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[Jon Egger]

Before I was ordained, I often read the lessons at Resurrection.  I was
corrected by plaintiff once after I returned to sit with her after the
lesson.  She whispered, "It's Sadduces, not Sarduccies!"

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Grace & peace,
Deacon Jon Egger



*“In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who
has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to
deceive and overawe the People."(Eugene V. Debs, Anti-War Speech, June 16,
1918) *


On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 3:15 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Makes me think of the Bishop visiting a parish.  They had just started, and
> it seemed there was no sound coming from the mike.  The bishop tapped it a
> couple of times and said, "There is something the matter with this
> microphone."
>
> The congregation firmly responded, "And also with you!"
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Christopher Hart
> >
> >  In my experience when the reader says "Here ends the lesson." the usual
> >> response from the congregation is "Thanks be to God." It's just out of
> >> habit I'm sure, but it sounds amusing to have people giving thanks that
> >> the
> >> lesson is over.
> >>
> >
> > I can think of congregations where for some lessons, the response is out
> > of relief that they don’t hear about themselves one second longer <g>. I
> > know of others where they really mean it because the lesson has dragged
> on
> > so long that they worry about being delayed for coffee hour.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim
> >
> >
>