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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I mean seriously, Christmas and Easter are kind of "the big show" in his line of work.............

Dr. Charles Allen on Christmas morning at First Methodist in Houston .. early 80's. Best opening line I've ever heard to a sermon ...

He started with

As I was saying last year ...

12 posted on 08/06/2008 1:04:35 PM PDT by tx_eggman (Privatizing profits and socializing losses is no way to run an economy)
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To: tx_eggman

Ha - that is classic!


14 posted on 08/06/2008 1:05:45 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
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To: tx_eggman

Similar story from an Easter service. The priest welcomed the large crowd wishing a safe trip home for the out of town guests, then he said, “for those of you living in Lufkin, we do this EVERY Sunday!”


39 posted on 08/06/2008 2:24:03 PM PDT by BradyBug (Holy Rolling Redneck)
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To: tx_eggman

Ain’t that the truth. We used to have a priest who would say “I’d like to welcome back our twice a year friends”.


55 posted on 08/07/2008 7:49:15 AM PDT by Jaded (does it really need a sarcasm tag?)
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