Sorry Peter, but I just ate dinner. Ugggg Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter R. Ellis & family" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:35 AM Subject: church as a fun place #1
> It's Friday! > > +++++ > > Story: Believers sweat at first Christian gym chain. 31-10-2003. ABC News Online > > The sign over the leg-press machine proclaims: "The weakness of God is stronger than man's strength" and the stock greeting among employees and clients is a simple, "God bless you!" > > Over the bench press machine are the words: "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." > > Welcome to Lord's Gym, America's first Christian fitness club chain, where members with "His Pain Your Gain" tee-shirts use running machines, the Lion of Judah a symbol in the background at this south Florida gym. > > continues http://www.abc.net.au/news/indepth/featureitems/s979203.htm > > +++ > > It got me thinking (always dangerous!) > > What next? > (1) A Christian fast food joint? > "Manna-burgers" > "Christ Cola" > "Lamb-of-God Burgers" > "Shadrack Shake" > "Daniel Donuts" (for those with a lion-sized craving for sugar) > etc > > (2) We already have an investment arm of the UCA, but... Church Bank > - Mobile Lenders: "We minister to your loan needs in your own home." > - Online Banking: "Transactions at the speed of the Lord's light." > - Teller Machines in booths: "Every transaction is between you and God." > > > Over to the invesntive Insights-L crowd. > > :-) > Peter > -- > Peter R. Ellis > > ------------------------------------------------------ > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
