Saturday, September 27, 2008

Laughter and Community

Tonight, Erika and I went to our first ever Murder Mystery fundraiser.

It was organized to raise money for our community drop in center. Most of the people on the stage were folks from our church so it was a lot of fun. It was extra juicy because two of the actors were ministry council members (aka church board members).

The opening prayer was the first clue that it was going to be an interesting evening. The guy praying referred to some questionable content. He asked God to look beyond the themes of the drama and be honoured by our laughter.

I love hearing those kinds of prayers.

The night was filled with lighthearted teasing, an intriguing plot, and generous donors--people were paying over $20 for half-eaten pies.

It was a great way to spend an evening.

I left thinking about the power of laughter to foster community. Man, I need to laugh more.

3 comments:

Luke said...

But if you laughed more you would lose you oh so serious and deep thinker persona. THEN WHERE WOULD YOU BE,HUH?!

Sounds like Anne and I need to go the next time they put one of these on.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Jason (& Erika) for coming, that Life Community Group "thing" really makes a person feel LOVED and CARED FOR!!!!!

Anonymous said...

How did my Dad do?

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