- Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old brother Joel were sitting together in church. Joel giggled, sang, and talked out loud. Finally, his big sister had enough. "You're not supposed to talk out loud in church." "Why? Who's going to stop me?" Joel asked. Angie pointed to the back of the church and said, "See those two men standing by the door? They're hushers."
- One Sunday in a Midwest city a young child was "acting up" during the morning worship hour. The parents did their best to
maintain some sense of order in the pew but were losing the battle. Finally the
father picked the little fellow up and walked sternly up the aisle on his way
out. Just before reaching the safety of the foyer the little one called loudly
to the congregation, "Pray for me! Pray for me!"
And this particular four-year-old prayed: "And forgive us our trash baskets as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets." - During the minister's prayer one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from one of the back pews. Gary's mother was horrified. She pinched him into silence, and after church, asked: "Gary, whatever made you do such a thing?" Gary answered soberly: "I asked God to teach me to whistle...And He just then did!"
- One night Mike's parents overheard this prayer. "Now I lay me down to rest, and hope to pass tomorrow's test, if I should die before I wake, that's one less test I have to take."
- A little boy was overheard praying: "Lord, if You can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am!"
- A Sunday school teacher asked her little children, as they were on the way to church service, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?" One bright little girl replied, "Because people are sleeping."
- The preacher was wired for sound with a lapel mike, and as he preached, he moved briskly about the platform, jerking the mike cord as he went. Then he moved to one side, getting wound up in the cord and nearly tripping before jerking it again. After several circles and jerks, a little girl in the third pew leaned toward her mother and whispered, "If he gets loose, will he hurt us?"
- I had been teaching my three-year old
daughter, Caitlin, the Lord's Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, she would
repeat after me the lines from the prayer. Finally, she decided to go solo. I
listened with pride as she carefully enunciated each word, right up to the end
of the prayer: "Lead us not into temptation," she prayed, "but deliver us some
E-mail. Amen."
