Among the many quirky videos on YouTube is a series “Will it blend?” The series demonstrates the power of a particular blender by trying to blend glow sticks, golf balls, light bulbs, a crowbar, an Amazon Echo, an iPhoneX, and a lot more.
Messenger tries our own version of “Will it blend?” by mixing two Church of the Brethren congregations or one congregation and a company to yield a hypothetical new congregation. (Well, a few results are real congregations. See if you can spot them.)
Our apologies to those congregations that we tossed into the blender. More apologies to those that didn’t get chosen. If we made any mistakes, we were probably just a little mixed up.
Paint Creek church + Blue Ball church = Paint Ball Church of the Brethren
Prices Creek church + Free Spring church = The Price Is Right Church of the Brethren
Big Dam church + Hoover Vacuum Co. = Hoover Dam Church of the Brethren
Hanging Rock church + Endless Caverns church = Spelunking Church of the Brethren
Shady Grove church + Sunrise church = Partly Cloudy Church of the Brethren
Blue River church + Yellow Creek church = Green Tree Church of the Brethren
Happy Corner church + McDonalds = Happy Meal Church of the Brethren
Damascus church + Roadway Trucking = Damascus Road Church of the Brethren
Ten Mile church + Four Mile church = Long Run Valley Church of the Brethren
Twenty-eighth Street church + Simon and Garfunkel = Fifty-ninth Street Church of the Brethren
Lower Claar church + Upper Claar church = Center Church of the Brethren
Empire church + Star Wars = The Empire Strikes Back Church of the Brethren
Paradise church + Hades church = Eternity Church of the Brethren
Mack Memorial church + UPS = Mack Truck Church of the Brethren
Eden church + Snake Spring church = Paradise Lost Church of the Brethren
Spruce Run church + Better Homes & Gardens = Spruced-up Church of the Brethren
Old Furnace church + Chicago Fire Soccer Team = Fiery Furnace Church of the Brethren
Bean Settlement church + Campbell’s = Pork and Beans Church of the Brethren
Community of Joy church + Pilgrim’s Pride = Pride and Joy Church of the Brethren
Dry Run church + State College church = Dry State Church of the Brethren
Burks Fork church + Chicago Cutlery = Fork and Knife Church of the Brethren
Monitor church + Pampers = Baby Monitor Church of the Brethren
Black Rock church + King’s Hawaiian = Rock and Roll Church of the Brethren
Modesto church + Disneyland = Modest Mouse Church of the Brethren
Live Oak church + Brooklyn First church = Live from New York Church of the Brethren
Olympic View church + J.R.R. Tolkien = Olympic Rings Church of the Brethren
Three Springs church + Dippin Dots = Triple Dip Church of the Brethren
Living Stone church + Henry Morton Stanley = Living Stone, I Presume Church of the Brethren
Circle of Peace church + Super Glue = Circle Be Unbroken Church of the Brethren
South Bay Community church + the Internet = eBay Church of the Brethren
Yellow Creek church + 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea = Yellow Submarine Church of the Brethren
Maple Spring church + Notre Dame = Irish Spring Church of the Brethren
Spring Creek church + Summerdean church + Upper Fall Creek church + Winter Park church = Four Seasons Church of the Brethren
University Park church + Rock Run church = School of Rock Church of the Brethren
Green Hill church + Velveeta = Green Cheese Church of the Brethren
Snow Creek church + Sunnyslope church + Lake Breeze church = The Weather Channel Church of the Brethren
Manchester church + Free Union church = Manchester United Church of the Brethren
Sugar Valley church + Cherry Valley church = Cordial Cherry Church of the Brethren
Oakley Brick church + Hurricane Creek church = Big Bad Wolf Church of the Brethren
Big Sky church + Lone Star church = Constellation Church of the Brethren
Lick Creek church + Ben & Jerry’s = Ice Cream Cone Church of the Brethren
Bear Creek church + Wind Cave National Park = Hibernation Church of the Brethren
Guernsey Church of the Brethren + Geiger Church of the Brethren = Milkshake Church of the Brethren
Beaver Church of the Brethren + Big Dam Church of the Brethren = Lake Side Church of the Brethren
Blue Ball church + International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers = Ball and Socket Church of the Brethren