Funeral of a dead church Articles / Laughing is fun Date: Sep 11, 2004 - 06:53 PM A new minister in a small Oklahoma town spent his first four days calling on the membership, inviting them to his first service. The next Sunday, there were few in attendance. He desperately tried several other approaches, but failed! He placed a notice in the local newspapers, stating that as the church was dead, it was his duty to give it a decent Christian burial. The burial would be held the following Sunday afternoon. Morbidly curious, the whole town turned out. In front of the pulpit they saw a high coffin, smothered in flowers. The minister read the obituary and delivered a eulogy; he then invited the congregation to step forward to pay their respects to the dearly beloved who had departed. The long line filed by; each mourner peeked into the coffin and turned away with a guilty, sheepish look.... for in the coffin, tilted at the correct angle, was a large mirror. Everyone saw HIMSELF!!! The next Sunday, the clever new minister preached to a full house!! www This article comes from World's Largest Prayer Board Annointed.net News http://www.annointed.net/ The URL for this story is: http://www.annointed.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=676