I survived April Fool's Day. You?

I told the congregation last night that we'd be doing the whole midweek Lenten service on our knees. Had a few of them going for a moment or two, but most of them figured it out.

At the Blank Park Zoo here in Des Moines, they decided to take a proactive approach to the annual phone calls for Ann Teeter, Anna Conda, Ellie Phant, C. Lyon, and their co-workers. Each was given voice mail; callers were informed in a voice of the appropriate gender that the recipient of the call was away from his or her cage, but would return the call if a message was left with the caller's number.