Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Spell Check?

November 2002


One of my responsibilities at my church is producing the monthly newsletter.  It had been a long time since we had one so I wanted my first newsletter to be perfect.  I got all my articles and even began a bit early not to be pressed for time.  Mr. Hall our Interim Pastor was about as excited as I was about the first newsletter.  We had great stories, articles and news.  I finished it up on a Thursday all 6 pages and left it at the presses.  I had proofed every article except for the last couple that were given to me at the deadline.

This is a good example of haste makes waste.  Sunday morning the newsletters were given out by our deacons as the church congregation left.  After I got home I received a phone call from a good friend and asked me if I had proofed a particular section (laughing the whole time, mind you). I hadn't so I went back and read the article.  Instead of it reading "remember our sick and shut-ins" it read "please remember our sick and sh*t-ins".   This is definitely one for the record book!!