Every church has one..... tell us about yours...

Ferd · #1 05-09-2007, 04:32 PM

In my home church way back when, we had this guy who would jump up and say something unintelligble (not tongues you just couldnt understand him) then he would let out this blood curdling AAAARRRRGGGGG!!!!!! kind of yell.

He had a couple of girls about my age and of course they would be mortified. Talk about wild. but very funny.

I know everyone has a story or too. please share.

Felicity · #2 05-09-2007, 04:37 PM

LOL! There was this guy in our church who had a long neck. Whenever he got "blessed" his neck would jerk way out and back sideways. We nick-named him "Rubber Neck".

I thought sometimes his head would fly right off his shoulders. It was amazing to watch!

Ferd · #3 05-09-2007, 04:52 PM

My wifes grand pa HAS to start every prayer with the words "Loving Jesus"

One time we kind of ribbed him about it so the next time he prayed he tried to say something else, but he got tongue tied and HAD to start over with "Loving Jesus" LOL! he was not really pleased with us.

#4 05-09-2007, 04:55 PM

We had a preacher that came through out part of the country that preached for us who pulled up his pants with his elbos every few seconds while he preached.

I wuz deep in sin (hack) (pull up pants with elbos) my feet wuz in the deep miry clay (hack) (pull up pants with elbos) but He lifted me up (hack) (pull up pants with elbows) set my feet upon (hack) (pull up pants with elbos) the solid rock to stay (hack) (pull up pants with elbos).

You get the picture.

After he left all of us kids started pulling up our pants with out elbos. Some of the men in the church would get up and testify, "I was lost in this world without God (hack) (pull up pants with elbos)....

'Til this day, when I try to imitate him, I can still do a pretty good job of pulling up my pants with my elbos. Never did get the hack though...

Hoovie · #5 05-09-2007, 05:14 PM

Hmmm... what if these guys are still in existence and can read... it's not that I wouldn't like to share, but...

BoredOutOfMyMind · #6 05-09-2007, 05:56 PM

I know a man who would open his mouth, tilt his head slightly forward and with the third finger on the left hand push up his glasses. This while the head comes back to the normal place at the same time.

Trouvere · #7 05-09-2007, 05:59 PM

Oh man somebody needs deliverence bad....you or him.The blood curdling yell sure isn't the Holy Ghost.

CC1 · #8 05-09-2007, 06:00 PM

I have never seen any eccentric characters in Penteocst.

Oh, ok so I am lying. Here are a few that come to mind;

1. Lady in a Southern church when I was a teen whose every testimony during testimony service started out with her crying but semi composed. The more she talked the louder she got and the higher pitched her voice got. By the time she was finished I was surprised she was not shattering glass.

2. Older Lady in Southern church who started every testimony by saying "Brother, I too love the Lord".... then would proceed on. I always wondered what she would do if a woman ever led testimony service. This same woman, around the late 1970's, testified that she had read that the police punch your license plate number in a computer and see inside your car to see if you had any of that mary - ja- wanna!!!!! She just knew that 666 was upon us.

3. Man in my wifes church when she was a teen who used the occasion of the electricity going out during altar service to feel something other than the presence of God.

4. This one did not happen to me but I was told this by an elder from up North. He said they had a brain damaged or mentally retarded adult man in their church who everybody knew looked beyond his antics. However a young visiting evangelist had watched the man and decided he was demon possessed and just needed to be delivered. After laying hands on him, pushing and shaking him a lot while speaking in tongues loudly, and firmly casting the demon out of him the man, who had been standing with eyes closed silently through all of this, suddenly opened his eyes looked up at the preacher and grinning said "Didn't work did it?????!!!!!!!"

Trouvere · #9 05-09-2007, 06:02 PM

CC1 what is your license plate number I want to run it and see if you have any of that Mary Juanita.

Ferd · #10 05-09-2007, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CC1

I have never seen any eccentric characters in Penteocst.

Oh, ok so I am lying. Here are a few that come to mind;

1. Lady in a Southern church when I was a teen whose every testimony during testimony service started out with her crying but semi composed. The more she talked the louder she got and the higher pitched her voice got. By the time she was finished I was surprised she was not shattering glass.

2. Older Lady in Southern church who started every testimony by saying "Brother, I too love the Lord".... then would proceed on. I always wondered what she would do if a woman ever led testimony service. This same woman, around the late 1970's, testified that she had read that the police punch your license plate number in a computer and see inside your car to see if you had any of that mary - ja- wanna!!!!! She just knew that 666 was upon us.

3. Man in my wifes church when she was a teen who used the occasion of the electricity going out during altar service to feel something other than the presence of God.

4. This one did not happen to me but I was told this by an elder from up North. He said they had a brain damaged or mentally retarded adult man in their church who everybody knew looked beyond his antics. However a young visiting evangelist had watched the man and decided he was demon possessed and just needed to be delivered. After laying hands on him, pushing and shaking him a lot while speaking in tongues loudly, and firmly casting the demon out of him the man, who had been standing with eyes closed silently through all of this, suddenly opened his eyes looked up at the preacher and grinning said "Didn't work did it?????!!!!!!!"

I think i know Lady number 1!