Fair’s Fehr…or is it?
In every church family, there are a variety of surnames. Some of them at ACF are Fehr, Fair, Steele, Pitta, Unger, Friesen, Corder, Enns, Hughes, Plett, Carpenter, Young, Leal, Cameron, Cure and of course many more which can be referred to in humorous ways.
Also at ACF, there is a fun(ny) sort of camaraderie which surfaces not infrequently on the church family’s WhatsApp channel. A recent 12-hour-long, entertaining exchange of wit challenged the contributors to create punny humorous twists to the surnames of families in the church. The following snippets are random samplings of that enjoyable and uniquely (and somehow unifying) “conversation” which began as an unintentional misspelling of G. Fair’s surname to Fehr in a weekly newsletter.
“It’s unFair to have this conversation without her input”
“If she would respond, we could have a Fairly quick resolution to this.”
“Yes, in all Fehrness to her.”
“Well at least it is a Fehrly lively conversation.”
“I’m certain she will take a Fairly Fehr approach to the situation.”
“…unLeal how easy it is to chat about someone…”
“OK, time to cut the commentary…I’m on the Verge of calling a Carpenter.”
“That’s an unLeal expectation. It’ll be Leal’ly hard.”
“…such a Pletthora of comments!”
“I’m sorry to have missed out on this Hughes conversation.”
“I wonder if Esau it.”
“We didn’t Block you, so the Enns not in sight, yet!”
“My daughter says she only understands a Corder of this conversation.”
“J and J, Arguenta going to jump in here?”
“…may want to stay Unger the radar on this one.”
“I’m busy enjoying my Pitta for dinner.”
“I’d show you a pic, but I didn’t have my Cameron…”
“It’s going to take nerves of Steele to see the Enns of this, I think.”
“Can’t quit yet … my 11 year Olson wants to get in on this, too.”
“I’d better Coville my coffee mug…or maybe I need something Harder like a Martinez! This is so Ennstertaining.”
…and then the exchange slowly Peters out. Although the witty ones had enough material to work with, there was no poetry, likely due to the fact that there were no Reimers! Even so, we are unexplainably encouraged and drawn closer together in shared family humour. As the song so aptly states, “I’m so glad I’m a part of the family of God.”
It also wasn’t Fair that the Christ of Christmas had to endure the smell and stink of a stable to begin his life on earth and the cruel cross to end it. He did nothing to deserve it, Diede? It is also unFair that humankind receives the ultimate and undeserved Cure for sin and becomes part of the family of God through his sacrifice. Through it, our new name is Christian. Christ (meaning Messiah) certainly did live up to his name. Do we?
ACF recently celebrated 50 years of blessings. For any readers who would like to witness a little more of ACF’s bent towards having a good time and enjoying times with the family, the anniversary celebration service on September 22, 2024, can be viewed on the Abbeydale Christian Fellowship YouTube channel.