Pastor appreciation month

Tell them that you appreciate them. That is what that you can do.

 

Chip in for them, too.

 

One lady put a bulletin insert in our bulletins last Sunday describing... Clergy Appreciation Month... or CAM for short...

This would also include elders, would it not?

 

Would, should, could. Any card carrying clergy.

I have a clergy card to the three hospitals in our area. One year, when I was serving on staff, we were all appreciated.

 

"clergy"? That's a class denotation. I would have nothing to do with such.

 

I appreciate my pastor and elders all the time...not just one designated day a year.

 

I've never heard of "Pastor Appreciation Month" - perhaps it's an American thing. I agree that (1) we should appreciate our elders every month, and (2) we should appreciate elders who are not pastors, deacons, fellow church-members.

 

not elder appreciation not congregation appreciation not whatever..
because generally Elders are otherwise employed and do this service voluntarily.
because others don't have to listen to the whining of various members - Songs are not worshipful, Songs don't attract the younger generation, pastor is to formal, pastor is to casual, pastor forgot my birthday, pastor forgot to pray for my cousin in ... , pastor wants a raise, pastor wants a vacation and we need him here, pastor seems discouraged and I don't know why isn't this his job?,,
Now do you have a better understanding of why it is called 'Pastor Appreciation Month'? . I hope so sometimes I wonder .. Have you written to your missionaries? They are pastors also.

 

I received this in email recently....



The Perfect Pastor

Preaches exactly 20 minutes and follows it with an invitation in which everyone is convicted but no one is offended.

Works from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and serves as church counselor as well as janitor.

37 years old with 40 years of preaching experience.

He is paid $400 a week, and gives $100 back to the church.

Tall and short, thin and heavy set.

Hair is parted in the middle and is straight on one side and wavy on the other side, with a balding spot on top revealing his maturity. And grey all over.

Has a burning desire to work with teenagers and spends all his time with seniors.

He smiles constantly with a straight and sober face because he has a sense of humor that keeps him seriously at his work.

Spends 40 hours a week in sermon preparation, 20 hours in counseling, 10 hours in meetings, five hours in emergencies, 20 hours in visitation and 15 hours in evangelism, 6 hours in weddings and funerals, 30 hours in prayer and meditation, 12 hours in letter writing, and administration, and 10 hours in creative thinking.

Spends 5 evenings at home with his family, plus a day off, and always stops for interruptions.

Makes 15 visits a day to shut-ins and is always available in his office.

Spends all his time evangelizing the unchurched.

A seminary graduate, but uses only one- and two-syllable words.

His kids are perfect, his mother is rich, and his wife plays the piano.

His house is large, his bank account is small, and his car is in the shop.

He is paid too much but gives it all to the poor and wears nice clothes.

He is talented, gifted, scholarly, practical, popular, compassionate, understanding, patient, level headed, dependable, loving, caring, neat, organized, cheerful, and above all, humble.

If your pastor does not measure up to these criteria, send this list to six other churches that are also dissatisfied with their pastor. Then, bundle up your pastor and send him to the church at the top of the list. In one week you will receive 1,643 pastors. Surely one of them will be perfect. Have faith in this letter. One church broke the chain and got its old pastor back in three months.

Anonymous

 

Pay them:laugh:
Call them pastors like other Baptists do:laugh:

 

Sounds like a Deacons prayer meeting,"You keep him humble Lord and we'll keep him poor".:laugh:

 

Did my secretary email my info to you?:laugh: