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And Now...For Something Completely Different OK...after doing the "heavy" here for the better part of the whole month, I thought it would be good to share a little levity with some very funny (and true) stories from my life! I hope you enjoy them over the next few posts... GOD HIT HER LIKE A BIG 'OL STICK I once was playing with a Praise and Worship group at a church...we were having a particularly good set one Sunday morning. You know, all the people were standing to their feet, hands in the air and their eyes closed...we were already into our 5th or 6th song...and the drummers hands had begun to sweat (profusely). Well at one point in the song he went to hit his crash cymbal and one of his drumsticks slipped out of his hand and began to tumble end-over-end (and apparently in slow motion; Sam Pekinpah style) toward the congregation! Now, keep in mind the only people who had their eyes open at this point was the band...sooooo, imagine if you will when this drumstick smacked some lady right in the middle of her forehead (eyes closed and hands raised) before bouncing into the center aisle and rolling up underneath a pew on the "goat side" of the church undetected. ( *note* "goat side" - is a term used (usually in pentecostal denominations) in two-tiered santuary's where it has been observed that one side is more adamant in their worship and any moves of God therein and the other side is more conservative and/or quiet...the implication being the more active side being the "sheep" side and the more quiet side being "goat" side...it is also alledged that if your not sure which side you are on in your church...then your a goat...sheep are always noisy and know they are...ROFL ) Well, as if that wasn't funny enough...the "sister" who got hit in the head with the stick lets out an earpiercing scream and starts doing the "pentecostal helicopter" (think about it...you know you've seen it!)and then takes off shouting and running around the church! It should be of note here that this sister was not a small woman...when she started doing the "PH" (the aforementioned pentecostal helicopter) it looked something akin to a Brhama Bull at about the 7th second out of the shoot at a rodeo! And when she started running the aisles (in 5" pumps no less) the phrase "bull in a china shop" took on a whole new meaning! Well, even those of us in the band who had seen her get hit in the head with the stick couldn't figure that one out!? Until... she interrupts the service later to "testify" to the church that while she was "lost" in worship to God (pronounced Gaw-wod) God Himself "touched" her on the forehead ("like a big 'ol stick)! Well, there were shouts of "Hallelujah" and "Amen"; hands clapping and shouting; several more people doing the "PH" and the Pastor doing that duck/ walk they do when they feel particularly Holy (or maybe thats just where I live?! LOL )...well, they decided that we should sing some more songs and see what else God (still pronounced Gaw-wod) had in store for "His people" (as if this church were the only ones that had "His People" in membership)this most Holy and momentous day...Hallelujah! ...and afterward, everyone in the congregation felt that God had already moved mightily in the service that morning! We shook and shimmied, danced and ran and shout, fell-out, rolled around, spoke in tongues and spoke just to be heard speaking (ouch...I said that outloud didn't I? ) as all the members of the Praise and Worship shifted in our seats; coughing nervously to stifle the laughter... Later as everyone was leaving church...smiling, shaking hands and slapping each other on the back for "accomplishing" such a wonderful service "for God" (???...wha...?)...no one noticed as the drummer non-chalantly walked over and picked up his "lost" drumstick from just behind the leg of the pew that made up row number 3; dedicated to the Johnson family in memorial, (goat-side) in the sanctuary! |
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That's great, I would have loved to have seen that. -T Born Again Christians only need to chew, It's those left behind that have to swallow it.
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Love drummer stories. He had extras on hand for just such an event and no one ever noticed, right?
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12/29/2007 1:53 pm |
Good times, good times! LOLOLOLOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA thanks for the laugh kel! kat
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What a funny story. Didn't know there was the goat and sheep section. But I did notice I always seem to be with the noisy group.
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