A pastor and two of his deacons are out on the river
fishing in their rowboat.

Twelve o'clock rolls around,
and one of the deacons notices a nice spot on the
bank to have lunch.

He turns to the others and says, "That looks like a nice spot for lunch. What do you
say we have lunch over there?"

The other deacon agrees, and so does the pastor.

The
deacon stands up in the boat, steps out onto the river
and walks over to the bank.

The pastor looks on with
amazement, and thinks to himself, if his deacon is
holy enough to walk on water, surely he can.

The other deacon stands up, picks up the picnic basket,
steps out of the boat, and walks over to the bank and
sits with the first deacon.

Again, the pastor thinks, if his
second deacon is holy enough to walk on water, surely
he can.

The pastor stands up, steps out of the boat, and falls
right into the water.

While he's splashing around the first
deacon turns to the second and says, "Think we should
have told him where the tree stumps are?"