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Mon, 17 Mar 1997 22:47:34 +0000
Hiya People...
Here's one from Shelley...followed by a report from Reuters wire service
on the same incident...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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"Sweepstakes Notice Announces God as Finalist"
Tampa, Fla - American Family Publishers found God in Sumter County. And
he may be very, very rich. A sweepstakes notice arrived at the Bushnell
Assembly of God earlier this month announcing God, of Bushnell, Fla.,
was a finalist for the $11 million top prize.
"I always thought he lived here, but I didn't actually know," said Bill
Brack, pastor of the church about 60 miles north of Tampa. "Now I do."
American Family wrote in the letter, "God, we've been searching for
you." If God were to win, the letter stated, "What an incredible
fortune there would be for God! Could you imagine the looks
you'd get from your neighbors? But don't just sit there, God!"
Sweepstakes officials did not return several telephone calls for comment
Thursday.
I could just image someone trying to deliver the prize
GOD MAY ALREADY BE A WINNER!
BUSHNELL, Fla. - The other 20 million finalists might as well give up/
One of the gold-sticker-laden sweepstakes entry forms and magazine sales
pitches that show up almost weekly in most Americans' mailboxes has been
sent to God.
American Family Publishers sent its form, whose addresses and letters
are computer-generated, to "God of Bushnell" at the Bushnell Assembly of
God, a church in Central Florida.
"God, we're searching for you. You've been positively identified as our
$11,000,000 mystery millionaire," the form read.
The fine print showed the Creator was merely a finalist but a letter
with the entry form lured Him to try his luck.
"Imagine the looks you'd get from your neighbors ... but don't just sit
there, God, come forward now and claim your prize," it read.
Bill Brack, the church's pastor, read some of the letter to his
congregation last Sunday. "I knew He was around here, but this, well,
it was a surprise," Brack told the Tampa Tribune.
He said he had not yet decided whether the church would enter the
sweepstakes. "God has $11 million," he said.
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