Possibly the Shortest Church Service Ever
A short Reesor story as told to me, John Wiens, by Henry Klassen
More stories from Along the Way by John Wiens:
Gerhard Wiebe lived close to the McGowan church and it was his responsibility on Sunday mornings, during the winter, to make the fire in the oil barrel stove and get the sanctuary warmed up in the little log church before the 10 am. services.
It was 7 am, the coldest morning of the winter. Outside it was dark and stormy, visibility zero, a total whiteout. Gerhard was wondering – should he really have to go out this morning? Who would come to Sunday church services on a morning like this? But being a very conscientious fellow, he put on his boots and his parka and bravely trudging through the drifts and deep snow to the church. After he had made a roaring fire, he sat on a bench near the stove and waited. Finally it was ten-o-clock and nobody had come. He decided to wait another fifteen minutes. Still he was alone and by himself. He went to the front of the sanctuary and stood behind the pulpit. A bible was laying on it and so he opened it and read from Genesis 2, “And God said: It is not good for man to be alone.”
He then closed the Bible, said ‘Amen’, checked the damper on the stove, put on his parka and went home.
