Have a go at our next caption competition (above). Send entries by email only to captioncompetition@churchtimes.co.uk by 9 a.m., Monday 5 January.
We invite readers’ ideas for photos: please provide a credit and confirm that those pictured are happy for the photo to be used.
Here is the winning entry for the previous competition:
Susannah UnderwoodSusannah Underwood
The new Church Times delivery system was beset with teething problems (Michael Foster)
A SELECTION of this week’s entries follows:
“One can look so fetching when one gets religion” (Philip Goggin); “I’ve been waiting all week for the latest dog-collar pics!” (Mary Hawkins); “Fed up with all the delays with postal delivery, readers resort to more faithful methods” (Ian Black); “The Labrador brings it the right way up” (Neil Inkley); “FIDO: Faith-Information-Delivery-Organiser” (Alison Rollin); “Jimmy, the Cathedral mascot, enjoying his work experience selling the Big Issue in the Close” (David James).
“The Vicar’s dog suggesting a change of parish?” (Chris Coupe); “I have just been told I am on the short list for the post of the Bishop of Barking” (Brenda Barwick); “Fido grabbed the Church Times to see if his latest ‘woof’ had been accepted for the caption competition” (Robin Morgan); “The Bishops did make a bit of a dog’s dinner of PLF!” (Ray Lockhart); “Stop the press, and paws for thought!” (Jo Mash); “No wonder the dog looked apologetic, when I’d asked her to fetch my copy of Private Eye” (Geoffrey Robinson).
“Decisions taken by the bishops were soon to be chewed over” (Julia Norman); “The Vicar had already made good use of his church’s new support dog” (Mervyn Cox); “Don’t encourage him, dear. Just read it calmly” (Chris Hall); “The Church Times goes green and has the pawparazzi delivering its newspapers” (Sue Chick); “Tiddles was the most dogged reader of the Church Times in this house” (Richard Hough).
“Dog collar puts a spaniel in the words” (Ian Carson); “No, I’m sorry, PLF doesn’t mean Poor Little Fido! but maybe Pooch Learned Fetch” (Paulette Yallop); “Those apologetic eyes convey that the legalistic quagmire created by PLF and DEM has turned into a dog’s breakfast” (Dev Nallathamby); “I deliver the news. You deliver the snacks. That’s the covenant” (Chloë Fraser).
“Who put this in my litter tray?” (Roger Simmonds); “The lead story is a bit ruff today. . .” (Karen Kirman); “Church Times gets canine out of ten for its new delivery service” (Ken Wilkinson); “Finally, undeniable proof that the Church Times has gone to the dogs” (Tim Goodbody).
As ever, the winner receives a prize of Fairtrade chocolate, courtesy of Divine Chocolate.
