Dance Man.
Baptism Celebration at the Beach! Don’t miss Temple Terrace United Methodist Church’s Baptism Celebration at Honeymoon Island State Recreation Park tomorrow (Saturday, August 25, 2007). The picnic begins at 4. Baptisms will begin at 7:30 and continue until sunset.
Arm Wrestling Machine Recalled for Breaking Arms. A Japanese game maker is recalling 150 arm-wrestling machines from Japanese arcades “after three players broke their arms while wrestling with the machine’s mechanized appendage.” (Via Slashdot.org.)
Cannibals Apologize for Eating Methodists. A cannibal tribe in Papua New Guinea has apologized for eating four Methodist missionaries in the 19th century. Interestingly, the leader of the missionaries, Reverend George Brown, “reluctantly agreed to launch a punitive expedition, ordering his men to burn down villages implicated in the murders and destroy wooden canoes,” and 10 of the accused perpetrators were killed. (Via EvangelicalOutpost.com.)
Attention Grabbing Church Billboards. Granger Community Church, a Methodist church near South Bend, Indiana, has put up billboards advertising their series The Office. According to Pastor Tim Stevens, Granger is using the billboards “to create interest, stimulate conversation, and drive people to a website that will invite them to the series.” You can see photos of the billboards at Tim’s blog. Captions on the billboards include: “I look at naughty web sites at work”; “My nose is really brown”; and “My boss keeps hitting on me.”
Collaborative Online Writing Tool. Writeboard is a tool for collaborative writing online. Or for one person’s writing when he or she wants to keep versions. It’s easy to get started using. I’ve tried it tentatively, and may try it again.
