What do you think of these ''Old Lutheran'' Church Bulletin bloopers?

[Sphinx777]

These are actually pretty funny. Click the link and read a few.


http://www.oldlutheran.com/humor/bloopers.shtml


:angel:

[MarkRohfrietsch]

These are actually pretty funny. Click the link and read a few.


http://www.oldlutheran.com/humor/bloopers.shtml


:angel:

Have you checked out some of their other stuff? My Pastor has an Old Lutheran Beer T-shirt, He somtimes wears it when I take him sailing. It's funny how the fundies are so scandalized by him drinking beer, and promoting it on his shirt, but its ok when I do it?:D^_^^_^

[porterross]

I thought there was a minimum beer consumption requirement at Seminary.

[DaRev]

I thought there was a minimum beer consumption requirement at Seminary.

Shhhhhhhh!! That's a secret. ;)

[MarkRohfrietsch]

I thought there was a minimum beer consumption requirement at Seminary.

:thumbsup:Sem. is OK, but the darn fundamentalists at the sailing club figure we are all damned to burn... so we might as well uphold the stereo-type!^_^

[porterross]

:thumbsup:Sem. is OK, but the darn fundamentalists at the sailing club figure we are all damned to burn... so we might as well uphold the stereo-type!^_^


Well, if drinking beer guarantees damnation, might fundy hell be located in a bewery? :yum:

[DaRev]

Well, if drinking beer guarantees damnation, might fundy hell be located in a bewery? :yum:

So I shouldn't be offended if one of them tells me to go to hell? ^_^

[IowaLutheran]

These are actually pretty funny. Click the link and read a few.


http://www.oldlutheran.com/humor/bloopers.shtml


:angel:

Very funny - thanks for posting!

[BabyLutheran]

I am thinking about getting this shirt to really scandalize the fundies around here (remember I live in Pat Robertson's town!)

http://jitcrunch.cafepress.com/jitcrunch.aspx?bG9hZD1ibGFuayxibGFuazoxMjZfRl9jNC5qcGd8bG9hZD1MMCxodHRwOi8vaW1hZ2VzLmNhZmVwcmVzcy5jb20vaW1hZ2UvNzYzNTg5Nl80MDB4NDAwLmpwZ3x8c2NhbGU9TDAsMTY5LDExOSxXaGl0ZXxjb21wb3NlPWJsYW5rLEwwLEFkZCwxNTcsMTAxfGNwPXJlc3VsdCxibGFua3xzY2FsZT1yZXN1bHQsMCw0ODAsV2hpdGV8Y29tcHJlc3Npb249OTV8

[MarkRohfrietsch]

I am thinking about getting this shirt to really scandalize the fundies around here (remember I live in Pat Robertson's town!)

http://jitcrunch.cafepress.com/jitcrunch.aspx?bG9hZD1ibGFuayxibGFuazoxMjZfRl9jNC5qcGd8bG9hZD1MMCxodHRwOi8vaW1hZ2VzLmNhZmVwcmVzcy5jb20vaW1hZ2UvNzYzNTg5Nl80MDB4NDAwLmpwZ3x8c2NhbGU9TDAsMTY5LDExOSxXaGl0ZXxjb21wb3NlPWJsYW5rLEwwLEFkZCwxNTcsMTAxfGNwPXJlc3VsdCxibGFua3xzY2FsZT1yZXN1bHQsMCw0ODAsV2hpdGV8Y29tcHJlc3Npb249OTV8

Do ya think they would get it?

At least with the Old Lutheran Beer one there is a Church name, a Church Father, Alcohol, and the statement to "Sin Boldly", It's enough to put the poor buggers into "Spiritual over-load"!

[porterross]

Do ya think they would get it?

At least with the Old Lutheran Beer one there is a Church name, a Church Father, Alcohol, and the statement to "Sin Boldly", It's enough to put the poor buggers into "Spiritual over-load"!


You should sell tickets! :D

[CaliforniaJosiah]

I "get" it - I really, really do - and there's something very Lutheran about Lutherans being able to laugh at themselves....

My ONLY 'issue' is the CONSTANT emphasis on old.
I'm 20 and I participate in a small church (our service - one of 2 - has about 50 or 60 each week). The average age of which seems to be close to 3 times my age. The whole church is pretty much a sea of gray. I'm absolutely okay with that, but it's a reality I think about.

My brother's church (about 10 years old and with several thousand in church at each of the several weekend services - in fact, they can't get them all in their HUGE building for each of those services, many participate via "feed" in buidings around there), the average age is probably 30. No gray hairs to be seen. I think about that, too (especially since the theology there - when it exists at all, which is close to never - is pretty bad).

Anyway, not sure advertizing that most Lutherans seem to be "old" may not be the BEST thing to do, from a purely "PR" standpoint???????

But, again, it's part of our identity to embrace humility, and our ability to laugh at ourselves flows from that. I was recently given an old audio tape of "The Praire Home Companion" that also laughts WITH Lutherans.



Just a very small thought....




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[MarkRohfrietsch]

I "get" it - I really, really do - and there's something very Lutheran about Lutherans being able to laugh at themselves....

My ONLY 'issue' is the CONSTANT emphasis on old.
I'm 20 and I participate in a small church (our service - one of 2 - has about 50 or 60 each week). The average age of which seems to be close to 3 times my age. The whole church is pretty much a sea of gray. I'm absolutely okay with that, but it's a reality I think about.

My brother's church (about 10 years old and with several thousand in church at each of the several weekend services - in fact, they can't get them all in their HUGE building for each of those services, many participate via "feed" in buidings around there), the average age is probably 30. No gray hairs to be seen. I think about that, too (especially since the theology there - when it exists at all, which is close to never - is pretty bad).

Anyway, not sure advertizing that most Lutherans seem to be "old" may not be the BEST thing to do, from a purely "PR" standpoint???????

But, again, it's part of our identity to embrace humility, and our ability to laugh at ourselves flows from that. I was recently given an old audio tape of "The Praire Home Companion" that also laughts WITH Lutherans.



Just a very small thought....




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Josh,

Old as in Soul, not carcass. I'v been an "Old Lutheran" since the day I was baptized.... I was just over a week old! Got even older when I was confirmed.

:thumbsup:Blessings in your golden years Josh, You are already old, you just aren't as "crusty" as some of are yet.^_^

Mark

[MarkRohfrietsch]

Josh,

Old as in Soul, not carcass. I'v been an "Old Lutheran" since the day I was baptized.... I was just over a week old! Got even older when I was confirmed.

:thumbsup:Blessings in your golden years Josh, You are already old, you just aren't as "crusty" as some of are yet.^_^

Mark

In my Church we have one Elder who is 70, one who is about 40 and two of us around 50. Sad as it is we call ourselves the "Youth Group":(:sigh:

[BabyLutheran]

My Lutheran church average age is 30. 34 baptisms in 2007, 121 new members.

We must be doing something wrong...denominational churches aren't supposed to grow these days

[CaliforniaJosiah]

My Lutheran church average age is 30. 34 baptisms in 2007, 121 new members.

We must be doing something wrong...denominational churches aren't supposed to grow these days

Soli Deo Gloria!

And however unorthodox and unlutheran, congrats to your people!


I suspect that if someone knew WHY, it might be able to "copy and paste" that???? But it seems such is not the case. The church I participate in is AWESOME. They are very loving, the spirituality is high, the preaching is EXCELLENT, the theology right on, and they are involved in active ways reaching out to the community - in a variety of ways. And yet - they are "flat" no growing at all in terms of attendence (I think the numbers are creeping up in membership but not average church attendence). I live in one of the fastest growing districts of the LCMS in terms of population gain, and yet while a FEW churches are growing (mostly larger ones) and new churches are being planted, from what I understand, the HUGE majority are flat or declining, and there are more churches closing than opening. This in a denomination that has the theology down like no other and where the Gospel is preached boldly, clearly and weekly.

My bro's church has attendence IN THE THOUSANDS. To go there, you have to park BLOCKS away and walk or there's rented school buses to get you over to the church. The theology (where it exists at all - which is almost never) sucks. THey do no outreach at all. They don't even have an ad in the phone book.

:confused:

I know THIS: Since I'm now a member, I need to be faithful, cooperative, and participate according to all my gifts.



But we're WAY off topic, and I apologize to the opening poster for that. I'm just feeling frustrated. Each Sunday I hear an AWESOME sermon and meet such GREAT people and see such GOOD ministry. And it's the same people every week, and they ain't getting any younger....



Sorry.



- Josiah

[DaRev]

It's called "itching ears".