A 5-year-old in Oklahoma got impatient with his Sunday school teacher when she was typing. The lad said: “Let me type it. I type on Daddy’s typewriter all the time.” The teacher reluctantly sat him at the table and he typed away. The teacher said: “Good for you. Read that back to me please.” And he quickly answered, “I can’t, because I can’t read yet.” … [Read more...]

Several years ago, a church had all the money stolen from their offering plate one Sunday. Later that week a package arrived in the mail and the pastor realized upon opening it there was more money in it than originally stolen. The next Sunday she thanked the anonymous thief and added: “Whoever you are, I want to thank you. Would you mind doing it again?” … [Read more...]

A church announcement in Georgia: “The new mother’s class will organize next month. If you wish to be a new mother, please see the preacher.” … [Read more...]

Three young lads met on the school playground and began to talk about their fathers. One lad bragged, “My dad wrote a poem and they paid him $50.” The second youth said, “Ha! My dad wrote a song and got $100.” The third youth laughed, “My dad talked on something called a sermon and it took eight people to collect all the money.” … [Read more...]

And in a church newsletter in Iowa one of the announcements read: The sermon this morning is “When Jesus Walked on Water.” In the same bulletin, it listed the topic of the evening sermon, “Searching for Jesus.” … [Read more...]

A Presbyterian woman who grew up during the Great Depression – when bread and jelly was the only treat – realized only recently that all these years she had been saying, “Give us this day our jelly bread.” … [Read more...]