Well, it's not as funny as others, maybe, but for me, it was this: our church is known for screaming babies. During a moment of quiet meditation, to be followed by prayer, one Sunday, all was quiet for a change. As soon as the prayer began..."Lord Jesus..." - a little voice was heard screaming "DADDY!" Nobody ever claimed it, but I certainly didn't mind that screaming baby. And I heard a lot of chuckles, both during the prayer and after it was over (by the more devout, I am sure).

Reminds me of the joke about a very disruptive child who was being taken out of the church service for discipline. Realizing his impending situation, on his way out the child said, "Y'all pray for me!" - KL

One of our elderly ladies was celebrating a birthday and had a brand new dress. Our minister, wanting to mention the birthday and her nice new dress said, " Today is sister __________'s birthday and she is in her new happy birthday suit." It took about five seconds to register what he had said. What followed was undoubtedly the longest sustained congregational laughter in the history of Churches of Christ in Houston, Texas.

Okay, one more... It was wintertime and everyone was wearing heavy coats. One of the boys, about 12 years old was sitting near the front row by himself. He pulled his coat up over his head during a prayer and zipped the coat up, making it look like a headless person was sitting in the pew. When the prayer was over, he continued to sit there headless. His dad was sitting about ten rows back and saw this thing sitting where his son was a few seconds earlier. Dad got this real disgusted look on his face and walked up front and grabbed his son by the arm. Well, the son had no idea what was happening to him and started struggling with dad until dad told him who was grabbing him, that he was officially in trouble, and that he was to immediately leave the auditorium. I was leading worship and had a pulpit view. Needless to say, I lost it when a middle aged man and a headless torso started wrestling during church.

GREAT stories Jim! - KL

I wasn't there, but when my aunt & uncle were helping out with the church in Gatlinburg back in 70s and early 80s, the preacher was a man whose last name was Lemmon. One morning, the song leader finished the song before the sermon and said, "Brother Lesson will now bring us another lemon."

A few months ago, as we were taking up the collection, one toddler could be heard saying, "My money! My money!"

And this one occurred before I was born: my oldest brother got into trouble during worship and my mom started carrying him out the back of the auditorium. He managed to grab hold of the back pew and started yelling, "Help! She's gonna kill me!"

Kevin, your first story showcases perhaps the most common blooper in church services - word blunders. Your second two stories represent another major source of church humor - kids saying the darndest things. Thanks for sharing. See you in a few weeks in Maryland. - KL

We had a member who was an attorney, and it was his turn to lead the prayer for communion. He addressed God as "Your Honor," and then couldn't keep himself from chuckling along with the rest of us, heads bowed, trying to pretend we weren't laughing too.

I'm an attorney, and I did that about a month ago. Tried to cover it up. Didn't work.

Kimberly and Jim, this must be one that's more common than we thought? (and very funny.) I remember being surprised when I first heard someone laugh while praying, and then as I thought about prayer more as a conversation, it didn't seem so strange.

Also, I have heard many people say, "We pray for those who are sick of this church."

"Be with the elders who have overlooked this church for many years." ;) - KL

Baptism Humor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5abEm1241kY