Cartoon of a woman answering a telephone. She says, “No thank you. I am pretty sure our church does not need a DNA testing machine.”
I am not sure a genetic testing machine would make background checks in children’s and youth ministry easier. But all the same, I think churches will have no need for this office machine of the future. Actually, I hope the average office won’t need it either!
Janitor says, “We don’t have bats in the belfry. But we may have squirrels in the attic.”
Maintenance issues abound at churches, especially the older ones. I never attended a church that had a belfry. But I wish I did so I could say at least once there were bats in the belfry. It seems squirrels in the attic would create an equally erratic outcome.
I drew this for the April 2017 Church of God CHOGNews.
Cartoon of an upset woman. She says, “Just when I got my mind of my weight, you had me run more bulk mail!”
An office can be fraught with traps and pitfalls. Bulk mail machines are just one of the many scary contraptions.
I have seen my wife display supreme leadership when it comes to volunteers. It takes a true leader to motivate a group of volunteers, especially when change is involved.
I once served on a Board of Worship Arts Committee. One time, the worship pastor said, “We had a good Sunday. The number of complaints that the sound was too low equaled the number that said it was too loud.