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THREE CHAIRS
A certain
Catholic church hosting a community Thanskgiving
service. Now this was to be first for that catholic
church and for the community. Naturally everyone was
quite excited. With great dignity the priest led his
three Protestant colleagues toward the chancel area when
suddenly he realized that he had forgotten to put out
chairs for his guest clergy to sit on during the
service.
In a state
of great agitation, he whispered in the ear of one of
his ushers, "Please get some chairs for the guest
pastors." The elderly usher was quite hard of hearing,
so he asked the priest to repeat his request. The priest
did so a little louder: "Please get up and get three
chairs for the Protestants."
The old man
had a puzzled look on his face as he rose to his feet.
Turning to the rest of the congregation, he said with a
loud voice: "This seems highly irregular, but I've been
asked to have you stand and give three cheers for the
Protestants."
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