October is Pastor Appreciation Month
For some time now, October has been set aside as Pastor Appreciation Month, a month to celebrate and thank your pastors for all of their selfless service to your church.
Each year, churches across the denomination show appreciation for their pastors in a variety of ways: monetary gifts, acts of service to the pastor, special
meals and other kinds of gifts intended to express just how much our pastors mean to us. If your church does something already, we want to encourage you to continue.
This year, however, we’d like to ask you to have your entire church do something that costs very little but will be extremely meaningful. It can be easy to forget how much our pastors sacrifice as they serve us, so…
This year, we’d like to ask each and every member of your church to pause and reflect on some special way your pastor has ministered to you in the last year, and then write your pastor a short note of thanks. That’s it. We’re just asking that everyone in your church write your pastor a brief thank you note.
This note should be both personal and specific. Thank your pastor for a specific time in which you were ministered to through your pastor’s preaching or teaching. Perhaps you’re reminded of a difficult event in your life in which your pastor ministered to you in a comforting or healing way, or maybe you recall a word of encouragement that was offered. Maybe you were challenged or encouraged by a display of Christlike character or attitude you observed. Reflecting on these things will help you realize just how valuable your pastors is, and writing a note of thanks will mean infinitely more than you can imagine.
However you celebrate the life, ministry and sacrifice of your pastor during Pastor Appreciation Month, we pray you do so with love and generosity.
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