Contest Winners
Eighteen limericks were submitted for the Phillimericks Contest. They were all submitted before the distinguish panel of 27 judges at the pastoral staff Christmas party. We went through three rounds of reading, narrowing the finalists to three and then voting on the best of those.
Third runner up: Nancy Hala
Surely you’ve heard of Phil Ryken
Him to a Grinch I will liken
On tip-toes he’ll stand
With cookies in hand
And tease Marion ad infinitum.
Second runner up: Mark Brown
A preacher whom everyone knows
Thought the Redbirds could vanquish their foes.
He hoped they would conquer
The Sox for an encore --
But they couldn't quite handle the 'Stros.
The prize winner: Susan Russo and Kristen Schier
There once was a preacher named Phil
Who was taller than any windmill.
The whole congregation
saw no taller creation,
Till Messner appeared, bigger still.
Susan and Kristen will have to decide how to share the prize of a Narnia poster. Email or call me to arrange pickup. The complete list of limericks, including one turned in by Phil himself and one that Paul Jones hopes will conclude this exercise, will be posted in the Comments section.
Third runner up: Nancy Hala
Surely you’ve heard of Phil Ryken
Him to a Grinch I will liken
On tip-toes he’ll stand
With cookies in hand
And tease Marion ad infinitum.
Second runner up: Mark Brown
A preacher whom everyone knows
Thought the Redbirds could vanquish their foes.
He hoped they would conquer
The Sox for an encore --
But they couldn't quite handle the 'Stros.
The prize winner: Susan Russo and Kristen Schier
There once was a preacher named Phil
Who was taller than any windmill.
The whole congregation
saw no taller creation,
Till Messner appeared, bigger still.
Susan and Kristen will have to decide how to share the prize of a Narnia poster. Email or call me to arrange pickup. The complete list of limericks, including one turned in by Phil himself and one that Paul Jones hopes will conclude this exercise, will be posted in the Comments section.
posted by M Clark at 12/14/2005 08:38:00 AM
5 Comments:
Phillimericks Contest
1. After church we ate lunch at Chik-PHIL-a,
being quite Spirit-PHILLED from the preaching that day.
For there were no mindless PHILosophies,
only Christ-centered doxologies;
But the name of the preacher escapes me today.
Danny Bombaro
2. There once was a man from Philadelphia
who preached the word for the health of ya
For the sake of your soul
and fill that God shaped hole
He said ask Jesus to be your Messiah
John Voorhis
3. Being Ryken is all well and good
In the Wheaton side of the 'hood'
But changing his name
To Bryken -- for shame!
Might keep him from the "B" brotherhood.
Carroll Wynne
4. There once was a College named Wheaton
Whose sports teams often were beaten.
But then they saw Phil,
With his dexterous skill.
At last they could win without cheatin'!
Kristen Schier and Susan Russo
5. There once was a preacher named Phil
Who was taller than any windmill.
The whole congregation
saw no taller creation,
Till Messner appeared, bigger still.
Kristen Schier and Susan Russo
6. Said Lisa and Phil to their kids
"Do not what the Bible forbids
look to the commandments
and obey your parents
and we will stop "flipping our lids"'
Sylvia Duggan
7. There is a tall man with five kids and a wife,
(One can only imagine the level of strife!)
But he studies quite hard,
(He's even known as a bard,)
And he preaches! His purpose? To show people LIFE!
Cheryl Brubaker
8. And Phil, with his dry sense of humor
He speaks to his blogsite consumer:
“Ah, Narnia wit,
You might like a bit.
But a sermon? Now, that’s just a rumor.”
Christiana Fitzpatrick
9. There is a church not at all frilly,
Whose taught by a young preacher in Philly,
His wife and kids he does cherish,
He tells his congregants, "Repent or perish."
He's usually serious not silly.
Chandler Townsend
10. There once was a pastor named Ryken,
Quite busy, not covered with lichen
Dad to a large crew
with a big parish too
All he does is really quite striken
Sylvia Duggan
11. One Sunday our Phil got a yearnin'
To mention his kids in a sermon.
"To no one's surprise
My kids are quite wise.
With their help I'll never stop learnin'."
Sharon Bains
12. Phil Ryken is most erudite,
Perusing all books in his sight,
From Edwards to Lewis
And, of course, every Seuss,
Who can beat his intellectual might?
Sharon Bains
13. A preacher whom everyone knows
Thought the Redbirds could vanquish their foes.
He hoped they would conquer
The Sox for an encore --
But they couldn't quite handle the 'Stros.
Mark Brown
14. There once was a man they called Phil-Dog,
who said, "Throw on another Yule-Log!
For the holidays, they say
are more traditional this way;
with chestnuts, a fire, and some Egg-Nog”.
John Voorhis
15. A master of words is our Phil
He writes books and sermons at will
With his Webster at hand
The words he’ll command
And he’ll preach till he’s over the hill.
Nancy Hala
16. Surely you’ve heard of Phil Ryken
Him to a Grinch I will liken
On tip-toes he’ll stand
With cookies in hand
And tease Marion ad infinitum.
Nancy Hala
17. Tensions were high at the table.
('Twas the stuff of a legend or fable!)
Phil slammed Clark a serve,
Which he returned with strong nerve,
And saved his "Ping-pong Champion" label.
Sharon Bains
18, Preaching through the book of Exodus,
Phil by the Spirit did enlighten us.
His teaching was good,
Like acacia wood
In the time when the Lord spoke to Moses
Jesse Hubley
19. There once was a pastor named Phil,
Who told the Tenth Church not to chill,
For although they were chosen
They shouldn’t be frozen,
But serve God with heart, strength and will.
Phil Ryken
20. The staff of Tenth Church met together.
It seems they are birds of a feather.
At Kempfs’ they did read
Of Phil’s word and his deed
Our pastor with Bible of leather.
Now, silliness all put aside
With limericks none can abide,
We all must agree,
And state (now with glee)
We trust this tradition has died.
Paul Jones
I'm very sorry, Ryia. I somehow missed getting it in. Here it is now:
Presbyterian minister Phil,
A presenter impressive in skill,
Said, my preaching's from God
Furthermore, (with a nod
To the church), it's his will I fulfill.
Personnaly, Carroll and Phil's are my favortites!
heh. i thought it was kristen schier (the post says 'karen').
susan + kristen = trouble ;)
What's up for the next contest, haiku about Carroll? How about Reformed knock knock jokes (would that make it a ding-dong joke)?
I should be equally bad at those as limericks.
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