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WITandWISDOM(tm) - January 30, 2003 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days. - Garrison Keillor Source: A Joke a Day http://www.topica.com/lists/ajokeaday7 ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: Bulletin Announcements: During the absence of our pastor, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good sermon when A. B. Doe supplied our pulpit. The Rev. Adams spoke briefly, much to the delight of his audience. The church is glad to have with us today as our guest minister the Rev. Shirley Green who has Mrs. Green with him. After the service we request that all remain in the sanctuary for the Hanging of the Greens. The ‘eighth graders' will be presenting Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in the church basement on Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. Source: Bill's Punch Line, http://www.tcmr.com/billspunchline.html ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: My wife coordinates get-well gifts for our church members who are in the hospital. Recently she visited a member who was recuperating from a kidney stone operation. Not knowing the nature of his illness, she presented him with a copy of Max Lucado's book, "He Still Moves Stones." By Ernie Nolan, Ponoka, Alberta, Canada Source: Adventist Review, ISSN 0161-1119, (c) August 31, 2000, http://www.adventistreview.org/ Submitted by Nancy Simpson ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: U.S. research has discovered that no two nations with McDonald's restaurants have ever gone to war. "This is no small achievement," adds The Sunday Telegraph. Last week, Belarus and Tahiti saw McDonald's restaurants open, bringing the tally to 101 countries. The so-called Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention, conceived by Thomas Friedman in The New York Times, holds that countries can only support a McDonald's when they have reached a sufficient level of economic prosperity and political stability to make war unattractive to its people. - Toronto Globe and Mail, December 18, 1996, http://www.globeandmail.com/ Submitted by Udi Latarre |