April Fool

A bit of fun for the 1st April! Being a Church Leader, I've seen some interesting things in Church Notice Sheets. Here are some examples of some interesting ones - if you're part of a church, why not try and get one of these into your Church Notice Sheet as a bit of April Fools Fun!

1. Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa will be speaking tonight at Calvary Memorial Church in Racine. Come tonight and hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.
2. Announcement in the church bulletin for a National PRAYER & FASTING Conference: "The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer conference includes meals."
3. Miss Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
4. "Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands."
5. The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled due to a conflict.
6. The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water." The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus."
7. Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons.
8. The Rector will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing "Break Forth Into Joy."
9. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say "hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you.
10. Don't let worry kill you off--let the Church help.
11. Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
12. At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What Is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.
13. Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
14. The senior choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir.
15. Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
16. For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a Nursery downstairs.
17. Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person(s) you want remembered.
18. Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch.
19. The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility.

All you need is love ...

It's the title of the famous Beatle's song. Go on ... you're singing it in your head now aren't you? .... 'All you need is love ... dah dah dah dah dah'. But it's true. When we get to the end of all our pretence, consumerism and self-indulgence, all we really need as men and women is love. Not love from another man or woman, but love from God.

For the past week I, along with a few friends from my church in Chepstow, have been dragging a large exhibition trailer around some town centres where we live, as well as our local racecourse, with the message 'All you need is love'. The message is clear on the trailer - it's in big white letters on a red background - 'All you need is love ... love is all you need'. We give out leaflets explaining that the greatest love than can be found in this world is found in God - his love is a perfect love, centred completely on you and me. His desire greater than anything else is that you know how great his love is for you, and that you experience the powerful effect of it in your own life.

If you want to know God's love in your life for the first time today - just ask him to show it to you. He will. Trust me. God's love is all you need.