Sunday, January 14, 2007

Joe Tries to Sell a Sign

[The Moe and Joe skits have become a silly staple of worship at Friendship. They serve to set the table for the worship theme of the day. This skit happened during worship today.]

[Joe walks across front of church holding a sign...the letters turned toward him, so that the congregation can’t see it. He walks across the front of the church several times. Then Moe walks in.]

Joe: Get your sign! Get your sign here!

Moe: Hey, Joe!

Joe: Hey, Moe!

Moe: What are you doing?

Joe: I’m trying to attract a crowd.

Moe: With a blank sign?

Joe: Yeah.

Moe: Well, why do you want to attract a crowd?

Joe: I’m trying to sell this sign. It’s just taking up space in my garage.

Moe: Wouldn’t you have a better chance of selling the sign if people saw what the front of it says?

Joe: I don’t think so, Moe.

Moe: Why not?

Joe: Well, because of this. [Moe turns the sign around to reveal that it’s a Daniels, State Representative sign from my 2004 primary campaign.]

Moe: I see what you mean. People didn’t buy what that sign was selling back then...

Joe: So why would they now?

Moe: Exactly.

Joe: Hey, maybe we could use the sign at church.

Moe: What do you mean?

Joe: Well, this is Epiphany, right?

Moe: Yeah.

Joe: Isn’t Epiphany the season of signs?

Moe: It is but not those kinds of signs.

Joe: You mean it isn’t about signs that give people messages or where stuff is?

Moe: Yeah, it’s a season about those kinds of signs. But these are signs that point to something particular...Really, some one particular.

Joe: What do you mean?

Moe: Epiphany is all about the signs Jesus gave telling us that He was more than just a man.

Joe: Like what?

Moe: Well, let’s put that sign away...

Joe: You mean like in a trash can?

Moe: Yeah. Then we’ll go to worship and we’ll hear about another one of Jesus’ signs and start to see the unknown get revealed.

1 comment:

Mark Daniels said...

Wow! I never heard of them. I just came up with the names from Mojo.

I'll have to check out their music. Thanks!

Mark