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To: Timothy Liu who wrote (7162)	10/2/1998 6:34:00 PM
From: Capt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62558

Minister accidentally kills self during sermon 5.18 p.m. ET (2118 GMT) October 2, 1998 By Ron Word, Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The youth minister wanted to drive home the message to the youth of his church: sin was like playing Russian roulette, and running with the wrong crowd, using drugs and carrying a gun would catch up to you. At the end of his sermon before 250 youngsters and their parents, Melvyn Nurse put a .357-caliber pistol to his head and pulled the trigger. A blank inside flew apart and shattered his skull. He collapsed in the pulpit Sept. 24 and died Thursday at University Medical Center. He was 35. "I didn't know he was going to dramatize it in that way,'' said the Michael Cooper, an associate pastor at the Livingway Christian Fellowship Church International. "We were absolutely stunned. Nobody moved. We thought it might be part of his sermon and he would pop back up,'' Cooper said Friday of Nurse's accidental death. "We knew he was using a blank, so I wasn't uncomfortable with the demonstration.'' In the audience Saturday were Nurse's wife, Debra, and his four daughters, ages 8, 9, 14, and 15. During his sermon, Nurse opened the gun's cylinder, inserted a blank, spun the cylinder and closed it. Each time he discussed a specific sin, he'd repeat the same motion, without putting in another blank, and fired the gun above his head. Nurse, who had grown up on Jacksonville's streets, asked to speak to the youth and their parents about gun use and sin. He urged teen-agers to turn over their guns and told parents some of the places where kids hide their guns, Cooper said. "They needed to hear ways their teen-agers were fooling them,'' he said. The sermon has had an impact on the youth of the church. One youngster, Cooper said, even turned gave his gun to his mother. "It was a total wake-up call. They got the message,'' he said.

To: Timothy Liu who wrote (7162)	10/2/1998 8:09:00 PM
From: John Messbauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62558

Extreme Bumper Stickers ======================= Who lit the fuse on your tampon? Support Cannibalism-EAT, ME! I don't have a license to kill. I have a learner's permit. Who were the beta testers for Preparations A through G? 5 days a week my body is a temple. The other two, it's an amusement park. Save the whales! Trade them for valuable prizes. My wife keeps complaining I never listen to her ... or something like that. Sure you can trust the government! Just ask an Indian! If we are what we eat; I'm cheap, fast, and easy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One day, the teacher walks into her classroom and announces to the class that on each Friday, she will ask a question to the class and anyone who answers correctly doesn't have to go to school the following Monday. On the first Friday, the teacher asks, "How many grains of sand are in the beach?" Needless to say, no one could answer. The following Friday, the teacher asks the class, "How many stars are in the sky?" and again no one could answer. Frustrated, little Johnny decides that the next Friday, he would somehow answer the question and get a 3 day weekend. So Thursday night, Johnny takes two Ping-Pong balls and paints them black. The next day, he brings them to school in a paper bag. At the end of the day, just when the teacher says, "Here's this week's question," Johnny empties the bag to the floor sending the Ping-Pong balls rolling to the front of the room. Because they are young kids who find any disruption of class amusing, the entire class starts laughing. The teacher says, " Okay, who's the comedian with the black balls?" Immediately, little Johnny stands up and says, "Bill Cosby, see ya on Tuesday!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It'll be hunting season soon here in the US with the usual number of shooting accidents. Last year in Howard County, a hunter was climbing thru a fence with his gun cocked. He was survived by his wife, two children and three deer.