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Re: Reasons a pastor would take a 3 month break
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the reason a pastor would take 3 months off, let me see, saints, yeah that is it, lol
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I beat you to that observation a few pages ago. My first post on this thread was a one word one - "Saints"!!!!!
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07-20-2009, 10:02 AM
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Re: Reasons a pastor would take a 3 month break
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I beat you to that observation a few pages ago. My first post on this thread was a one word one - "Saints"!!!!!
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you are a bright person cc1 i was just stating the obvious, lol
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Re: Reasons a pastor would take a 3 month break
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I knew a pastor of a larger church that wanted to take a vacation, but he felt that the church wouldnot survive. As he tells the story, he was praying about what he should do and asked the Lord who would take care of the church when he was on vacation! He says the Lord told him "The same one that takes care of it when you are home!" Needless to say, he went on vacation, the church survived and is still God's church!
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07-20-2009, 01:02 PM
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Re: Reasons a pastor would take a 3 month break
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Many times those guys would have benefited greatly from some down time to recharge their batteries, get perspective on things, and spend time with their family.
There is such a thing as "diminishing return".
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There is so much truth to this post. I wish, just once, that my father had taken that much needed sabbatical. Even on vacation, the phone would still ring...bad things can happen any time. Pastoring is a 24/7 job, despite what one may think.
I know that where we live, a pharmacuetical company was sponsoring pastor's sabbaticals. All the church needed to do was find a replacement pastor for 6 months...one that would work well with the current pastor. And they also sent you to retreats, seminars, workshops and conferences during this sabbatical to recharge your batteries  !
As for the pastor not going to that church, well, I can understand that. Now, I think 3 months is a long time, but again, we don't really know the whole story, so maybe there's more to this than meets the eye.
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07-20-2009, 01:33 PM
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Re: Reasons a pastor would take a 3 month break
Marriage counseling retreat?
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07-20-2009, 01:59 PM
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Re: Reasons a pastor would take a 3 month break
i actually think pastors taking time away is a good thing, but 11 vacations a year, ranging from 5 days to a week each is a bit much even after serving the same church for 20 years, my opinion, dt
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07-20-2009, 03:13 PM
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Re: Reasons a pastor would take a 3 month break
I need a paid vacation....who's paying??? ha.....
Seriously I think EVERYONE needs to get away but I have a hard time doing it. I worry about the people too much at times...
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07-20-2009, 07:35 PM
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Re: Reasons a pastor would take a 3 month break
Three months seems a little long, imo. However, I completely understand why the Pastor wouldn't go to the church during his vacation. Do you take vacation & show up at work everyday? No, because you wouldn't be able to decompress and relax and would continually be pulled into resolving issues. Same thing with a Pastor. The church is his work. Yes, it should be a calling as well, but it is also work.
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07-20-2009, 08:03 PM
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Re: Reasons a pastor would take a 3 month break
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Paul took 3 whole years off at one point. Some kind of "retreat."
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lol...that was actually bible college :-)
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07-20-2009, 08:04 PM
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Re: Reasons a pastor would take a 3 month break
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Three months seems a little long, imo. However, I completely understand why the Pastor wouldn't go to the church during his vacation. Do you take vacation & show up at work everyday? No, because you wouldn't be able to decompress and relax and would continually be pulled into resolving issues. Same thing with a Pastor. The church is his work. Yes, it should be a calling as well, but it is also work.
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I do agree with this, blessed. You're right. I wouldn't go to my home church during my vacation. BUT I would go somewhere else.
The problem I have with it is the three months. Like I said, Walt's been at his company for almost 25 years and still only gets 3 weeks vacation. Our pastor gets 4 weeks paid vacation after his FIRST year with us. And still he took an ADDITIONAL six weeks back in 2006 for a sabbatical? Plus he gets paid time off to go to conferences and other educational things. It all added up to another 5-6 weeks on top of the 10 weeks he already had taken that year.
Am I the only one who feels like that was excessive?
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