Money for Plants

In church this past Sunday...

Eric reads the board indicating what the offering is for today.

TORONTO
CHURCH
PLANT

Eric scrunches up his face and leans over to his father, "Dad, why are we giving money for a plant....that's in a church in Toronto?  It's a plant!  Can't we just use the money to take care of our own plant?"

But the story doesn't end on that note.  Nope, his flippant comment came back to bite him.  As I relayed this piece of humor to my friend she replied by asking me if Eric went to catechism last Wednesday.  You see, every Wednesday evening at catechism our pastor takes some time to explain to the all the kids what the offering will be for the following Sunday.  In this way the kids become a little more knowledgeable about the organizations we as a church support.

Eric was at catechism the previous Wednesday night.

Our pastor explained to all the kids what a church plant was.

Obviously, someone was fooling around.

And someone just got caught.