HARRISONBURG, VA
After the escalator abruptly stopped just as Pastor Dave was approaching, the entire responsive reading and the first 40 minutes of the sermon had to be postponed.
“I didn’t know what to do,” said Pastor Dave. “Do they really expect a Senior Pastor like me to walk a flight of stairs?“
Worst of all was the fact that Pastor Dave’s wife Agnes was also delayed which meant the church was left without its organist.
“It was a real disastrous Sunday,” said Pastor Dave. “The entire congregation had to be held back for an hour and the Methodists across the street were able to get all the best seats at the buffet after the service.”
Rumour has it the whole thing may have been sabotage by the Lutherans. Though even most Anabaptists were in favour of the shut down, since what self-respecting Mennonite church would have an escalator in the first place.