Sunday, November 23, 2008

Sunday Morning Pukes

This morning for our worship service I gave a children's sermon. I invited all the youngest children to have a seat on the steps in the front of the sanctuary. As I was asking my leading question of: "Does anyone know what holiday is coming up this week," one of the five-year-old boys threw up all over the place. And this wasn't just a little spittle. The torrents of Niagara flowed from this kid's mouth. I'm not really sure what I said after that, but I'm sure no one was listening. I think everyone's attention was on the kid being escorted to the bathroom and the two adults trying to clean up the mess. But I guess that's just the way it goes sometimes...

3 comments:

chad said...

That's awesome... You will definitely be able to use that as an illustration in the future.

Do you remember the name of the homeless teen outreach you worked with in Seattle? Was it YouthCare or University Street Ministry or something else? We're going to have about 30 students/leaders in Seattle this year, so we need to have a couple of things to do and they need to be organized for once. Thanks man.

jake said...

A-MAZING.

roy said...

Ric, I found your blog via a comment that you had left elsewhere... which I found via a comment left... the wonders of the interconnectedness of the web.
this is a great story... that says so much about church life and ministry, some of it even in a good way.
blessings,
roy