“Pastor Appreciation Month…FAILS!”

I LOVE MY CHURCHES.  OVER THE YEARS, THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO INCREDIBLY GRACIOUS AND KIND TO ME AND MY FAMILY, ALL YEAR ROUND BUT ESPECIALLY DURING OCTOBER!

I, however, continue to be amazing…and sometimes amused (sorry for your pain) by some of the stories I hear from other pastors during “Pastors Appreciation Month’ every year.  So just for some ran-dumb fun, so we can all laugh… here is “Top 10: Pastor Appreciation Month…Fails?”

10.  Unfreeze last year’s leftover Christmas Cookies For a Lovely Cookie Tray in OCTOBER!? (*real person story from my own past growing up in a pastor’s home) 

9. Buy Him a Book, That YOU Think He Should Read (yes, I know that “Left Behind” took place in 2018, Kurt Cameron also turns 50 this year, and there will be a Blood Moon on His Birthday! )

8. Make a Mix CD of the Speakers and Pastors From Other Churches, That He REALLY Should Hear! (“Have you heard____, they have really been feeding me on the weeks my family and I can’t make it out (*out of bed) on Sunday….”) 

7. Handmade Doilies for His Office. (the cool hand-knitted pulpit cover was great last year!) 

6.  A Personalized Coffee Mug of His Favorite Church Family-YOURS!

5.  A Gift Card to a Gym (looking a little tubby, upfront, aren’t we…)

4.  A NEW CAR…phone! (since he can’t afford the new iPhone 26, at least you can call him when he is driving on a family vacation?) 

3. A Tie.  (no, not the one for around his neck, a zip tie for his pants…seriously, gym gift card last year *hint*) 

2. Date Night…with you are your spouse! (nothing says romance like having a double date with you!)

1.  A Year Subscription to the Sock of the Month Club!?
(**no, seriously, all the cool hipster pastors we watch online are wearing cool socks!…https://www.sockclub.com)