Here’s something I read and wanted to pass on…I’ve intentionally left out the church name and denomination. At a Sunday morning service (perhaps in your church), a man wearing a very large hat was seated in the very front pew! An usher hurried from the back, moved to the man and discreetly asked him to please remove his hat. The man replied, “No, thank you.” The usher almost ran to the head usher, who in turn, after being made aware of the situation and response, made his way to the man with the same request of the man and received the same answer. About that time the president of the women of the parish arrived to overhear the conversation of the head usher in regards to the rude man in the front row. She offered to be of assistance. She made her way to the front of the church, leaned in and as graciously as she could, she asked the man to please remove his hat. She received the same dismal response, “No!” Finally, only two minutes remained before the opening hymn and the senior warden (doesn't this person sound welcoming!) of the parish was summoned. He had the solution! He carefully tip toed up beside the man and reached out to grab the hat, but the man saw him and his tactic in time, and was able to nimbly dodge and the hat remained firmly in place. Now the service was about to begin. As the opening hymn began and the choir made their procession into the church, the man stood with the rest of the congregation, removed his hat and did not put it on again until the service concluded. Afterwards the four frustrated persons waited for the man at the rear of the church. The senior warden approached him and said, “Sir, about the hat. Perhaps you don’t understand, but in our church men do not wear hats at worship.” The man replied, “Oh, but I do understand. In fact, I’ve been coming to this church regularly for over two years and I’ve never met a soul. But this morning I’ve met an usher, the head usher, the president of the church women, and the senior warden, thank you all.” Ouch! Another reminder to do what we know we should do in church!
2 comments:
As president of the UMW I must say I am very offended at your protrayal of the president of the womens group in this story. Not really --just kidding!!! (Hope no one takes that comment out of context as we discussed Wed pm.)
Isn't it just like us to jump before we are shot. I know that's not the moral of the story but its still true. If those people had just waited awhile the situation would have cleared up on its own. How impatient we are!! We try to take control instead of waiting on God. "Teach me Lord to wait."
Yeah...and teach me now!!
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