What some pastors do... and endure

From Yahoo News:

A pastor in Indiana decided to bring out a dirt bike during a church service to demonstrate the concept of unity.Now he's demonstrating the concept of healing. Jeff Harlow, thesenior pastor at Crossroads Community Church, broke his wrist when helost control of the motorcycle at the start of Sunday's secondservice. He ended up driving off a 1.5-metre platform and into the vacant first row of seats.He's now recovering from surgery on the wrist.

His wife, Becky, says the pastor is OK but "his pride was bruised." Becky Harlow said her husband had recently attended a motorcycle race in Buchanan, Michigan."He had this idea that he would bring this bike out on stage and show people how the rider would become one with the bike," she told the Kokomo Tribune. "He was going to just sit on it and drive it out. He was just walking the dirt bike out onstage and somehow it got away from him. It was not intended.

"No one else was hurt. Jeff Harlow had performed the demonstration at earlier services Saturday night and Sunday morning without incident.

And a follow up from a friend...

In our church in 1998 a group of us wanted to do something that would bring attention to our Debt Retirement Campaign - of "the Mountain Movers" - one man rode into the church down the aisle on a motorcycle - a small dirt bike... it was a total shock to every one...

There was no accidents. He then came on to the platform, with his bike parked down front, dressed in a hard hat...

After a short bit of time of talk and some silly actions (fun stuff) - a very Holy-e-er than all of the rest of you stood up and began shouting - THIS IS NOT OF GOD - THUS SAITH THE LORD - THIS IS AN ABOMINATION - yadda yadda yadda... he stomped out dragging his wife and a new person that they brought to church that Sunday... it was the last time we saw the dear brother.

Oh Boy....

Some people left with the YELLING and PROPHETIC DUDE... some went to a nearby church...

A week or so ago... the pastor from that church rode into the church in a small kind of go kart - I think it was electric... the cart caught a speaker stand and a large banner and pulled the whole thing over... his cart turned up on end and he was dumped out on the stage...

Basically the service was over with great peals of laughter.... and no one caught it on video.

10 years makes a difference in the Holy-e-er Than Thou dear folks...

The YELLING and PROPHETIC DUDE sits in his garage playing his accordion now... speaking words of prophecy over who ever comes into his business to get their car fixed...