Joke and more

The Methodist Church moves their ministers from church to church every few years. This
little church received a new minister who happened to be female. Of course this set some
of the congragation on edge and concerned that this might not work. One fine gentlemen
decided they should try to make the right moves to help her out so he and his wife invited
to go fishing with them. She allowed that she didn't know how to fish but would love to go with
them. So in due time they reach the boat and motored to a good fishing spot. As time passed
it grew cooler and the minister got cold and needed to go back to get her sweater she left in the
car. The gentleman quickly offered to take her back to get it. But the lady said, no I can get
it my self. Where upon she got out of the boat and walked on the water to get her sweater. When she was about half way back the gentlemen said, wouldn't you know it. She not only doesn't
know how to fish, she can't swim either.

That was not part of the message at vespers but I thought the first part of what she said
was good and the second part was a waste of time. The part I liked was that a church
was where people gathered to meet and get to know their neighbors and community
members, become friend, develop helping and lasting relationships. She said that was the
primary benefit and purpose of the church. The second part was to praise an individual
who had past away that most of us did not know. It would have been ok in their local
church where he was well known.

The title of her message was, "Do We Really Need the Church?"