I’ve found that just one degree’s difference on the thermostat makes a huge difference in the number of sleepers on any given Sunday!

It’s been said “Pastors don’t talk in their sleep; they talk in their parishioner’s sleep!”  I can tell you that’s a true statement.

On a recent Sunday I had one couple where the man’s head was all the way back and sound asleep and his wife had her head all the way down and she was gone.

Once a man sat in the back near the wall and I watched as he started to fall asleep. His head went back until it rested on the wall and he entered that place of quiet contentment.

And, it’s fun to be preaching and watch people fight sleep!  They kind of stare at me and strain and focus to keep their eyes open.  I can usually tell whether or not they are going to win the battle.

I gave serious thought of buying a drone with a video camera so we could fly it during my preaching and show the sleepers the following week.  I didn’t sense strong support for this.

By now you are thinking “Pastor, if you preached better sermons people would stay awake!”

Maybe, but I’ll leave you with this gem:

 “People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos in the bear world!”

It could be much worse – at least the sleepers at our church don’t bring their sleeping bags!

Blessings!

Pastor Mark