Church Signs and Sunday Randomness

This morning's sermon went well at Bessemer, at least as far as I can tell. The best comment of the day was when I walked in the door and one lady says, "Nathan, I gotta tell ya. You must be God or something...at least that's what these people must think." I burst out laughing. I said, "Well, I'm definitely not!" The reason she said this was because I went visiting with her the other day, and the people we visited were so impressed by the fact that I took time out of my day at school to come visit them. I guess that sometimes what I don't otherwise think to be a big deal is a big deal for the people you do it for - if that makes sense. But nonetheless, that was really cool.

I had a fun weekend. It started by me traveling to Cranberry for dinner on Friday (through the snow - okay the travelling wasn't fun, but dinner was good). Then I went home and visited with one of our friends from church who was at our house for the evening. Saturday, I worked on the house a little and went out to dinner with Mom, Dad, Uncle Tom and Dorothy at the Crane Room in New Castle. That was fun. Today was church, then a meeting to discuss things for Holy Week, and then home for lunch. Now I'm back here, having translated 30 verses of John 6 for Greek, and read 50 pages for another class. And I'm actually done for the night...

The final thought for the evening is about church signs. I find them fun. Thursday, I was talking with one of the ladies at church who normally changes the sign. She said that she didn't like to take care of the sign for the old pastor, but now she's doing it again. I told her I would take care of it the next time I had a chance. So last Thursday before I went visiting, we took care of the sign and put up this past week's sermon. I was going to change it before I left today and forgot...but I still was going to look for a clever saying to put up. Here are a few I came up with so far...

- "Happy Hour here every Sunday!"
- "God allows U-Turns"
- "Sign Broke: Message Inside"
- "Santa Claus Never Died for Anyone"
- "God Expects Spiritual Fruit, Not Religious Nuts."
- "Jerry Falwell, Leave the Teletubbies Alone!"
- "Walmart is Not the Only Saving Place!"
- "Thinking about coming? Start now, please!"
- "Don't Let Worries Kill You - Let the Church Help!"
- "Free Trip to Heaven - Details Inside"
- "If you think it's hot here, try hell."

I don't know if I would use some of these, but they're quite entertaining. Some others I could not ever use....

- "True Submission"
- "The Best Position is On Your Knees"

...and so on. As for these ones, I'd never use them (well, unless I was feeling rather bold, but I usually don't feel that way). So anyway, that's pretty much it for now. If you have any other ideas for church signs, leave a comment. Peace out.