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YA, SHURE, YA BETCHA!
DIS IS DA LATEST AIR SERVICE TO SPROUT UP IN

MINNESOTA.

ALSO SERVING VISCONSIN, NORT DAKOTA, AND MOONTANA.
TRY IT, YOU VILL LIKE IT!

If you are traveling soon, consider Lutheran Air, the no-frills airline. You're all in the same boat on Lutheran Air, where flying is an uplifting experience. There is no first class on any Lutheran Air flight. Meals are potluck.  Rows 1-6, bring rolls; 7-15, bring a salad; 16-21, a main dish, and 22-30, a dessert. Basses and tenors please sit in the rear of the aircraft.

Everyone is responsible for his or her own baggage. All fares are by freewill offering and the plane will not land until the budget is met. Pay attention to your flight attendant, who will acquaint you with the safety system aboard this Lutheran Air 599.

"Okay then, listen up: I'm only gonna say this once. In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, I am frankly going to be real surprised and so will Captain Olson because we fly right around 2000 feet, so loss of cabin pressure would probably indicate the Second Coming or something of that nature, and I wouldn't bother with those little masks on the rubber tubes. You're gonna have bigger things to worry about than that!

Just stuff those back up in their little holes. Probably the masks fell out because of turbulence which, to be honest with you, we're going to have quite a bit of at 2000 feet ... sort of like driving across a plowed field, but after a while you get used to it. In the event of a water landing, I'd say forget it. Start saying the Lord's Prayer and just hope you get to the part about forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us, which some people say "trespass against us," which isn't right, but what can you do? The use of cell phones on the plane is strictly forbidden, not because they may interfere with the plane's navigational system, which is seat of the pants all the way.  No, it's because cell phones are a pain in the wazoo, and if God meant you to use a cell phone, He would have put your mouth on the side of your head.

We're going to start lunch right about noon and it's buffet style with the coffee pot up front. Then we'll have the hymn sing; hymnals in the seat pocket in front of you.  Don't take yours with you when you go or I am going to be real upset and I am not kidding! Right now I'll say Grace. "Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest and let these gifts to us be blest. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, may we land in Duluth or pretty close. Amen.'"

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Apologies to our Lutheran friends, but most of that sounds like Episcopal to me.  Maybe there's hope for ecumenism after all!

Hell

The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.




Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. 

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving.

I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.

As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.

Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you", and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.

The corollary of this theory is that---since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God." 

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"

Church Bulletin Bloopers:

These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services.  Supposedly.  Even if they didn't, they very well could have, so pay attention to those bulletin announcements!

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     The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.

     The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water."  The sermon tonight:  "Searching for Jesus."

     Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM in the recreation hall.  Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.

     Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale.  It's a chance to get rid of  those things not worth keeping around the house.  Don't forget your husbands.

     The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.

     Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community.  Smile at someone who is hard to love.  Say "Hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you.

     Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.

     Miss Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

     For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

     Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir.  They need all the help they can get.

     Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions.  She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons.

     The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing:  "Break Forth Into Joy."

     Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church.  So ends a friendship that began in their school days.

     A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall.  Music will follow.

     At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What Is Hell?"   Come early and listen to our choir practice.

     Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of  several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

     Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled.  Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

     Please place your donation in the envelope a long with the deceased person you want remembered.

     Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch.

     The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.

     Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.

     The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind.  They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.

     This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.

     Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM.  All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done.

     The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.

     Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM.  Please use the back door.

     The eighth graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM.  The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

     Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church.  Please use large double door at the side entrance.