Mat,

Sounds clever. Perhaps you could work the below scripture in somehow.

Ex 8:1-2
This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
2 If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.

Hahhaah.

Brad

At 06:52 AM 3/6/2005, you wrote:
>Hey, thanks for the references about making a joyful noise unto the lord.
>Now, I'll tell you my evil purpose for wanting the scriptures.
>I am trying to give my pastor a chuckle and I want to put a scripture
>reference in my subject line.
>My subject matter will be all about the difference in how the church treats
>new comers versus how they treat you over a year later.
>I intend to tell him how important sound is to a blind man and how, when we
>first started coming to the church on Wednesday nights, this woman who had
>been involved in the church for years had always sat by me and sang the
>hems.
>She is a very submitted sweet soul.  A very atractic personality, married,
>peaceful, helpful to the church but the first thing I noticed about her, was
>her angelic singing voice.
>I was not coming to the church just to hear her or anything but it sure was
>nice to hear her when we did come.
>Anyway, that's what I got when I first started going to this church.
>Now, every Sunday morning, I sit down to worship and what do I get but this
>other well established member in his eighties sitting to my right and yet
>another, who happens to be my neighbor, in his 70's sitting behind me
>croaking like a couple of old pond frogs.
>hahahahahhahahahah
>It's a joke at the expense of others, and that gives me pause, but it is
>just kidding, and I think the pastor will get a kick out of it because he
>knows all of the characters involved.
>
>Matt