----- Original Message ----- From: Rebecca Brown <rjbrown@xxxxxxx> To: Mike and Brenda Marra <Marra@xxxxxxx>; Tom Minks <tminks@xxxxxxx>; Becky Fejarang <bfejarang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; John & Jennifer <jjhmbro@xxxxxxxxxxx>; melanie poole <wymanandmelpoole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Jim Hayes <jwhayes@xxxxxxxx>; Kim Bautista <N2kidsandbaskets@xxxxxxx>; kitty price <ecirpdk@xxxxxxxx>; Beth Harr <BHarr465@xxxxxxx>; Mary Ellen Crump <Vincepat11@xxxxxxx>; 'pat&bealle' <bealle.dawson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 9:28 PM Subject: You Might be a Baptist If: > > > YOU MIGHT BE A BAPTIST IF: > > > > 1. You believe you are supposed to take a covered dish to heaven when > > you die. > > 2. You have never sung the third verse of any hymn. > > 3. You have ever put an IOU in the collection plate. > > 4. You think God's presence is always strongest in the back three pews. > > 5. You think John the Baptist founded the Southern Baptist Convention. > > 6. You clapped in church last Sunday and felt guilty about it all week. > > 7. You judge the quality of a service by its duration. > > 8. You also judge the quality of the sermon by how much sweat the > > preacher worked up. > > 9. You think the Holy Land is Nashville. > > 10. You are old enough to get a senior citizen discount at the pharmacy > > but not old enough to be prompted into the senior adult Sunday School > Class. > > 11. You think someone who says "amen" while the Pastor is preaching > > might be a charismatic. > > 12. You complained because your Pastor only works one day a week and > > then he works too long. > > 13. You think "Amazing Grace" is the national anthem. > > 14. The first complete sentence you uttered was "We've never done it > > this way before." > > 15. You think the epistles are probably the wives of the apostles. > > 16 Your definition of "fellowship" has something to do with food. > > 17. You wonder if Lottie Moon and Annie Armstrong will ever be paid off. > > 18. You honestly believe the Apostle Paul spoke King James English. > > 19. You think worship service music has to be loud. > > 20. You think Jesus actually used Welch's grape juice and saltine > > crackers. > > 21. You think preachers who wear robes are in cahoots with the > > communists. > > 22 You once woke up craving fried chicken and interpreted that as a > > call to preach. > > > > >
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