Voodoo Donuts

My church has done some nutty things but this one took the 'cake' -- cake donuts, that is!

Our pastor loves incentive contests to bring new people in.

I have to say a lot of us don't care for them.  And that is not to say that our church is not a Holy-Ghost filled, Pentecostal church that needeth not to be ashamed,,,,, (IT IS!) ,,,,,,

,,,,,most of the time.

Recently we had one of these incentive contests during a "revival" time, and they were handing out little slips of paper to everyone who came through the doors; if you had a slip with a special stamp or word or picture on the back, you won a $5 gift certificate.  I actually won 3 times.

The first two times I won, they gave me each time, a $5 gift certificate to Cold Stone Creamery.  I went to Cold Stone once and it was realllllly good.  But I sent those two gift certificates off to my daughter's S.O. for his birthday.  He's skinny. ;o)  I'm not.

The last time I won was just about the last night of the incentive contest, and the gal who usually gave out the gift certificates handed me an envelope, saying it was a gift certificate to "Voodoo Donuts."

I looked at her and shook my head, saying, "I don't want that. Good grief, they do same-sex marriages there."

She said, "Hmmmm....all I know is they have good donuts."

Really?  That's all you know?  Did you run it by Pastor where you were sending folks?  Did you get his approval?  Have you done any research?  Didn't the name Voodoo give you pause?

Here's the thing.

I watched a segment on TV once and they described their "cock n' balls" donut, their "Gay Bar",  their "tex-ass" and their "old dirty bastard" donut, and talked about how they married "same-sex" couples, under the Black Velvet Elvis painting, and yes, they made the gay and lesbian travel guide:

http://gaytravel.about.com/od/gaytravelphotogalleries/ig/Photos-of-Gay-Portland-Oregon/Voodoo-Doughnuts.htm

...so I just couldn't get excited about that $5 gift certificate.  If this place is reviewed as one of the great Portland Hot-Spots for gay and lesbian travelers, ,,,,,well, in my humble opinion, the LAST thing we should ever even THINK about doing is handing out $5 gift certificates to this place.

If we are thinking about sending a team there to minister the gospel, street witness to the gay and lesbian sidewalk traffic, ok, that's yet another story.

BUT ---------- ok, nuff said.

I get my Sunday School class a box of donuts every Sunday at a nummy donut shop called "Heavenly Donuts" at 102nd and Glisan.  The workers there are sweet Hispanic ladies, and the one that runs the place that I always see and deal with knows the Lord Jesus Christ.  Oh,,,,and their donuts?  They are pretty cotton-pickin' good. Maybe next time.