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Conversions
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Oh, the things that happen in small churches!

 

 
The same folks came each week
And sat in the back two rows.
No one was ever invited
No Toms, no Harrys or Joes.
 
The same old hymns were sung
and a dollar put in the plate.
After prayers they ran to their cars
because they could hardly wait.
 
They were loving people
and very loyal and true .
But they didn’t share the faith
and their church never grew.
 
At the annual meeting
all the reports were made.
One question was about their growth.
Pastor’s report was not delayed.
 
How many conversion last year?
How many souls were “won”?
“the furnace is now propane gas,
so I guess conversions were one!”
 

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 Reviews of "Conversions"
Reviewed by Rose Rideout
Reviewed on October 16, 2008
Thank you Larry for sharing but true as I see this each Sunday, another great write.

Newfie Hugs, Rose

Reviewed by D Johnson
Reviewed on October 16, 2008
And then there was the 'special meeting' after the annual meeting, to discuss whether the preacher was doing what they were paying him to do...some memories never fade.

Cheers,
Dan

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on October 16, 2008
Larry, it seems that you too have a jocular vein somewhere to soft the brutality of the punch given by people going to church every sunday because they always do it in they families.
Like they go to the store for their quart of milk.

Georg

Reviewed by John Linville (Reader)
Reviewed on October 16, 2008
I guess there's more than one way to get a conversion.


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