We have a mystery on our hands
A special edition of St. Paul's weekly newsletter...
I’ve always wondered how so many small churches find themselves bound up in a mystery - especially Anglicans! - when it comes to books and shows.
Now I’m seeing it first hand. There’s just something fascinating about a quirky group of excellent people, and of course our faith means we’re oriented towards righting wrongs and finding the truth.
And … there’s still the possibility that we could be hiding something in …
the Case of the Missing Meatloaf
Here’s the facts:
Linda made a special meatloaf for EP (with excellent bread crumbs, using Martha Stewart’s recipe).
She wrapped it up and put it in the church freezer.
When EP went to retrieve it, it was nowhere to be found!
Everyone is a suspect.
And because we’re a church full of helpful people, everyone is also a crime solver.
Hijinks ensue.
We need your help!
Here’s the major suspects:
Fr. Cathie says she is obviously innocent, because she is a vegetarian. But did her Great Dane Sissy (who’s ‘always starving’, because clearly ‘no one ever feeds her’) push her into a life of crime?
Katie says she was in the kitchen, but left church early to watch the Panthers beat the Rams. But that seems sketchy - when’s the last time the Panthers won a football game??
Gavin wasn’t even at church last Sunday. But he DID star in the Piedmont Players production of ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ - where he played the bad guy!
Can we really rule him out?
Then there’s EP himself.
He’s the victim - or IS HE? Could the meatloaf be so delicious that he just says he couldn’t find it, because he’s angling for another one?
And Linda … well, if the meatloaf is so delicious, did she just ‘forget’ to put it in the freezer and really just tuck into it for dinner???
These are just the major suspects. At this point, no one is excluded.
Including Billie and Todd, who seem just a little too interested in helping solve the crime.
So it’s up to you, St. Paul’s friends. What do you think?
Who has absconded with the mystery meatloaf??
Stay tuned for our regular Monday newsletter, where hopefully the meatloaf marauder is apprehended.
Unless this is the beginning of a culinary crime spree…
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LOL -I almost dropped my cup of coffee when the article jumped out at me...who doesn't like a good mystery...
Remember that squirrel w had running around in the church? Hank, you remember, right? Perhaps it could be a suspect?