Although Pastor Appreciation Month ends tomorrow, appreciating your pastor should be an ongoing pattern of behavior. Emphasis months, theme weeks, holidays, and days of recognition were not created to imply that those dates are the only times that the organization, cause, or person should be celebrated. Instead, their purpose is to remind, reiterate, and reinforce the fact that honor is due.
If you are on Facebook and “like” the Petals from the Basket Facebook page (after reading today’s post, come back and click here to visit the page), you will receive a reminder in your News Feed each Saturday to “Pray for Your Pastor.” I hope that it will be a gentle reminder to give your pastor the gift of prayer on a weekly basis.
Thank you ten thousand times over to many of you for your participation in the survey this week. The response was astounding, and I appreciate it greatly! In December, I’ll share the importance of the information that was gathered.
Five winners were selected by numbers chosen through a third party. Each entry was assigned a number by a third-party source, and then those five winners were named at 12:01 a.m. today! A packet of seven “Petals from the Basket” cards (check out these and other cards in The Card Store after reading today’s post) are being mailed today—along with a bonus Christmas card!—to the following:
* Jessica S. from MN
* Janice C. from NY
* Tabitha T. from WI
* Roxann B. from MI
* Sue Ann P. from SC
Congratulations to each of you! This set of cards would make an excellent Christmas gift or would be great if used individually to send thank-you notes at various times during our Thirty Days of Gratitude, which starts this Friday, November 1.
If you haven’t already downloaded your FREE guide for the Thirty Days of Gratitude, please do so soon (link below)! Once again, thank you for your input via the survey and for allowing me to use October to tell how my life as a “PK” influenced the gratitude I have for pastors who are sincerely serving God in the pulpit—and at home.
Click here to download your FREE guide for the
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I think the Gratitude project is a great idea. I have been wanting to be more intentional about spiritual things, both personally and with my kids. I don’t usually think of things until partially through the month and see everyone else doing it!
Thank you, Sharon. I love the idea of including your kids in the month-long list of suggested gratitude recipients. A few other readers recently mentioned doing that, and I’m so impressed by how you moms are using your opportunities to teach such wonderful long-lasting qualities to your children!