service I invited the
> visiting clergy to take, they always managed to "say a few words," often of
> the type you mentioned, Ginga. But I made sure that my homily always came
> after all that so I could be sure there was at least some mention of grace.
>
> But we never had quite as wonderful a typo as you did! "God's celestial
> sore" indeed!
>
> > On Sep 26, 2014, at 8:07 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I went to a funeral today that was a Baptist-Episcopal combo.
> Interesting
> > to say the least, but the Episcopal priest got to wind it up with a
> homily
> > on grace and Jesus promise to be with us always.  The deceased's
> brother, a
> > conservative Baptist pastor, spoke at the beginning of the service on
> what
> > a sinner his brother was and yadayadayada.
> >
> > Anyway, the first song was I'll Fly away.  The words in the bulletin
> > indicated we were to sing the first verse thusly:
> >
> > "Some bright morning when this life is over
> > I'll fly away
> > To that home on God's celestial sore
> > I'll fly away.
> >
> > Gotta Love It.  I didn't even crack a smile until I got in the car to
> come
> > home.
> >
> > Ginga
>


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