answered prayer, bell curves, ice cream, and commodes

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Bro Chris S testified:

> She was upset because of how the
> vote turned out.  INSTEAD of voting 4-1 against his church,
> they voted 4-1 FOR his church!!!!

Praise God!

We were reminded last week of the incident where the church is praying
for the release of the Apostle Peter from jail.  During prayer,
somebody is knocking at the door and a girl checks who it is.  To her
surprise, it's Peter!  She leaves him at the door and tells the others,
who all tell her that Peter can't be there because, after all, they are
praying for his release from jail HAHA!

Pastor Rogers went to visit a backslid Pentecostal at the the
Vermillion County Jail.  His hearing was scheduled for September, and
he couldn't leave the jail until then.  He told Bro Rogers that he
would return to God and give up his alcohol and other drugs and his
criminal lifestyle.  Bro Rogers instructed this young man to repent
right there in the visitors area, and then Bro Rogers prayed that this
young man would be released before he expected to.  They said their
goodbyes and Bro Rogers left the jail.

The next day, Bro Rogers receives a phone call from a family member of
this young man.  According to the caller, a deputy came to the young
man not thirty minutes after Bro Rogers left, and instructed the boy
to take his things and go.  Bro Rogers was so astonished that he thought
it was a joke a first!

Isn't it wonderful to be SURPRISED by God?

> THE LAWYER IS GETTING BAPTIZED IN JESUS NAME THIS WEEK!!!

This is excellent, Bro!

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Tyler wrote:
> 7.  Half of the people in the world are below average.

This is true only if the sample forms a perfectly symmetric curve.

For example, let's take seven people Joe, Bob, Mary, Kay, Sue, Lee, and
Bubba.  We'll measure their height in inches.

 Person   Height
 ------   ------
 Joe      70.0
 Bob      68.0
 Mary     62.0
 Kay      60.0
 Sue      65.0
 Lee      66.0
 Bubba    88.0

The average height of these seven people is 68.4 inches.  Five out of
the seven people sampled, or 71%, are "below average."

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Amanda wrote: 
> You have not *tasted* ice cream until you have had Ashby's Blueberry Waffle
> Cone.

Blue Bell Ice Cream from Brenham, TX.  The homemade I made this weekend
was pretty good, too :-)

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Brian Berger wrote:
> This was a great post. I am amazed though at the ones who will clean the
> toilets like royalty is going to visit. Others are just so-so. 

I'm amazed at our church, where we have close to 100% participation!  It
is truly a blessing being a part of a congregation that is so united and
single-minded in purpose.  We *all* pitch in and do what's necessary.

Richard "in one accord" Masoner
richardm@cd.com

P.S. the listproc *seems* to be down, but Tyler and I aren't really sure
yet, so this is also a bit of a test post.