Comments on: Government to Bail Out Churches http://humorality.com/2009/01/29/church-bailout/ Humor for the common good Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Joey Robert Parks http://humorality.com/2009/01/29/church-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Joey Robert Parks Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:59:26 +0000 http://humorality.com/?p=82#comment-19 The line about saving $3000/year by cutting out coffee and donuts, via the requirement to become a member in a month or find another church is eerily funny. Just this past Sunday - I kid you not - a member of my church suggested closing the church down for a month a year. "I know of some of other churches that are doing it and they're saving tons of money," she said. "But isn't the church supposed to be here to serve others?" I suggested. She scratched her head, bewildered, and walked away. The line about saving $3000/year by cutting out coffee and donuts, via the requirement to become a member in a month or find another church is eerily funny. Just this past Sunday – I kid you not – a member of my church suggested closing the church down for a month a year. “I know of some of other churches that are doing it and they’re saving tons of money,” she said.

“But isn’t the church supposed to be here to serve others?” I suggested.

She scratched her head, bewildered, and walked away.

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