"Embarrassing" moments in church

pooleman0 · 05-27-2011, 06:45 AM

Every Sunday before Thanksgiving our church would have a pot luck dinner after the service. Every year I would deep fry a turkey. The first few years I did it on the stove in the kitchen (kind of dangerous). In 2003 I started using a propane turkey fryer outside. It worked great. I would start the oil heating right before we started our worship set and by the time I walked off the stage and the pastor would begin his message the oil was ready for the bird. By the time the pastor was done with the message I would pull the bird out and it was ready to eat. Well in 2005 we invited what would be our new pastor to our Thanksgiving pot luck dinner. As I walked off the stage after our first set the pastor walked onto the altar to begin his message and calmly announced "Dave, the parking lot is on fire." I ran outside to see flame RAGING out of the top of the turkey fryer. Quite a first impression for our new pastor. No turkey that Thanksgiving, and none since. That was our last Thanksgiving pot luck.

Of course some of the more mature Christians in the church still remind me of the incident. Bless their hearts.

cotten · 05-31-2011, 01:58 AM

I'm new here, and do not yet have the 15 or more posts required to post a link to a pastor's embarrassing moment in worship from Youtube, but there is one there that has to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Look up "Preacher Blooper" by paullyboy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JzSLIhhd5s A pastor slightly mispronounced "pitching tents," when talking about Sodom and Gomorrah.

You know, there are times when it's just better just to pretend nothing happened and move on. Many people will not even catch our mistakes if we don't "advertise" them the way he does here! Still, I'm sure this moment has become legend in that church, and by now throughout Youtube-dom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5abEm1241kY

Also, while you're on Youtube, look up "Baptism Cannon Ball."

cotten

(No, that's NOT me, I promise!

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***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 05-31-2011, 02:33 AM

I remember one week I was feeling a bit sick, but was trooping on playing. During the second service, the room started spinning and I tried to sit down for a second, as it was an acoustic song. I missed the amp combo, fell off the edge of the stage backwards and landed on my shoulder. Of course this unplugged the guitar which made a loud pop as I fell right off the stage. Lots of fun...

ithomas1600 · 06-02-2011, 07:51 PM

this was humores for me but my dad and mom were probably a little embarassed.

let me start off by saying my name is NOT paul but i like the name so when we came to a new church when we moved across the country i decided that we probably were going to change churches so i didn't wan't this church to know my real name so when a deacon walked up and introduced himself to me and took me to my sunday school class i introduced myself as paul. when the sunday school teacher added me to the roster she added "paul" and i told every1 i met that my name was infact paul. they all believed me because, who would have reason to lie about their name when they are 11??? so at the end of the morning service when the same deacon comes up and is talking to my parents he says "it was so nice to meet you and your son Paul. i enjoyed showing him around" and my parents just look at eachother like "did he lose his mind" and they look at me and i'm laughing so hard im almost on the floor rolling around (: needless to say i thought it was funny and we have been with that church for the last 4 or 5 years (:

Bushman · 06-03-2011, 08:41 AM

I was playing electric guitar on stage one sunday and was standing there and straightened my knees all the way, kind of locking my legs straight. after a few minutes my knees got really cold feeling and started feeling numb. I shifted my stance a little and both knees had fallen dead asleep and shot out in front of me. I came down like a ton of bricks, snapping the wall plug off the outlet and almost taking out the other guitarist. Took me almost a minute to get off the floor.
Pretty funny now.
p.s. Don't lock your knees back when standing for long periods...

cotten · 06-03-2011, 01:12 PM

Get the picture: a 16-voice vocal group was singing on the deck of a small, double-decked paddle wheel boat, anchored a few feet from the shore. There, about 3,000 people had gathered on the hillside, sitting on grass, blankets and lawn chairs, to hear the concert.

A young soprano, with an exceptionally clear, lovely high range (think one of the Celtic Women, only 8 years younger) was singing an old spiritual. The rest of the group was singing oo and ah chords, her only accompaniment. The audience was spellbound, it was so beautiful!

About halfway through the song, her mind went blank. She couldn't quite think of the next words, but she was a trooper. Despite her confusion, she continued as best she could. Most people never even noticed, but I did. I will always remember Scooter's "rearrangement."

"When I fall on my face, with my knees to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me." (It should be "on my knees, with my face to the rising sun.") She turned a bright red, but managed to hold it together until after the song.

Since then, I have often fallen on my face, with my knees to the rising sun. And yes, God has had mercy on me!

cotten

WorshipJesus · 06-08-2011, 08:02 AM

This one is about my buddy from about 2 weeks ago.. Our pastor was nearing the end of his message and my buddy felt the need to pass some gas.. so he decided to fart in the chair and hold it there until he got up after service. A few seconds later when closing the service, and much to my buddy's dismay, our pastor asked everyone to kneel down out of their chairs to pray with him.. I think you can guess what happened next haha