E.L.C.A.!!! It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.!!

OK, I will probably regret this, but I am going to print it anyway because it is funny, and because my friend Susan sent it to me, and because it was written by a FReeper. (someone who posts at www.freerepublic.com) I don't exactly appreciate the potshot at women pastors, but the rest of it is cute, if not seriously politically incorrect and insensitive. Charlie Hendrickson is a pastor in the LCMS. (I'm sorry, ok? I'm sorry!!)

---Katie


E.L.C.A.
Tune: "Y.M.C.A."
"Luth'ran" doesn't mean quite the same
As what you've been taught to know by that name.
We're removin' all the scandal and shame
Of a church that stands for something.

Luth'ran, no, you're not misinformed,
Yes, it's true now, we commune the Reformed.
No forced union made us bow or conform,
Just a warm and fuzzy feeling.

It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
We have women in black,
Now there's no turning back
To the hang ups of dead white guys.
It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
You can set yourself free
From dead orthodoxy,
You can do whatever you please.

Luth'ran, won't you please come along
To the E.L.C.A, where's there's no right or wrong.
In the E.L.C.A, heretics can belong,
They can teach at seminary.

"Luth'ran," but our fingers were crossed,
All our doctrine has been totally lost.
All that's Luth'ran is what we have embossed
On our cards and stationery.

It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
We have women in black,
Now there's no turning back
To the hang ups of dead white guys.
It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
You can set yourself free
From dead orthodoxy,
You can do whatever you please.

E.L.C.A, where it's very uncouth
And unwelcome to say you have the truth
And where seldom is a word ever heard
To discourage sin or error.

E.L.C.A, where it's all shades of gray,
I said, E.L.C.A, where it's hip to be gay.
Our umbrella is as big as a tent,
There's no need for you to repent.

It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
We have women in black,
Now there's no turning back
To the hang ups of dead white guys.
It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
It's fun to be in the E.L.C.A.
You can set yourself free
From dead orthodoxy,
You can do whatever you please.

Charlie Henrickson