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Originally Posted by Neck
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The problem being take up one offering and trust the saints to appropriate the funds accordingly.
Many churches have gone to this multiple offering basket passing.
Because many churches do not have Sunday evening service to pass the basket the second time on Sunday.
Take up one offeing that is all we ask....
When is the last time someone in your church who was a saint was handed a trip for 2 to Alaska?
Last time I checked it was the saints in the church funding the operation...
I understand some smaller churches have the pastors investing in the operations...
But when the church grows there could be some appreciation.....
I see some lay folks in the church getting just as dirty as the pastor.
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THANK YOU for recognizing this fact!! It seems like far too often, the saints who give their time and talents after they've worked their full 8-10 hours, are left with little or no recognition at all. NOT THAT WE DO THINGS FOR RECOGNITION. But it's nice to know that every now and then, someone sees what is going on.
I'm not opposed to rewarding a pastor. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate my pastor. We will give towards his Christmas bonus, as we have every year. We'll put in for his birthday gift and his wife's gift and sometimes even his kid's gifts. But at the same time, sometimes I think that if the pastor is making the same kind of salary as most of those in his congregation (which is true in many, many cases today. And should be true in all!), then if he wants to go on a vacation, shouldn't he be able to save money out of his salary to fund that vacation, just like I would have to do? Nobody's giving us a free trip anywhere.
And before you say, "oh but his job is 24/7", let me remind you that if you are married to a Volunteer Firefighter (as I am), he is on duty 24/7 as well. In fact, there have been more times than I can count that he has had to leave his regular paying job in order to come home and fight a fire. Then had to make up those hours on Saturday.
So yes, I'll give towards his Christmas gift, and his birthday gift if they do one. But no, I absolutely will not give towards a luxurious vacation for him. Sorry. That's just my humble opinion, for what it's worth
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