The Big Book of Church Humor – A Giveaway!
ByWe go to church to worship our loving Father. We go to church to fellowship with our local Christian family. We go to church to minister to those around us. We go to church to be fed spiritually.
But you know that funny bloopers and blunders happen at church all the time, right?
Hey we’re all human. Church bulletins have typos. Preachers and teachers mix their words up sometimes. Kids scream out embarrassing things in the middle of a prayer. (Oh, but it’s so much funnier when it’s someone else’s kid…)
My uncle (yes, my very own uncle!!!) worked for several years compiling an entire book filled with all kinds of humorous things that have happened in churches all over America and beyond. It’s amazing what true stories started pouring in when he asked people to send him their funny memories of bloopers and blunders that occurred during a church service! Wow did people have some doozies!
The Big Book of Church Humor, by Ken Alley is a great, fun read. The first section is full of real life examples of funny church happenings sent or emailed to Dr. Alley (um, Uncle Kenny) by people all over the place. The second section of the book is a collection of fictional anecdotes from past church humor books (some of them 100 years old!).
Want to see some examples of some of the true stories?! Here are a few church bulletin typos:
“Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community.” (Hey, those in the community are probably sick of you too.)
“Spend one Sunday each week at your nearest church.” (What a fantastic idea.)
“Thank you Steve, who once again has worked hard to clean the pastor off the basement floor.” (Huh?)
“There will be waxers and strippers available for the Men’s Club when they do the fellowhip hall floor.” (Oh dear…)
“Moving the church lawn this week will be Allen _____ and Roland ____.” (Wow, good luck with that.)
“Musician Wanted: Must be able to play piano in Spanish for two services.” (Now that I’d like to see! Uh, hear.)
Okay, that gives you a little taste of what fills this book. I’m not much of a “laugh out loud” kind of girl, but parts of this book had me busting right out loud, which made my kids come running to say, “What’d you read this time?! Read it to us!”
You can purchase The Big Book of Church Humor (this book makes a GREAT gift!) at iUniverse.com or by calling 1-877-823-9235. You can also ask for it at your local bookstores.
I have two copies of The Big Book of Church Humor to give away…and they just so happen to be autographed! (Yes, I have connections!)
Interested in winning a copy? Leave a comment on this post! I’ll draw two random winners on Monday, August 23!
Sounds funny. Please count me in!
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This would be such a fun read!!
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I would love this book. My father is a pastor, he would love to read this also. This is the type of book my husband and I love to read.
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Oh, this sounds like a fun book! I’d love to enter! Thanks for such a great giveaway!
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This would be great it sounds funny!
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Pick me. Pick me.
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Please enter me to win. I find church humor to be laugh-out-loud funny sometimes, too, Laura!
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I would LOVE to win this for my dad! He’s a pastor and uses jokes like this all the time in his sermons and on the bulletins :) I’d love to give him some new material! :)
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This sounds like a great book. Would love to win it.
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I love this stuff! Count me in.
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What a wonderful gift for a church goer and a fun read.
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Our family loves to laugh – we’d really enjoy a copy!
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I’ve received emails on the same subject and am always amused at the blunders. This sounds like a great Christmas gift!
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You had me LOL already. Just two weeks ago our almost retired pastor accidentally said in his sermon that it wasn’t okay to just make whoopy every night….he meant that it’s not okay to just be wild every evening sinning (night on the town) like “woo hoo” I don’t care about being crazy in life.
Oh man, the whole place roared. Poor guy. =0)
I hope I win!
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I likey!
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just this last sunday, our nearly two year old blurted out “ECHO!” during the silence of the sacrament. yeah, i wanted to die.
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I would love to get that for my father-n-law for a Christmas gift. He is a pastor and hard to shop for. Sounds very funny.
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I really like your posts! You tell great stories and give wonderful ideas and tips. I’d love to win the book about church humor. I do proofreading and editing in my job, and I keep a “blooper file” for laughable mistakes that I have found in pieces I have been asked to read (not usually about church). So I really enjoy and appreciate that kind of humor. Thanks for giving me so many helpful faith-based ideas about family, cooking, teaching, traveling, etc. God bless you and your family!
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Sounds like fun. :)
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So funny! I would LOVE a copy of this book. A couple weeks ago my Pastor was really getting what he was saying and someone near the back of the church sneezed. Well, when he sneezed he covered his mouth and it sounded like someone passing gass! Everyone was trying not to laugh, even the Pastor lost track of what he was saying trying to stay stright faced! It was SUPER funny!
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I believe God has a sense of humor! Too funny!
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I know there are tons of funny moments in church. I know my mom had one. We had just joined this church earlier in the service, when the offering plate came around. We were meeting in a school cafeteria and my mom dropped the offering plate. All the change and metal dish fell and made tons of noise.
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I would love this book! Please enter me on the drawing. Thanks!
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My husband is a pastor – this would be a great read!
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I would love a copy. :-)
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This would make a great gift for any of the multiple pastors in our family!
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This would make a great gift for the multiple pastors in our family!
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Sign me up! Would be a great gift idea (after reading through it first of course! ;)
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My 6 year old niece told me once that she was playing the piano in Spanish (she was looking at a Spanish hymnbook). Sounds like this book will fit right in with our family.
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We have a minister & a retired minister in the family. This would be a great gift, if we could part with it!
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Too funny!
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This sounds like it would be a fun book. It would be great for a girls fellowship night when we are all sitting around looking for a good laugh! :)
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This sounds very funny!
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ooooooh! i want one! :)
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Love it! Would like to read the whole thing.
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I could use a good laugh! Count me in.
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So funny! I would love to win a copy. I love this type of humor.
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I would absolutely LOVE to win this for our Pastor Ron. He is always telling jokes and looking for funny quotes etc. What a great gift it would make.
Thanks for giving us the opportunity.
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A merry heart doeth good–this sounds like a winner. Thank you for the opportunity to possibly get it.
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Love this! Humor is always welcome.
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No idea you were related! Where have I been…well, besides forgetting major events and details. Anyway, would love a copy…
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Sounds like a great read!
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Sounds like a great book!
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LOL, LOL, LOL! It would be great to own this!!!
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I love me a good laugh at the church’s expense!!
Hee Hee!
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This looks like it would be a hilarious addition to our home library!
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I love the one about the waxers and strippers! Would love to have this!
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Would love to win!!
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Clean humor! It sounds like a fun book.
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Oh – I REALLY want this!
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