We went to church yesterday to find that our pastor was on vacation. When church began, it was not the guest preacher, it was our lay leader.
Our lay leader has not done this in the past. At least, not in the years we have attended this church. As we went, I realized he wasn't following the bulletin. He skipped three things and went into announcements. His posture and voice said he was a little nervous. He read his notes and then asked, "Are there any other announcements this morning?"
He scanned the congregation and pointed toward someone behind me.
"YEAH!", a sharp voice said. The voice was of his wife. She was not happy.
"We would like to say page 108.", she said loudly.
He looked a little stunned. He looked down at his bulletin and looked back at her.
"You forgot to have us read page 108!", she said again.
There was a bit of quiet laughing in the church. We all knew he missed some items, but we weren't going to call him out on it. After she scolded her husband, we all turned to page 108.
I know I couldn't do any better, so don't take this wrong. It was just kinda funny. You get so used to how church service works. When the order is mixed, it becomes very obvious.
4 comments:
Honestly, it wouldn't be HIS mistakes that offended me. When people are nervous, mistakes are bound to happen. Everyone understands that. The WIFE'S public shaming of her husband is the real tragedy. No woman should ever publically humiliate her husband. What's up with that?
~Abbie
As our sound board operator, I have the order of service in front of me during the service. You might be surprised the amount of mix-up's that go on routinely. The bullentin order is a scaled down version. Then again - it may just be our church.
Hope he made it through without too many other public announcements from his wife. I am with Abbie - she should have kept quiet. (a reason I married a very shy woman - I didn't want to be called out in public)
well. As harsh as it seems, I don't think anyone was surprised. It is a small church. Probably only thirty to forty of us witnessed this. And if you knew this woman, you would have been surprised if she said nothing.
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