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Bigger Than Willow Creek!

Orginally published on Friday, December 30, 2005 at 8:27 AM
by Todd Rhoades

Willowsign Ahhhh.... a couple of funny posts over the past couple of days in the blogosphere. Many of you know about all the press and controversy over some large churches opting to not have services on Christmas morning (and instead do multiple Christmas Eve Services).

Well, Pastor Mark O. Wilson has a post declaring that his church is bigger than Willow Creek (at least last Sunday)!

Meanwhile, one of the top dogs over at fide-o actually did attend Willow Creek last Sunday. Here's the top things he learned about Willow...

- You can get a really good parking space.

- The church campus is very quiet.

- Don’t expect a huge welcome from the greeters

- If you pull hard enough on the doors they will come open, but an alarm will sound.

- You can pick any seat you like.

- The police station is apparently less than 3 minutes away.

- Running through the parking lot like a kid playing freeze tag screaming “What did I do, what did I do.” while the police chase you is not a good idea.

- Police officers do not like to run

- In case you were wondering the new Taser X26 really does work.

- The police are very understanding when calmly given an explanation.

-It takes a couple of days for the effects of a tazor to completely wear off.

- Willow Creek did not have services on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, 2005.

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TRACKBACKS: (0) There are 10 Comments:

Posted by Matt

Friday, December 30, 2005 at 9:23 AM

Very funny. However, Todd, I think you’ve given the critics one last chance to kick this incredibly dead dog.
Posted by Todd Rhoades

Friday, December 30, 2005 at 9:27 AM

Thanks, Matt… nope… no critics allowed anymore on this one! We have to learn to laugh a little.

Have a great New Years ‘yall!

Todd
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Friday, December 30, 2005 at 12:06 PM

Ok, Todd...now you’ve done it. This is the final time that I’m going to submit myself to this sort of thing. the next time you post something like that without a warning to put the pop (soda to your southerners) down, I’m outa here. Do you know how much pop through the nose hurts?!!? Or do you just not care?
Posted by Brian La Croix

Friday, December 30, 2005 at 12:48 PM

Matt,

I think Todd secretly works for DELL, and causing you to spray Coca-Cola out your nose or spewing it out of your mouth all over your keyboard is his way of driving up sales…

Brian
Posted by Bernie Dehler

Friday, December 30, 2005 at 2:18 PM

Brian said:
“I think Todd secretly works for DELL, and causing you to spray Coca-Cola out your nose or spewing it out of your mouth all over your keyboard is his way of driving up sales...”

I work for the company that makes the computer chips for Dell, so what’s good for Dell is good for us. Keep up the laughing and spitting/snorting… it finances my ministry…

...Bernie
Posted by Phil Gerbyshak

Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 4:23 PM

Absolutely hilarious Todd. Glad nobody went to jail in the creation of this post, though the video podcast is going for $250 on eBay...and I’m currently the high bidder!

Happy New Year!
Posted by Paul McDonald

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 at 2:40 PM

Guys, Willow Creek changed my life and I wish y’all would lay off. They accepted me and welcomed me when other churches made me feel like I didn’t belong because I wasn’t married.

I remember my old pastor cautioning me that I shouldn’t go to Willow Creek because it was too big and you can’t get connected there… yet I made more strong friends in six months at Willow than people I had met at his church.

I know you want to have fun, and in truth the post is kind of funny… but come on, God is working there in a big, big way and you should honor that.
Posted by tom

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 at 2:47 PM

Hey Paul… I’m a big supporter of Willow… you should know that… but everyone needs to lighten up a little.

Todd
Posted by Paul McDonald

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 at 2:56 PM

Just one more on the Christmas Day thing… wasn’t “December 25th” chosen as a kind of arbitrary date, around the winter solstice/etc anyway?

Or, as Doc Brown says, to witness the Birth of Christ, set your flux capacitor to: Dec 25 0000
Posted by notebooker

Saturday, August 09, 2008 at 1:03 PM

Nice creek

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