Kelly Fryer begins her book, A Story Worth Telling, with this observation:

Have you ever seen a sign that you’re pretty sure didn’t mean what it said? How about this one, which was posted in a hospital lobby: “For anyone who has children and doesn’t know it, there is a day care center on the first floor.” Or this one, posted outside a second-hand store: “We exchange anything—bicycles, washing machines, etc. Why not bring your wife along and get a wonderful bargain?” One of my favorite examples of a sign that probably didn’t really mean what it said was spotted on the front window of a dry cleaner’s shop. It boldly invited: “We hope you’ll drop your pants here.”
Well, most of our congregations have the sign: “Saint Such-and-Such Evangelical Lutheran Church.”
But, for some reason, the fact that our signs don’t always mean what they say doesn’t seem all that funny. Now, it isn’t the “Lutheran” part we have trouble with. And most of us don’t have trouble with the “Church” part, either. But “Evangelical” …who are we kidding? The idea of sharing our faith story with fellow church members scares the daylights out of a lot of us. And we can’t even imagine introducing Jesus to somebody who hasn’t met him before.
In fact, most of us don’t even think of ourselves as having a faith story.

ENTER: A 1-1/2 hour workshop for you, entitled:

“Discovering your story… Telling your story.”
April 19, 2009 …following worship
Lunch: Noon-12:30pm
Workshop: 12:30-2:00pm

The Leader… is the regionally renowned Jim Henderschedt, Pastor and author of several books of faith stories.

The Hope… is that everyone at St. Timothy (including you) will discover their own personal faith story; and become comfortable with it enough to tell it, if/when the opportunity presents itself.

I know you can do it. I heard you do it at congregational meeting, as you told your stories of how St. Timothy has made a difference in peoples’ lives, and your stories of the Joy you’ve found here. I know you can do it. Please come and discover that for yourself.

Baptized, to tell more than fish stories,