The Reverend......is in:

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 4/28/2004, 10:04 am

As of April 13th, 2004........you may now call me Reverend Neil.

That's right......here's a snippet from my "Proclamation of Ordination".

Proclamation of Ordination

Thank you Reverend Neil J. Lyons

Please understand that if this is not your LEGAL name, this is not a valid ordination. We are referring to everything after the "Reverend" part above. Assumed names and "taken" names are NOT acceptable. ALL states require ministers to sign legal contracts with their legal name. This applies to your Ordination Certificate and any Marriage License you may sign. If this name is NOT your legal name, please let us know immediately and we will make the necessary changes. Also, if your name legally changes or other information needs to be updated, please let us know so that the registry has your current information at all times.

Effective April 13, 2004,

I, Douglas E. Hickman, Ordaining officer of the Universal Ministries, do Ordain, Anoint, Appoint, and Select you for placement into our Registry of Ministry. This means that from this day forward, unless you request to be removed, you are a minister with the Universal Ministries. This being said, we welcome you into our Ministries of Universal Acceptance.

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 4/28/2004, 12:38 pm

You're officially kicked out of the ministry.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 4/28/2004, 1:09 pm

man. this thing is going around my school like mad cow disease. :freak:

seriously nobody knew about it yesterday, now everyone does.
it's crazy.

i give it about three days before it's making news headlines, and getting shut down.

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 4/28/2004, 1:12 pm

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 4/28/2004, 1:17 pm

wouldn't you like to know.

let's just say a couple of my friend's are reverends now, about twelve more will be by tomorrow morning. it's legal too.

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 4/28/2004, 1:19 pm

it's a grunge thing.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 4/28/2004, 1:56 pm

I did it after I watched the episode of "friends" where Joey offically gets ordained over the internet.

So....I thought I'd be curious, and here I am.

:lol:

I wanna marry somebody........I think I'd make a kick ass Reverend for a wedding.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 4/28/2004, 2:05 pm

everybody's a reverend over here.

all you need is a Marriage Contract.. then you can have people sign it, bring it to city hall and it's official. w00t.

Penguin Josh · Post by **Penguin Josh** » 4/28/2004, 3:16 pm

how do you become a reverend?

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 4/28/2004, 4:38 pm

some protestant church allows you to fill out forms over the internet... then they give you some sort of document that makes it official.

Penguin Josh · Post by **Penguin Josh** » 4/28/2004, 4:39 pm

do you know the site?

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 4/28/2004, 9:38 pm

nope... sorry. i can ask around tomorrow,

i know its a three letter acronym for the name of the religion followed by .org
but it's not coming to me..

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 4/28/2004, 10:20 pm

This isn't anything new.

Monkey did it back when he was in college... which was in 2000.

Bandalero · Post by **Bandalero** » 4/28/2004, 11:05 pm

what fresh hell is this? :wtf:

gavtodd71 · Post by **gavtodd71** » 4/29/2004, 6:44 am

i'd feel bad marrying someone...just cause it seems so wrong

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 4/29/2004, 9:37 am

Even if they wanna get married? :freak:

trentm32 · Post by **trentm32** » 4/29/2004, 3:27 pm

nikki4982 wrote:Even if they wanna get married?

I dunno why, but I found that oddly funny. :freak:

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 4/30/2004, 12:20 am

Probably because they have no ties to the religion at all...that may be why they'd feel bad.

Bandalero · Post by **Bandalero** » 4/30/2004, 7:42 am

gavtodd71 wrote:i'd feel bad marrying someone...just cause it seems so wrong

if it makes you feel better, they'll be divorced in like 6 months.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 4/30/2004, 10:01 am

70 x 7 wrote:Probably because they have no ties to the religion at all...that may be why they'd feel bad.

True....but, there are people out there that get married that AREN'T as religious. I admit, I don't faithfully go to church on a weekly basis, but I know where my roots are.

Josh - I think it's universalministries.com that I went through.