Your Pastor’s heart contains a prayer and desire that everyone would be spiritually in tune with our Heavenly Father, as well as each other in the church and community. As we close our annual focus on Pastor Appreciation, here are 18 ideas that you can and should do to make your Pastor’s heart smile. Making your Pastor’s role easier is to all of our benefit.
- Make it a habit to pray both privately and in public for your Ministry staff.
- Smile, enjoy and show with your comments and attitude how much you appreciate your church.
- Eliminate gossip and complaining from your conversation.
- Encourage your family, neighbors and work associates about how much you appreciate your Ministry staff.
- Develop friendships with your Pastor’s family.
- Enjoy and really enjoy your area of ministry within the church.
- Honestly read God’s word and share your learning with others.
- Hold hands with your spouse in church.
- Build your marriage and ensure it is strong and growing.
- Take your leadership role at church seriously and do your very best.
- Be generously enthusiastic about your church.
- Share prayer requests with your Pastor and be sure to also share the answers
- Apologize for your personal mistakes and resolve conflicts Biblically.
- Learn to be a great neighbor demonstrating God’s love at home and especially at work.
- Ministry resignations are similar to those in the secular world. Leaders rarely leave because of the organization, they typically leave because of the people. Be sure you talk positively and encouraging to your Ministry staff.
- Learn to read the ‘fabric’ of your church and community, then be a positive part of the mosaic.
- Be prayerfully concerned for the spiritual and neighborhood life of your community.
- Develop meaningful relationships with your Ministry staff within the church and the community.
Leadership is … praying for and with your Pastoral Staff.
Yours in Service,
Laurie D. Kennedy
Leadership Coach
Jethro Group
ldkjethrogroup@gmail.com