I Remember When

I remember when:

• Children sat in church with their parents and doodled on the tithe envelopes with a pencil found in the pew
• Pastors wore suit and ties, but when the preaching was really good, he would take off his coat and throw it to his wife on the front row
• Cutting edge technology in Sunday School was felt boards and flannel graphs
• There was a little sign at the front of the church that told the attendance, offering and how many visitors we had at church
• We had church Sunday mornings, Sunday nights and Wednesday nights and to miss any of the three meetings was next to backsliding
• The only instruments in the church were a piano and an organ. Guitars and drums were for the nightclubs and bars
• Favorite songs could be identified by the page number of the holy hymnal, and for some reason we never sang the third verse of any song
• People who sang “specials” never sounded that special and always had to read the words of the song off the back of a cassette label. They would say “don’t listen to me, just listen to the words”, and it was impossible to do either one.