{"id":4101,"date":"2011-09-30T09:46:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T14:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=4101"},"modified":"2011-09-30T09:46:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T14:46:51","slug":"taking-it-all-off-for-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2011\/09\/taking-it-all-off-for-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking It All Off&#8230;..For Church??"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Umm\u2026..yeah.<\/p>\n<p>I really, really, really hope the senior adult ministry at my church doesn\u2019t try this fundraiser.<br>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/old-man-calendar.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4102\" title=\"old man calendar\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/old-man-calendar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"290\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Church men bare more than souls<\/h1>\n<p>By\u00a0Amanda Cedrone<br>\nThe Boston Globe<\/p>\n<div><em>Watch out, Chippendales. A few men from Framingham are baring it all, almost, in a 2012 calendar.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><br>\nThe First Parish Celebration 2012 calendar features 12 of the church\u2019s male parishioners between ages 64 and 87 proudly displaying their bodies.<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><em><br>\n\u201cIt\u2019s meant to show people there is life after 65,\u2019\u2019 said Eva Benda, marketing coordinator for the project.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Each month the calendar features a photo of one of the men with his name, age, and a brief biography. The calendar is appropriate for all ages, Benda said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen you look at the picture, they\u2019re nude,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cBut they\u2019re strategically covered. Professional photographer Lynne Damianos, a Framingham resident and member of the parish, took the photographs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2011\/09\/30\/framingham_church_elders_bare_more_than_souls_in_calendar\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Continue reading<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><br>\nIf you really need want one of these calenders <a href=\"http:\/\/uuframingham.org\/fpfcalendar\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">you can buy one here<\/a>. If mostly naked old men is your thing (and if it is and you\u2019re not an old lady then, yes, we are judging you), \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uuframingham.org\/fpfcalendar\/preview.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">you can see a preview of the calendar here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>As for me, I\u2019m going to spend the rest of the day trying to wipe this image from my memory.\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Umm\u2026..yeah. I really, really, really hope the senior adult ministry at my church doesn\u2019t try this fundraiser. \u00a0 Church men bare more than souls By\u00a0Amanda Cedrone The Boston Globe Watch out, Chippendales. A few men from Framingham are baring it all, almost, in a 2012 calendar.\u00a0 The First Parish Celebration 2012 calendar features [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Taking It All Off.....For Church??<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; Umm.....yeah. 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