October is pastor appreciation month. We have some ideas on ways you can honor your pastor.
The suggestions come from seminary professor Chuck Lawless. Here are a few.
Give your pastor and his family a weekend getaway. Give them a break on somebody else’s nickel – and make sure that time is not counted as vacation!
Do some tasks for him and his family. Rake the leaves. Cut the grass. Wash the cars. Paint a room. Power wash the deck or the house. Do something that helps him.
Make a personal commitment not to speak ill of him—or listen to those who do. Support him in front of others.
Update and upgrade his office. Paint the walls. Provide new furniture. Make sure his computer is state of the art. Replace outdated wall paintings.
Catalog his books. Computer tools allow you to catalog books quickly, but somebody has to do the labor. Save your pastor the work.
Provide gifts for his wife and children. The church that loves a pastor’s family will have a pastor who loves them.
Prepare a notebook of “thank you” notes. Lawless says he still has and cherishes a notebook of notes that folks wrote to him as their pastor.
Give him an Amazon tree. The “tree” might be only a big twig or an artificial plant, but the leaves are Amazon gift cards.
And give a significant monetary gift in your pastor’s honor to missions or an academic institution. Knowing that the gift will bless others will be a blessing first to your pastor.