Today’s Buzz: Football, Real Pastors of Genius, Front Row Church Seats, and Valid Reasons to L
- Posted by: Todd
- Posted on: Thu, September 20, 2007
- (18) comments so far
Bible and Football
Are you ready for some ... Bible study? A glance at the bulletin for the Pleasant Valley church in Little Rock, Ark., reveals a full schedule of Monday Night Football — and a full slate of faith-based discussions before kickoff. “The Power of Service” is the topic when the Redskins play the Eagles. “Good News and Good Deeds” precedes the Titans and Saints. Cowboys versus Bills? That’s “Casting the Vision” night. The men’s ministry at Pleasant Valley has hosted game-night Bible studies for at least 10 years, said Jason Donoho, a church member who coordinates the weekly meetings. More here...
Real Pastors of Genius
Today we salute you “Pastors who download their sermons off the internet and read them verbatim.” You share those funny illustrations like they actually happened to you. O’ master of the keyword, you’ve even opted for the pro-subscription with the matching powerpoint and video vignette. You are bold to tell your staff that 2-days a week are devoted to sermon preparation, but you’ve figured out that in 5 minutes you can pull down someone else’s work. Original greek? Not for you- more like original geek - cause you’ve memorized all the central pastor sermon urls. Some may ask “Don’t you have any original thoughts or words for our congregation?” The answer, “Of course I do, I picked a great sermon out of the list.” Now you too can wake up on Sunday morning when your congregation does, show up 5 minutes before, and feel refreshed and ready to read. Here’s to you “Pastors who download their sermons off the internet and read them verbatim.” (OK if you don’t get this, then you haven’t been getting enough football with your Bible lately) Sarcastic, but funny from here.
Synagogue Deal of a Lifetime Auction
The Dallas News reports: Just in time for the Jewish high holidays, two lifetime front-row seats to services at a synagogue here are being auctioned off on eBay. The bidding starts at $1.8 million. Besides getting to schmooze up front with the rabbi, the lucky winner’s family name will be engraved on Seats 1 and 2 of Row 1, Section DD, at Temple Emanu-El. The winner also will receive free parking, two custom-made prayer shawls and yarmulkes, and a hefty tax write-off. Plus, the winning bidder can pass the seats down to his or her children. “It’s a gift that goes from one generation to another,” said Rabbi Kliel Rose, who came up with the concept with a little bit of chutzpah and the help of two congregants who work in advertising and marketing. More here. (Thanks Kirk for the heads up).
What VALID Reasons Are There For Leaving a Church?
Voice of the Sheep asks the question. I’d love to hear your answer. They write, “What valid reason(s) can you give me for a pastor who is serving at one church to leave that church and go to another church. Let me go ahead and eliminate some of the obvious reasons, such as excommunication, being fired, leaving to start a new sister church with the support of the current one, a change in theological beliefs which run counter to your current denomination (either a change on your part or the church’s), and the dissolution of your present church (notice how only one of the reasons I came up with is positive?). Beyond these, can anyone offer any viable explanations for a pastor leaving one flock for another? And merely saying, “being called by God to another church”, is not going to satisfy my question. I am sola Scriptura all the way, so there will have to be some biblical basis for any other reasons that I am willing to accept. I am not saying there are no other reasons, just that I can’t think of any (biblical ones, that is).” Well???? Let’s hear it! (Leave your comment below).
That’s it for today… have a great one!
Todd
In today's buzz, we'll talk about merging Bible and football; real pastors of genius, a synagogue that is auctioning off lifetime front row seats; and really... are there valid reasons why pastors go from church to church?
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Eric Joppa on Mon, September 24, 2007
I’m where you are on this Bobby.
I am currently at a church that has frustrated me, treated me poorly, allowed others to treat me poorly, paid me poorly and made it difficult at best to provide for my wife (who is working so that we can have medical benefits) and my new son.
But the both of us agree, that we are called to be in this place. God has given us a peace about that and I have even felt a calmed spirit and not had near the urge to buck and run as I did when I got here.
The cool thing is that now the ministry (I am the Youth (Pastor, but without a peice of paper saying I’m qualified not by title) Director) is booming! When I got here there were maybe 25 students in both JH and HS. Now there are more than 70 on average attending our mid-week ministries.
If we had left because we would not be here if we weren’t on staff, this would not be happening in this ministry. We would have had to start over and try to build again.
I agree that we are grossly underpaid (not just youth pastors btw) and that scripture says that we are worth our wages (I certainly hope that isn’t true! http://www.mondaymorninginsight.com/images/smileys/wink.gif ) but we still need to be faithfull and stay put long enough for God’s purpose for us there to be accomplished.
-E
PeteAtomic on Sat, October 06, 2007
If I can’t get my 77K a year with full benefits, then I’m outta there. Why should I minister to the meek & the peacemaker, when they’re going to inherit the planet, and I can’t even afford my car payment?
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