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Friday, July 22, 2005
  24 Seven Ministry Center refuses to host Snore Fest 2005
Some people say, "Why bother with church? It's boring!" Alas, I too have been to boring church services that go on and on and on . . . .

That's where Snore Fest comes in. This conference is for any church, regardless of denominational affiliation, with dead worship services. Participants are invited to expire together during the various sessions planned.

  1. Preachers compete for the coveted "Sermonator" trophy, by preaching their longest, driest sermons. Area churches send their most qualified & liveliest contestants (teenagers, wiggly toddlers) to be in the pews (scientifically engineered from research of Death Row executions as to the most excruciating designs for the listeners to be strapped in). Judges give out points based on the number of DDS (deaths during sermon). The grand prize award is a one-way, all expenses trip to Death Valley National Park, in July.
  2. Musicians have a variety of workshops, and master classes to chose from. New seminars include "How to Practice in Public During Worship and Look Good Doing It" and "The Top Ten Ways to Annoy Your Pastor & Local Church Leaders and How to Get Away with It". The annual favorite is the Musicians Marathon, where contestants are paired together for a series of musical challenges. One musical challenge is the 3 Minute Medley where contestants are divided into two groups (those who can read music, and those who can feel the beat). Each pair then has 3 minutes to make a meaningful worship melody, which will be shared at the main evening meeting at Snore Fest. Last year's winning team was a classical pianist (her qualifications: 12 years of lessons, a Master's Degree in Fine Arts, and can play Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor backwards by memory) and a teenage grunge guitarist (his qualifications: 3 noise ordinance violations, and is tone deaf).
  3. Greeters receive training on how to be more effective with their "Glare of Death", and how to tranform their hands into limp dead fish.

24 Seven Ministry Center in Seattle, WA

For other seminar suggestions, please e-mail me, so we can include it at next year's Snore Fest 2006. Or if you know of a local church that is willing to host this conference, please contact me ASAP. I know that this will be a sell out conference!

For those who want something more . . . try out these at your local church!

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  I'd Like to Join a Church Like That . . .
A fellow church planter sent me a link to an online video about what church could be.
Here's what Allan Martin, PhD, the pastor Celebration Seventh-day Adventist Church, located in Celebration, Florida has to say about "The Least of These" film.


Here's a description of this short film from Rik's website, Old Fashioned Pictures

Another link that gives more details.

Here's what Jesus had to say in Matthew 25:37-43 37

 
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