Gary was not the friendliest guy you would ever meet. In fact, he was a little bit standoffish. But as a minister you get used to that by some people. I guess since they are distant from God they feel the need to be distant from God's man. Anyway, Gary sat in the back of the church despite obviously being a "church leader." (I found out later he is the church treasurer.) The reason he sat in the back was to be close to the phone which was located in the church office just off the sanctuary. While I was preaching, Gary got up and went into the office and proceeded to make a phone call. He was talking and laughing on the phone during the sermon. Finally, someone got up and went and shut the office door so that we couldn't hear his conversation any longer.
Following the service, Gary came to me and said he needed to write me a check for preaching for them. I said okay and that I would wait. Get this! He then asked if he could copy my driver's license in order to spell my name correctly on the check. I told him I would write my name out for him but there was no way I was giving him my driver's license. I don't know why he would need it other than for less than noble causes.
Anyway, Gary was quite the character. Never in my life have I had the kind of experiences I had yesterday at this little church.
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Are you for real about the phone call?
Sometimes I think you make this stuff up ... then again, what preacher would make up a story about someone having the audacity to make a phone call during the middle of his sermon.
I'm sure you'll find a way to use Gary and his strange behavior in a future sermon.
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