The Golden Platter From God – 1987

 

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Timmy and his best friend Terry ran the church behind the scenes.

Together, they ran a club called the “Wee Wee Club” and all the other kids wanted in.

Timmy’s dad was the Choir Director, and Terry’s dad was the head Deacon.

The two troublemakers were always at church.

The old ladies of the church loved Timmy & Terry.

They called all the old ladies “Grandma”, and the Grandmas always provided Timmy & Terry with plenty of candy.

It was the 1st Sunday of the month and as always, Timmy & Terry were at church early.

It was a glorious day, the sun was out and the birds were chirping. You could hear the choir warming up for a wonderful Sunday Sermon singing, “This Is The Day That The Lord Has Made”.

Because it was so early, Timmy & Terry couldn’t scam any of their grandma’s for some free candy as none of the congregation had arrived yet. So they decided that they would head into the kitchen to try and find some food.

The lights were on in the kitchen. There was a gold platter sitting on the kitchen counter, and the two best pals decide to take a peak inside.

To Timmy & Terry’s surprise, God had provided them with a wonderful snack already pre-made for them.

Together, Timmy & Terry shout, “Eureka!”

Inside the golden platter were all the crackers that Timmy & Terry could eat.

It was a Golden Platter From God.

Timmy & Terry could faintly hear the choir between the crunches of the crackers…

Choir: ”This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in Him…”

The salt of the crackers started making Timmy & Terry thirsty so they began drinking the grape juice that was inside the little cups in the golden platter.

The Golden Platter From God.

With no crackers left to eat, and all the juice gone, the two stomach filled little heartthrobs of the church ran off to play before church started.


Jesus wept. ~ John 11:35


Before all the kids were allowed to leave the main service to go to their respected Sunday Schools, they got to sing the songs with their parents.

The Pastor got up to the pulpit.

Pastor – “Good Morning! Why don’t we turn around and tell someone, ‘Jesus Loves You & Me’”

Timmy & Terry sat quietly in the 2nd pew in the middle of the church playing a game where if your hand moved from your thigh, the other got to punch the thigh as hard as he could.

Pastor – “Today is the 1st Sunday of the month and as always, lets give thanks to the Lord while we take communion.”

The Pastor prays over the communion while the ushers make their way up to take a piece of the Golden Platter From God.

Timmy & Terry immediately look at each other with a look of fear.

Their breathing becomes shallow.

Their heart rates pick up.

The Pastor finishes his prayer and the ushers begin removing the lids from the Golden Platters.

A panic look swept over the Pastor as he realizes that there are only crumbs in the communion plates. Empty tiny plastic cups were there once was grape juice.

Timmy & Terry look at each other as if to say, “It was nice knowing you.”

The Pastor advises the congregation that communion will be served once we have the platters re-filled and apologizes for the inconvenience.

Timmy makes eye contact with his mom who was on stage in the choir.

Timmy’s mom gave him THE LOOK.

Timmy slunched down as he translated THE LOOK from his mom into words = “I’m Going To Kill You.”

The Pastor excused the children to go to their Sunday Schools.

Timmy walked out of the sanctuary with his best pal Terry, knowing that he most likely was going to be meeting God later that afternoon.