ABBOTSFORD, BC
Mennonites across the Fraser Valley are in a panic this week after they learned that Costco would no longer be allowing entire church congregations to pass around one membership card.
“I think Mrs. Loewen has the card this afternoon, or is it Mr. Fehr?” said Mrs. Wiens, head of the East Abbotsford Mennonite Costco Membership Committee. “I better get ahold of that card before someone gets in trouble.”
The membership is in the name a Mr. Art Kroeker who passed away ten years ago by now, but that hasn’t stopped the entire congregation from sharing his Costco membership.
“His name will live on forever,” said Mrs. Wiens, “or at least until Costco shuts us down.”
The situation seems to have arisen after Costco HQ discovered a certain Friesen family that had 19 children listed on the family membership.
“I don’t think they realize how large our families are,” said Mrs. Wiens. “Besides, all of us here at East Abbotsford Mennonite are part of the family of God.”
Despite this united front, Mrs. Wiens acknowledges that the MB congregation across the street will have to get their own Costco membership.
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