October Pastors Appreciation Month
 

Just wanted to know if anyone has/is doing anything for their pastor for "Pastor's Appreciation" month?

I usually do a dinner for the pastor and his family and friends. We usually have about 20-30 in attendance.

This year we are doing a "Thanksgiving" theme.

Menu

Salads
Potato Salad
Fruit Salad

Meats
Hen and Dressing
Turkey
Ham (2)

Vegetables
Cranberry Sauce
Purple Hull Peas
Corn
Broccoli and Cheese Casserole
Sweet Potato Casserole
Green beans
Glazed Carrots

Bread
Rolls

Desserts
Sweet Potato Pie
Diabetic Lemon Pie
Chocolate Cake
Coconut Cake
Pecan Pie
Pudding or Cobbler
Pumpkin Pie

Did we leave anything out?

Hope they enjoy. I love my pastor and his family!

Ummm......let's see, I did his laundry, cooked his meals, cleaned his house, and gave him lots of hugs and kisses~!

You people better start appreciating me around here.

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Sherri, I followed your advice, my pastor got upset, maybe the hugs and kisses were over the top???



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:heeheehee

You are soooooooooo bad. :):runhills

I feel I must draw the line somewhere. :):hypercoffee

Wow! No one else does anything for their Pastor?

Well, we do different things every year, usually it is a month-long thing culminating with the actual Sunday being the big day. This year there has been a lot going on so it was a little pared down, the childrens choir Sun. morning had different kids go to the microphone and tell the pastor what they appreciated about him, and then take him a card they had made. Then Sun. night they had different people (4 or 5, a cross-section of the congregation) talk about what the pastor had meant to them, and then they (he and his wife) were given a love offering (taken earlier in the month). One year we did jars filled with different prayers that people had written for the pastor, that he could pull out and read when he felt he needed encouragement. Another we did a floral arrangement filled with gift cards from all the places that he and his wife liked to shop/eat at. The personalized things are always the most meaningful. I'm sure your pastor always enjoys the dinner that you describe!

I love the prayer jar idea. I think I'm going to start this project for our pastor. thanks for sharing!

It only works in liberal Tennessee.:runhills

:eek:I've never heard of Pastor Appreciation month! How long has this been going on? Is is all religions or Pentecostals only? I'm a bit red in the face because I've never done anything.

Is has been going on for years, and it is all religions. :)

This sounds awesome!

Great ideas :)

We are having our homecoming on NOV.4 so we give Pastor and Sister Rivers an offering and a card.
If I was a pastor would I be appreciated ?

maybe since there are eleven more months available we could have:

apostle appreciation in November
prophet appreciation in December
evangelist appreciation in January
teacher appreciation in February
deacon appreciation in March
bishop appreciation in April
gifted in a word of knowledge appreciation in May
gifted in a word of wisdom appreciation in June
gifted in miracles appreciation in July
gifted in healings appreciatin in August
gifted in discerning of spirits in September

for sure, there would be plenty of good eating in that assembly.

What about pew warmer month?

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Why start now... October is almost over. :)

(We appreciate you bro... j/k) :)

What a biblically aligned idea. :)

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our church just had a Pastor Appreciation service last Sunday night....

That is great.

Did you do anything special?

Next year, maybe I'll take my pastor to Oktoberfest. :hypercoffee

Well yesterday was the day. Everything went well. I'm not sure how only two of us ended up doing all the clean up but we did.

I was exhausted when I got home around 4:30.

I went to bed at 7 last night dead tired.

The Pastor was very appreciative of the dinner and all the others told us many times how great the food was and thanks for the dinner.

I think it takes me a year to recover for the next year. :)

P.S. Next year we will use paper plates. :)