The Circus came to 10!
So, after a quite eventful 4:30 service last week, it was very peaceful and nice this week. However, the circus, or the karma or whatever it was joined us for the 10AM service this past Sunday instead of 4:30.
It was Rally Sunday, and the plan was to cook hot dogs and serve them Chicago Style, which turned out to be really good, thanks Jeff, for that inspiration. Anyway, after the 8AM service and well before the 10AM service I set out the grills, filled them with charcoal and walked away, knowing I would be going back and forth and would be able to keep an eye on them, plus people would have been coming and going so they would have been ok. Well, I was wrong. Ten minutes after I put them out there, the nice Weber Grill disappears! So much for mass grilling Cub Foods brand Hot Dogs, and so much for keeping the veggie options separate from the non veggie hot dogs!
Turns out the nice homeless guys that live in the park just south of the church, like half a block south, took the grill to cook their own food, ribs, huge good looking chicken, they were having a feast and were using our grill to do it. So, with the help of a parishioner we went down and asked them to return our grill when they finished. Bet you are thinking we will never see that grill again.
Well, the nice homeless guy brought it back around 3PM or so. It was still hot after the 4:30 service and he must have been burnt by it while he was carrying the grill back to Church. Anyway, I see him come in and assume that he left at some point, but alas, he had laid down in the driveway and passed out, his pants down around his ankles. It was kind of funny, sad yes, but a little funny too. I called the police and within minutes, literally, minutes, no more than 5 after I had called them, an ambulance comes screaming down 4th Avenue sirens blaring, followed by a police car in the same manner. Suffice it to say, he was rudely woken up and sent on his way, without some of his, what shall we say, questionable belongings. They did manage to get his pants up, which was a very good thing!
Another day in the city at The Garden, see what you miss when you leave the premises or miss a Sunday!!!
Be well,
A+
It was Rally Sunday, and the plan was to cook hot dogs and serve them Chicago Style, which turned out to be really good, thanks Jeff, for that inspiration. Anyway, after the 8AM service and well before the 10AM service I set out the grills, filled them with charcoal and walked away, knowing I would be going back and forth and would be able to keep an eye on them, plus people would have been coming and going so they would have been ok. Well, I was wrong. Ten minutes after I put them out there, the nice Weber Grill disappears! So much for mass grilling Cub Foods brand Hot Dogs, and so much for keeping the veggie options separate from the non veggie hot dogs!
Turns out the nice homeless guys that live in the park just south of the church, like half a block south, took the grill to cook their own food, ribs, huge good looking chicken, they were having a feast and were using our grill to do it. So, with the help of a parishioner we went down and asked them to return our grill when they finished. Bet you are thinking we will never see that grill again.
Well, the nice homeless guy brought it back around 3PM or so. It was still hot after the 4:30 service and he must have been burnt by it while he was carrying the grill back to Church. Anyway, I see him come in and assume that he left at some point, but alas, he had laid down in the driveway and passed out, his pants down around his ankles. It was kind of funny, sad yes, but a little funny too. I called the police and within minutes, literally, minutes, no more than 5 after I had called them, an ambulance comes screaming down 4th Avenue sirens blaring, followed by a police car in the same manner. Suffice it to say, he was rudely woken up and sent on his way, without some of his, what shall we say, questionable belongings. They did manage to get his pants up, which was a very good thing!
Another day in the city at The Garden, see what you miss when you leave the premises or miss a Sunday!!!
Be well,
A+
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