[Magdalen] bulletin blooper

[Grace Cangialosi]

One of my funniest KJV experiences came when I was helping a friend with the music for a midweek Lenten service in Moorefield, WV. It was one of those community Lenten series where a different church hosted and a different preacher preached each week. The overall theme was the healing stories of Jesus.

The Episcopal church was the host that week, and the preacher was from the Church of God of Cleveland, TN. His text was about the man who lay by the pool for 30-some years, wiring for someone to it him in the water.
So the preacher read from his Bible: "and there was by the pool a man who was impotent. [pronounced "im-POH'-tunt"].  He went on to explain that that meant he had a lot of things wrong with him!

Well, I was sitting on the organ bench, mercifully out of sight of the congregation, choking down laughter and not daring to look at my friend the priest.

The minute the service was over, I asked her if there was an old KJV bible in the church. She had been thinking the same thing, and we found one and looked up the story. Sure enough...that was exactly the word it used: "impotent"!



> On Sep 27, 2014, at 8:34 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> God said it, I believe it, that settles it!
> 
> Sinners on God's celestial sore!!!
> Ginga
> 
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 7:18 PM, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Just like the Bible that said, "Thou shalt commit adultery."
>> 
>> 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 Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> You're kidding, right, Jim??? Don't you know God dictated the Bible word
>>> for word, and God doesn't make mistakes!
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 27, 2014, at 5:40 PM, James Oppenheimer <
>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 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
>>