Flying Wafer

Communion wafer went flying into Christmas tree
during church service
While members were taking communion on New Year’s Eve at Faith Lutheran Church, a communion wafer was seen spinning through the air and flying into a nearby Christmas tree.

“I just wanted to change the way I ate my wafer,” Hannah Schermerhorn said, “but I didn’t know that the result would be a bouncing biscuit!”

Apparently Hannah normally receives the wafer with her left hand, and then takes it and puts it into her mouth with her right hand. But this time, she received it with her right hand, put it into her left hand, and then took it back with her right hand to put it in her mouth. It is suspected that while she was bringing the wafer up with her right hand it chipped off of a nail on her left nail which caused the wafer to fly through the air.

Few members of Faith Lutheran Church actually witnessed this event. Maggie Schermerhorn, who was standing next to Hannah burst out laughing when the incident happened, and Chris Schermerhorn began to cry. When asked about their contradictory reactions Maggie could give no answer because she was laughing too hard, but Chris said, “Like all loving mothers I have extreme agony over seeing my daughter cry, which is what I thought she was doing, but it turns out she was just laughing.”

After returning to the pews, the girls tried not to look at one another, but their bodies were still shaking from trying to contain their laughter. Eventually they settled down and were able to continue participating in the worship service.

The communion wafer has not yet been recovered, but it is only a matter of time before it will be.