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March 11, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Kongsvinger Lutheran Church, rural Oslo, Minnesota, is partnering with the Christian satire site, The Babylon Bee, for a March 11, 2022, charity event. Beneficiaries will include the Grand Forks (ND) Women’s Pregnancy Center and Lutherans for Life—a national pro-life advocacy group. Kyle Mann, Chief Editor, The Babylon Bee will be providing insight into the workings of the Babylon Bee via a livestream presentation and dialogue from his location in California.
Except for 2021 (COVID-19), Kongsvinger has sponsored an annual charity event for over 20 years. The last occurred on March 13, 2020—the weekend that marked the beginning of business and social closures for “15 days to flatten the curve.” Ok, so the virus didn’t get the memo. The March 11-13 weekend thus marks the second anniversary of pandemic closures.
Since 2016, hundreds of Babylon Bee satire pieces have provided a daily laugh to millions—often by forcing readers to laugh at themselves. Using comic elements to expose the realities of society, the satirical pieces use irony, humor, and exaggeration to show the follies and misdoings of elements in society. Among other elements, The Babylon Bee takes on the topics your parents told you to avoid in polite company: religion and politics. Political correctness will be taking a break for the evening.
The Kongsvinger Church is the host site for the event where a banquet meal will be served at 6:00 pm. Seating is limited. Registration before March 8 at the Kongsvinger registration website is required.
Public access to the livestream discussion is through the Kongsvinger Lutheran YouTube Channel beginning at 6:30 pm (CST) with The Babylon Bee interview at 7:00 p.m. No registration is required.
The Babylon Bee is known for the catchy titles of articles such as: “Trudeau Orders All Geese Rounded Up and Shot for Honking in Solidarity with Truckers” or “Biden Promises to Replace Retiring Quarterback Tom Brady with a Woman of Color.” Participants who wish to contribute a title for a potential Babylon Bee article may do so by submitting their original title through the instructions found at the Kongsvinger Registration Website before March 9. Contributed titles considered to be most closely identifiable with Babylon Bee standards will receive the honor of being read by Kyle Mann during the livestream interview.
There is no registration fee for attendance at either the Kongsvinger church or via the livestream. Free-will contributions to the beneficiaries may be made through either venue.
Kongsvinger Lutheran is a Confessional Lutheran church located 14 miles north of East Grand Forks, MN, emphasizing Biblical teaching and historic church doctrine. Kongsvinger is a local congregation with a global livestream and internet audience.
Registration for the Banquet and information for the livestream presentation can be found at the Kongsvinger registration website: https://www.kongsvingerchurch.org/babylonbee.
Kongsvinger Lutheran Church Contacts:
Phone: 218-773-8137
Email: kongsvinger@kongsvingerchurch.org
Mailing Address: 15950 470th Ave. NW • Oslo, MN USA 56744 • 218.773.8137
Kongsvinger Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kongsvinger.AALC.USA/
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