"Ministry"

[acsumama]

Our church has various "ministries." But I find that I can no longer take the term "ministry" seriously. It always reminds me of scams run by traveling preachers. For example, we got some junk mail from a "ministry" that promised that if we sent in a "seed offering," God would give us incredibly specific amounts of money (sample testimonial: C.K.

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[grendelyn]

(Wait, you have a church? Really?)

Till now, my cats only have Facebook profiles... I now realize the possibilities are ENDLESS!

[acsumama]

Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church. So only sort of a church, according to some people.

[asd109]

What did Jesus smell like?

[acsumama]

He was supposed to smell like the perfume that apparently his mom put on him when he was on the cross. But it actually didn't really smell like anything -- which is basically how those communion wafers that are supposed to be his body smell.

[sandrylene]

*amused*

Do they bury their seed offerings? Is Jesus helping them grow money trees?

Does smiting your brother require a financial investment?

If you scratched real Jesus, wouldn't he just smell like blood (IE kind of iron-y)?

SNARK DEMANDS THESE ANSWERS.

SANDRY DEMANDS A PONY.

...I need to go home and eat dinner. This comment brought to you by low bloody sugar.

[acsumama]

I think the only one that is officially called a ministry is the Social Justice Ministry. They do things like participate in marches and vigils, tutor kids at the recreation center, and serve meals at the homeless shelter. There's a lot of rhetoric about how we're helping the "inner city," which has a real white liberal do-gooder vibe to it.

[dimloep_suum]

Oh, dude, Ministry is totally badass