FAQ: “Hockey Pastor” signs at Lightning Church
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The earth trembles, seeing the world lit up by his lightning. — Psalm 97:4
A man from Florida spreads the good word about the Tampa Bay Lightning’s playoff success.
Reverend Tyler Moore, of Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in St. Petersburg, has earned the nickname “The Hockey Pastor” with the lightning-fast spin he has put to a series of eighteen and counting clever church signage welcoming parishioners.
Our favorites are “Real Saints Don’t Demand Trades” and “Slingshot Killed Goliath / Slapshot Saved By Bishop.”
Moore has been well-known in the town for his placards, and he has also been given free tickets to two playoff games in addition to the one he purchased.
I am not able to make any more purchases. This week, Moore told Sportsnet over the phone, “It’s not like I’m making a lot of money as a pastor.”
Although there has undoubtedly been a spike on Sundays, our web presence has been most impacted—after all, the sign prominently displays our site address.
During the
series, we were the lead-in for a second period on Hockey Night in Canada. That evening, we got 22,000 hits in an hour on our website. It was absurd.
Additionally, the popularity of our two-minute internet sermons, called Rev Ups, has skyrocketed. As a result, more people are aware of our ministries.
I made mention of Nikita Kucherov. Because you have to deal with the Russian aspect, I was talking about faith and I mentioned the confidence Yzerman had to have by drafting this Russian:
Will he eventually awaken?
d my sermon notes.
I did a video where I talk about Jon Cooper’s quote: “Our team had too many passengers.
” I likened that to the Church, which can have too many passengers—people along for the ride instead of trying to live love, which is our mission statement.
Scripture has an excellent passage on “running the race of persistence.”
Getting through the playoffs is such a grueling, long process. People are ill and injured.
Thus, completing the race of tenacity and letting go of the entanglements accurately captures the emotions of the players at this moment.
The need to persevere through difficult circumstances and wait for the realization that, “Okay, I’ve finished the race and I’m free”
You always expect trolls to surface when discussing religion on the Internet, but thus far, the feedback has been largely favorable. Many individuals write, “The signs are amazing, but I’m not religious.” Alternatively, “I love the Rangers, but this is funny.”
Someone said, “There’s a lot ofEverything seems amiss, and you’re hoping for hockey. You’re concerned about hockey, but there’s also child hunger and human trafficking.
My response to him was, “Hey, we’re having fun with this hockey thing, but we have all these ministries we’re engaged in.”
We provide food for almost 200 kids.
As a church, we strive to improve the communities in which we live and work. We want to spread love throughout the community, whether that means feeding hungry children, assisting migrant farms in the area, working with anti-human-trafficking organizations, or making people laugh and uniting the community through the wonderful sport of hockey by hanging funny signs.A local news crew invited me to the game so we could do a live interview. “Listen,” I said. St. Pete is where I currently reside. Tampa is forty minutes away from there. I’m not certain that I want to I want to drive all the way there if I don’t have tickets.”
They said, “We might be able to get you tickets.”
I said, “OK, if you say so.” So I did the interview, and they said, “Sorry, we couldn’t get you tickets.”
I tried my luck with the scalpers, but they laughed at me outright when I told them how much money I had. I noticed a news journalist who had previously interviewed me as I was loitering in Thunder Alley close to the venue. She remarked, “Hey! The sign guy is you! Have you received your tickets? “No,” I replied.
Dave Andreychuk was two feet behind me, but I couldn’t see him. “Mr. Andreychuk has something to speak to you,” dashed up to me from one of the team store interns.
To drive all the way there if I don’t have any tickets.
for the Ducks and Blackhawks to maneuver. Fascinating fact: The Bible makes no mention of ducks. It speaks about poultry, although most people think that’s a
allusion to a goose.
“Andreychuk, Dave?” I let out a cry. much like the man whose statue it is.
“I know you’re looking for tickets, and I’m the one who can acquire them for you,” he remarked. It is the year’s biggest understatement.
I am not able to continue at this frequency.
I was giggling with a member of our parish. We are unable to return to the “Join Us In Worship” sign. Something clever is required of us.
You know what’s truly amazing? This postseason run will always be the weirdest time in my life, in my opinion. And I think it’s fantastic.
Though I had things set up for the Capitals, I was hoping for the Rangers because I had greater material for them.
There isn’t much space.
I’m thrilled that a club from Southern California and a team from the Florida Gulf Coast will be competing for the Stanley Cup if we wind up playing in Anaheim. There’s something incredibly poetic about that.
Perhaps Canadians won’t find it appealing. a great deal.
The Lighting will have removed four of the Original Six from the playoffs and contributed to the Bruins’ elimination if they go on to face and defeat the Blackhawks.
Toronto simply took every opportunity to shoot themselves in the foot.
I’m going to require a blood pressure medication, I think. Every time the Lightning lose their last game, they come out firing. I did some research on it.
After losing by three goals or more, they were 9-3 in those games. They react rather nicely. Bishop is here. Even in his worst games, he always emerges victorious. And who won? God alone is aware.
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