A few years ago, there was a news story on the radio about a Baptist church
that had a problem with the Methodists down the street. Some Baptists were
unable to find space in their parking lot because members of a nearby
Methodist church, which met earlier in the morning, got there first. So the
Baptist church had a problem.
Now they could have towed the Methodist’s cars away. Or they could have
patrolled their lot Sunday mornings. Or they could have written a letter to
the offending church members, imploring them to park elsewhere, but they
didn’t. Instead they came up with the idea to use bumper stickers!
One Sunday morning they stuck a bumper sticker to every car in the lot –
Baptist and Methodist alike.
The sticker read: ‘I’M PROUD TO BE A BAPTIST!’
No more parking problems.
[thanks, Simon]
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Dr Bob Griffin, www.grif.net
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