The motto for Potter County, PA is "God's Country". Marilyn bess ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz&Jerry Secaur" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:36 AM Subject: [NYFL] God's Country > > It's an Fingerlakes Thing! " > > A man in Topeka, Kansas, decided to write a book about > churches around the > country. > He started by flying to San Francisco, and started > working east from > there. > > Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and > making notes. > > He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was > intrigued with a sign which read "$10,000 a minute." > > Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone. The > pastor answered that > this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to Heaven > and if he pays the > price he can talk directly to God. > > The man thanked the pastor and continued > on his way. > > As he continued to visit churches in Seattle, Austin, > Michigan, Chicago, > Milwaukee, and all around the United States, he found > more phones, with the > same sign, and got the same answer from each pastor. > > Finally, he arrived in Auburn, NY. > Upon entering a church in the > middle of the Fingerlakes, behold, he saw the usual > golden > telephone. But THIS time, the sign read "25 cents a > minute" > > Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor. > > "Reverend, I have been in cities all across the > country and in each church, > I have found this golden telephone and have been told > it is a direct line > to Heaven and that I could talk to God, but, in the > other churches the cost > was $10,000 a minute. > > Your sign reads 25 cents a minute. Why is that?" > > The pastor, smiling, replied, "Son, you're in the > Fingerlakes now. This is > God's country...it's a local call." > >