If I told you that an American church was having a Dr. Seuss themed supper and communion, how many guesses would I have to give you before you figured out it was Episcopalian church?

Just one? That’s what I thought. Who else would have a “Seusscharist”?

Here’s the announcement on the diocese website:

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With brains in your head and feet in your shoes
Please come to Calvary from any direction you choose.

Friday, October 22 will be the day.
Fun is waiting, so get on your way.

We’ll have a light supper and share together
A little Seuss fun, no matter the weather.

A movie, and popcorn, and stories, too.
We’ll finish with a Seusscharist designed just for you.

Five thirty is the time that we will start.
We know you will join us, if you are smart.

(Via: Creedal Christian)

Comments (9)

9 Comments

Matt Hummel
October 18th, 2010 | 10:34 am

I, for one, was struck by how horribly non-inclusive it was. Look at the first line of the invitation: “With brains in your head and feet in your shoes/Please come to Calvary from any direction you choose.” What happens to the pedally challenged, huh? And as for the type of individual attracted to this, you can pretty much count them as cortically challenged. So they invite with the one hand and exclude with the other. Oh the humanity!

Ethan C.
October 18th, 2010 | 10:47 am

I, for one, was struck by how horribly non-metrical it was. Dr. Seuss would be appalled by that, even if he had no other objections.

Steve
October 18th, 2010 | 11:10 am

Horton will bring the eggs and the Grinch will bring the roast beast. In fact, I think both of them are Episcopal bishops.

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pentamom
October 18th, 2010 | 11:35 am

I’m with Ethan. People really ought not to write verse if they don’t understand the concept of meter. That includes my husband’s cousin’s Christmas letters.

Of course, it’s not like you’d expect beauty to be tied to an occasion so devoid of truth, so I suppose it is fitting.

Rob Hadding
October 18th, 2010 | 11:49 am

I went to the website to be more informed
And noticed the cat in the hat in a pose cruciform

I wonder, if in their attractional scheme,
They ever have fear that they might just blaspheme

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mike
October 18th, 2010 | 5:15 pm

lol at calling ‘Weezie’ for reservations.

publius
October 19th, 2010 | 10:47 am

Oh, the Whomanity!