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YOU MIGHT BE A PASTOR IF...
~ You've waded in a creek wearing a necktie. ~ You've ever dreamed you were preaching only to waken and discover that you were.
~ You'd rather negotiate with terrorists than the church organist. ~ You see a picnic as no picnic. ~ You've ever wanted to fire the church and form a congregation search committee.
~ You've been tempted to take up an offering at a family reunion. ~ You've ever wanted to give the sound man some feedback of your own. ~ You've ever wanted to lay hands on a deacon, and you didn't mean praying for him.
~ You often feel like you are herding cats instead of shepherding sheep. ~ Your sermons have a happy ending...everyone's happy when it ends. ~ You've never preached on TV, because your wife made you get down before you broke something.
~ You feel that it is your job to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. -- John Quincy Adams
Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less - Robert E. Lee
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved - Romans 10:13 (KJV)
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him - Nahum 1:7 (KJV)
I love those. I'm going to pass them on to my pastor, he loves things like that.
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"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."" Psalm 91:1-2
"Be what you would seem to be--or, if you'd like it put more simply--Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise." from "Alice in Wonderland"
I actually work as a church secretary now, I've had the job about 1 1/2 yrs. and its interesting to see the behind-the-scenes workings of a church. My boss, the pastor of a small Baptist church, has a great sense of humor and is enjoyable to work with - but he also has a huge heart for his congregation and is a truly compassionate pastor to them all.
He would laugh at this post!
Susan
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"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king..."
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QUOTE (Siobhan Blues @ 28-Aug-2007, 08:26 AM)
I actually work as a church secretary now, I've had the job about 1 1/2 yrs. and its interesting to see the behind-the-scenes workings of a church. My boss, the pastor of a small Baptist church, has a great sense of humor and is enjoyable to work with - but he also has a huge heart for his congregation and is a truly compassionate pastor to them all.
He would laugh at this post!
Susan
Hey Susan, let's be honest! Church secretaries are the real power behind the scenes !
Having been in the ministry (Baptist myself) for over 25 years, I could relate with most of the things mentioned on the post! I hope your pastor gets to see them and gets a good laugh. Say hello to him for me. We work as missionaries on the Navajo Nation in Arizona.
I shared your post "You might be a pastor if..." with my pastor. He loved them. My husband, kids and I belong to a Presbyterian church which is part of the PCA. We work with the youth at our church and chaperone on different Mission trips every other year. Several years ago we went to the Cherokee reservation in NOrth CArolina where we did a VBS for the kids, painted some houses, did some yard work, and my husband went everyday to a retirement home and sang for them. Do y'all ever have people from other churches come and do any sort of short term mission work where you are? Let me know. Jennie