tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030481199542607541.post518582409943848977..comments2024-02-13T08:29:36.718-08:00Comments on The thought just occurred to me: MaryAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07151669752030074109noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030481199542607541.post-75036671480362359722013-03-13T12:13:47.265-07:002013-03-13T12:13:47.265-07:00Mary:
I am guilty of 'disappearing' f...Mary: <br /> I am guilty of 'disappearing' from a church a couple of times in my past. I felt that no one cared whether I was there or not. The second time, the pastor spent a whole Sunday sermon telling the congregation that he had been called to another church in the east part of the US. I had issues with him. I let others in the congregation know of my decision. There again, I felt that he really didn't care about us. One thing that happened after I found a new church was my husband found the Lord. People at the new church were praying for me and the circumstance that I had to live with. At the previous church, the people knew of the issue I faced but some of them found it something to laugh at.quietspirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086016141181470311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030481199542607541.post-86837080977089956222013-03-13T10:24:35.444-07:002013-03-13T10:24:35.444-07:00Thank you Mary for touching on a much ignored issu...Thank you Mary for touching on a much ignored issue that we as Ministers must often face. I think we sometimes also get a just a small taste of what the Lord endures with some of His children. He only hears from them when they need something or are in trouble of some sort. It is so encouraging and refreshing when members of the flock call or stop by, just to express appreciation for the Pastor or Minister's service and support. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511508710287028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030481199542607541.post-72186766406407887032013-03-13T07:36:36.777-07:002013-03-13T07:36:36.777-07:00Mary, that is SO well said. I experienced being d...Mary, that is SO well said. I experienced being discarded like toilet paper many times as a pastor. Some people do just "disappear". Others tell the pastor but in the wrong time and wrong way. This was twenty years ago, but a woman called me out of the blue on a Saturday night to tell me that she and her family were leaving the church. I told her that informing me on a Saturday night over the phone was "tacky". She later contacted me to say she'd looked up "tacky" in the dictionary and that it meant "low class behavior". She was insulted. I just let it be, but frankly leaving a church and not speaking to the pastor at all about it, OR leaving a "hit and run" note on his desk, OR a surprise phone call at 9 p.m. on a Saturday is, well, TACKY!Bob Barilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982054633892005919noreply@blogger.com