Each church and the synagogue had a problem with possums.
The Anglican church called a meeting to decide what to do about their possums.
After much prayer and consideration they decided that the possums were predestined
to be there and that they shouldn't interfere with God's will.
At the Baptist church the possums had taken an interest in the baptismal font.
The deacons met and decided to put a water slide in the font and let the possums drown themselves.
The possums liked the slide and knew instinctively how to swim so, twice as many showed up the following week.
The Methodist church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creatures.
So they humanely trapped their possums and set them free near the Baptist church.
Two weeks later the possums were back when the Baptists took down the water slide.
The Catholic church came up with a creative strategy. They baptised all the possums and confirmed them as members of the church.
Now they only see them at Christmas, Easter, weddings and funerals.
Not much was heard from the Jewish synagogue, but it is rumoured that they took one possum and circumcised him and they haven't seen a possum on their property since!
