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The ten-year-old had first communion yesterday. She ended up sitting at the end of the pew and right across the aisle from us. Next to her was Darin (the boy who talks constantly - we like him because he's always happy). The intense girl sitting in front of Darin turned around during the service and said, "Darin, if Jesus could hear you now he wouldn't be happy." We looked over and my daughter just rolled her eyes. The reaction was perfect.
 
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jcyclonee said:
The ten-year-old had first communion yesterday. She ended up sitting at the end of the pew and right across the aisle from us. Next to her was Darin (the boy who talks constantly - we like him because he's always happy). The intense girl sitting in front of Darin turned around during the service and said, "Darin, if Jesus could hear you now he wouldn't be happy." We looked over and my daughter just rolled her eyes. The reaction was perfect.
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Probably could be a pretty acceptable response for most things I say.
 
cstrunk said:
**** Canada.
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This seems appropriate in this thread.

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jcyclonee said:
The ten-year-old had first communion yesterday. She ended up sitting at the end of the pew and right across the aisle from us. Next to her was Darin (the boy who talks constantly - we like him because he's always happy). The intense girl sitting in front of Darin turned around during the service and said, "Darin, if Jesus could hear you now he wouldn't be happy." We looked over and my daughter just rolled her eyes. The reaction was perfect.
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I got roped into helping usher yesterday at the early mass for guys who didn't show up. Didn't think about it being packed because it was first communion weekend, and the early mass being the only one that didn't have first communion stuff. We counted 260 people in there, I think 300 is the max seating, but of course, you got the manspreaders and people who won't scooch together, so it seemed much fuller than the numbers might indicate. Almost started putting chairs in the gathering space. Made for an interesting morning when I hadn't planned on doing anything of the sort.

And seriously, one guy gets a pass because he was sick, but I just can't fathom signing up to do something and then not following thru. Pretty much every time I've ushered, one of the 3 just didn't show.
 
Trying to walk more so I grabbed an iPod that hadn't been used in 3-4 years. Found wrestling videos from when my oldest was roughly 6th grade. Man, kids grow fast.
 
00clone said:
I got roped into helping usher yesterday at the early mass for guys who didn't show up. Didn't think about it being packed because it was first communion weekend, and the early mass being the only one that didn't have first communion stuff. We counted 260 people in there, I think 300 is the max seating, but of course, you got the manspreaders and people who won't scooch together, so it seemed much fuller than the numbers might indicate. Almost started putting chairs in the gathering space. Made for an interesting morning when I hadn't planned on doing anything of the sort.

And seriously, one guy gets a pass because he was sick, but I just can't fathom signing up to do something and then not following thru. Pretty much every time I've ushered, one of the 3 just didn't show.
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I asked 4 guys to usher my wedding. Three ended up backing out for the following reasons.

1. Got a job offer in Amsterdam
2. National Guard unit was called up to go to Kosovo
3. Asked to be in somebody else's wedding at the exact same time and decided it was best to not be in either.

I guess those are pretty good reasons but I was left scrambling.
 
jcyclonee said:
The ten-year-old had first communion yesterday. She ended up sitting at the end of the pew and right across the aisle from us. Next to her was Darin (the boy who talks constantly - we like him because he's always happy). The intense girl sitting in front of Darin turned around during the service and said, "Darin, if Jesus could hear you now he wouldn't be happy." We looked over and my daughter just rolled her eyes. The reaction was perfect.
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"Look, it's Jesus"
 
00clone said:
I got roped into helping usher yesterday at the early mass for guys who didn't show up. Didn't think about it being packed because it was first communion weekend, and the early mass being the only one that didn't have first communion stuff. We counted 260 people in there, I think 300 is the max seating, but of course, you got the manspreaders and people who won't scooch together, so it seemed much fuller than the numbers might indicate. Almost started putting chairs in the gathering space. Made for an interesting morning when I hadn't planned on doing anything of the sort.

And seriously, one guy gets a pass because he was sick, but I just can't fathom signing up to do something and then not following thru. Pretty much every time I've ushered, one of the 3 just didn't show.
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Speaking as a head usher, I thought once that it could be more regularly scheduled, but it's usually last on the list of things people remember to reschedule.
On the other hand, it's kind of like a gateway ministry, and I get to replace people once they've been nabbed by the next thing. I just enjoy hearing stories like yours of some other head usher doing the pre-service scramble to get every spot filled.
 
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