As I was studying this week in preparation for this message, I came across something that I hadn’t known before that I found interesting. Did you know that October is Pastoral Appreciation Month? A whole month dedicated to appreciating your pastor. Apparently there are entire websites devoted to sharing ideas about how to show appreciation for your pastor. One website even held a contest to see who could come up with the best pastor appreciation idea, and people voted and everything. Some of the ideas were quite normal—good ideas. Some people suggested taking time to write letters of appreciation, or fill a jar with index cards with encouraging notes on them. Another idea was to have members of the congregation volunteer to serve the pastor in practical ways, like changing the oil in his car or coming over to his house to mow the lawn...
