Ways to Make a Boring Sermon Fun
  1. Pass a note to the organist asking whether he/she plays requests.
  2. See if a yawn really is contagious.
  3. Slap your neighbor.
  4. See if they turn the other cheek. If not, raise your hand and tell the priest/preacher.
  5. Devise ways of climbing into the balcony without using the stairs.
  6. Listen for your preacher to use a word beginning with 'A' then 'B and so on through the alphabet. You may get stuck on 'Q' unless your preacher is preaching against homosexuality.
  7. Sit in the back row and roll a handful of marbles under the pews ahead of you.
  8. After the service, credit yourself with 10 points for every marble that made it to the front.
  9. Using church notice-sheets or newcomers cards for raw materials, design, test and modify a collection of paper airplanes.
  10. Start from the back of the church and try to crawl all the way to the front, under the pews, without being noticed.
  11. Raise your hand and ask for permission to go to the lavatory.
  12. Whip out a hankie and blow your nose. Vary the pressure exerted on your nostrils and trumpet out a rendition of your favorite hymn.
  13. Chew gum, If the sermon goes on for more than 15 minutes, start blowing bubbles.
  14. Pretend to be 4 years old.
  15. Try to indicate to the minister that his fly is undone.
  16. By unobtrusively drawing your arms up into your sleeves, turn you shirt around backwards.
  17. Try to raise one eyebrow.
  18. Crack your knuckles.
  19. Think about your chin for an entire minute.
  20. Twiddle your thumbs.
  21. Twiddle your neighbors thumbs.
  22. Wiggle your ears so that the people behind you will notice.
  23. Practice smiling insincerely.