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Bring your best church jokes, maybe write a limerick in memory of Pastor Alex’s hair, or compile a top 10 list of topics likely to arise at any given Men’s Breakfast, but come prepared for an unusual worship service and ready to laugh at CPC’s first Holy Humor Sunday.

“What in the world is Holy Humor Sunday?” you might ask. Churches in 15th century Bavaria used to celebrate the Sunday after Easter as Risus Paschalis (‘God’s Joke,’ or ‘the Easter laugh’). Priests would deliberately include amusing stories and jokes in their sermons in an attempt to make the faithful laugh. After the service, people would gather together to play practical jokes on one another and tell funny stories. It was their way of celebrating the resurrection of Christ – the supreme joke God played on Satan by raising Jesus from the dead.

There will be a time in the service for congregants to share their own joke (or jokes), so bring your best material. Original material is encouraged, but should be appropriate and take care not to poke fun at someone or groups who might be hurt. Let’s laugh in the face of death together as we worship Christ who lives and laughs with us! Join us this Sunday, April 21st, at 9:30am in person or online.

The bulletin for this service can be found at tiny.cc/sundaybulletin.