Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for January 11, 2013

Hello, Ernie. Still watching over things, eh? Guy’s been doing a great job – he needs a raise!

Good sign that he reported that there are children – plural – involved. Must mean he has some sort of plan for Sluggo!

Missions can fail when there are too many people in need and the people that use to support the missions need the services of missions. We ALL are one paycheck away from being homeless and needing help. For those of you that think I am wrong, just remember the S&L and mortgage troubles that stole peoples retirement funds. Those people thought they had it made with retirement and no worries, found themselves working for fast food shops and store greeters

Ooh, no pressure!

All right, Phil! You’ll do fine with the mission. I’m sure it just needs a change in how it is run.

you better not fumble this one phil

Because missions need volunteers and donated money. If yyou have little of the latter, it doesn;t matter haw many of the first you have.

Isaiah 12:2 ……“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD GOD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”

Live on Fritzi’s salary while you write the insider book on what it’s like to come back from comic strip limbo.

Three days with no Nancy, Aunt or Sluggo. While I can’t remember even one day without them, three days is jaw-dropping!

Three days no Nnacy, Aunt or Sluggo – this is wild. I can’t wait to see what’s going to happen with this comic!

Go home, Phil. Fritzi is mine!

Wow. Just wow.

Apart from everything else, a mission generally has to pay rent, or, perhaps, a mortgage. Sure, the diocese (the group of churches that the bishop is bishop of) can provide /some/ funds, but there are plenty of missions in the average diocese, and, these days, even full-blown parishes often need to be bailed out—not to mention all the money the Church has had to pay out over pedophile priests in recent times. (I’m not snarking here—I’m only pointing out that the Bishop can’t just say, “Oh, we have to keep this mission running, cause Phil’s a great guy.” As the Treasurer of Canterbury says in Dorothy L. Sayers great play, “The Zeal of Thy House”, “…humanly speaking, the accounts will have to go through the Treasury…”)

Cute framed photo in the first panel!