Among the many quirky videos on YouTube is a series \u201cWill it blend?\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Messenger<\/em> tries our own version of \u201cWill it blend?\u201d 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.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our apologies to those congregations that we tossed into the blender. More apologies to those that didn\u2019t get chosen. If we made any mistakes, we were probably just a little mixed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paint Creek church + Blue Ball church = Paint Ball Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prices Creek church + Free Spring church = The Price Is Right Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Big Dam church + Hoover Vacuum Co. = Hoover Dam Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hanging Rock church + Endless Caverns church = Spelunking Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shady Grove church + Sunrise church = Partly Cloudy Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blue River church + Yellow Creek church = Green Tree Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy Corner church + McDonalds = Happy Meal Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Damascus church + Roadway Trucking = Damascus Road Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ten Mile church + Four Mile church = Long Run Valley Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Twenty-eighth Street church + Simon and Garfunkel = Fifty-ninth Street Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lower Claar church + Upper Claar church = Center Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Empire church + Star Wars = The Empire Strikes Back Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paradise church + Hades church = Eternity Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mack Memorial church + UPS = Mack Truck Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eden church + Snake Spring church = Paradise Lost Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spruce Run church + Better Homes & Gardens = Spruced-up Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Old Furnace church + Chicago Fire Soccer Team = Fiery Furnace Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bean Settlement church + Campbell\u2019s = Pork and Beans Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Community of Joy church + Pilgrim\u2019s Pride = Pride and Joy Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dry Run church + State College church = Dry State Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Burks Fork church + Chicago Cutlery = Fork and Knife Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monitor church + Pampers = Baby Monitor Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Black Rock church + King\u2019s Hawaiian = Rock and Roll Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Modesto church + Disneyland = Modest Mouse Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Live Oak church + Brooklyn First church = Live from New York Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Olympic View church + J.R.R. Tolkien = Olympic Rings Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three Springs church + Dippin Dots = Triple Dip Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Living Stone church + Henry Morton Stanley = Living Stone, I Presume Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Circle of Peace church + Super Glue = Circle Be Unbroken Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Bay Community church + the Internet = eBay Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yellow Creek church + 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea = Yellow Submarine Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maple Spring church + Notre Dame = Irish Spring Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spring Creek church + Summerdean church + Upper Fall Creek church + Winter Park church = Four Seasons Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n University Park church + Rock Run church = School of Rock Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Green Hill church + Velveeta = Green Cheese Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Snow Creek church + Sunnyslope church + Lake Breeze church = The Weather Channel Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manchester church + Free Union church = Manchester United Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sugar Valley church + Cherry Valley church = Cordial Cherry Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oakley Brick church + Hurricane Creek church = Big Bad Wolf Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Big Sky church + Lone Star church = Constellation Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lick Creek church + Ben & Jerry\u2019s = Ice Cream Cone Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bear Creek church + Wind Cave National Park = Hibernation Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guernsey Church of the Brethren + Geiger Church of the Brethren = Milkshake Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beaver Church of the Brethren + Big Dam Church of the Brethren = Lake Side Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blue Ball church + International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers = Ball and Socket Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We tossed congregations in the blender. 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