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This is the
Church Secretary! Her work is very important to Pastor Ed and
all the ministry he does. He probably could not get much done
without her help! Right now he is working on his children’s
story for Sunday. The lesson is about John 3:16.
“FOR GOD SO
LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON, SO THAT EVERYONE WHO
BELIEVES IN HIM MAY NOT PERISH BUT MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE!”
Some people
have said that THAT verse, John 3:16 is like the ‘gospel in a
nutshell’. That means that if you had to condense all the words
of the Bible into one sentence, that particular sentence would
probably do it.
“FOR GOD SO
LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON, SO THAT EVERYONE WHO
BELIEVES IN HIM MAY NOT PERISH BUT MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE!”
Ring, ring,
ring went the telephone. “Pastor Ed’s church. This is the
Church Secretary. How may I help you?” she said as she always
does when she answers the phone. “Oh yes Sunday School Teacher,
I’ll be happy to remind him to pick up a bale of hay and a quart
of milk on his way home.” The Church Secretary wrote a big
sticky note and placed it on Pastor Ed’s desk and told him to
take the note with him when he leaves for home.
“Church
Secretary! Where is that ‘nutshell’ I used 6 years ago for my
sermon? I can’t find it anywhere!”
The Church
Secretary looked up ‘nutshell’ under the ‘n’s’ in her file.
“Stored in
box in the boiler room.” her file said so she paged the sexton,
that would be Uncle Floyd, and asked him to bring the ‘nutshell’
to the office.
Uncle Floyd
brought the ‘nutshell’ box up from the boiler room and gave it
to The Church Secretary, who placed it on Pastor Ed’s desk.
“Thank you!” said Pastor Ed.
Ring, ring,
ring went the telephone. “Pastor Ed’s church. This is the
Church Secretary. How may I help you? . . . Pastor Ed would
love to baptize your little boy. What is his name? . . . Blair
Steven, what a nice name! . . .” she said as she wrote the
information down. “Pastor Ed will meet with you tomorrow and
you can plan the service!”
“Church
Secretary, help!” said Pastor Ed. “How do I get this blankity
blankity computer to find a file that I can’t remember how I
named?” The Church Secretary asked him a few questions, tapped
a few keys and lickety split, she had the file! “Thank you!”
said Pastor Ed.
Ring, ring,
ring went the telephone. “Pastor Ed’s church. This is the
Church Secretary. How may I help you? Sure Uncle Floyd. I’ll
watch for Barabas to get here after school and let you know.”
“Church
Secretary! Could you show me how to print this important verse
in a very tiny font?” So the Church Secretary typed John 3:16
in a very tiny font. And she printed it and Pastor Ed cut it
out and rolled it up and then he got the nut out of the box and
placed little paper in the nutshell.
“Don’t forget
the hay and the milk!” the Church Secretary called after Pastor
Ed as he left without the sticky note.
Ring, ring,
ring went the telephone. “Pastor Ed’s church. This is the
Church Secretary. How may I help you? . . . No Uncle Floyd.
He’s not here yet. Oh! He just walked in!”
“I like your
shirt Barabas!” said the Church Secretary as she hung up the
phone. “You need to wear that to church on Sunday.” Barabas
looked down at his shirt. “Oh yeah . . . ‘the gospel in a
nutshell’. Then Barabas said
“FOR GOD SO
LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON, SO THAT EVERYONE WHO
BELIEVES IN HIM MAY NOT PERISH BUT MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE!
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