There was a story that the pastor of a small church in a rural area told his congregation that, in solidarity with suffering people the world over, the parish would worship in an unheated church for Lent. Greeting the parishioners on their way out of the service, he stopped the little old church lady (every church has at least one) and asked her what she was giving up for Lent. Shaking a withered finger in the minister’s face, she barked hoarsely, “Church!!”
There was a story that the pastor of a small church in a rural area told his congregation that, in solidarity with suffering people the world over, the parish would worship in an unheated church for Lent. Greeting the parishioners on their way out of the service, he stopped the little old church lady (every church has at least one) and asked her what she was giving up for Lent. Shaking a withered finger in the minister’s face, she barked hoarsely, “Church!!”