Please pray for my husband. He is a pastor of 2 small churches. There is meeting tonight to discuss the parsonage and its bills. The congregation has within the last 2 months or so, become nasty about the parsonage bills. The parsonage is owned by the churches and conference decrees that all utilities be paid by the church. All this is part of his salary package. We could not rent a home on the money he makes.
They want to sell the house and leave us looking for a home. They want to only pay on utilities what they feel we should be using not what is actually used. We sit with just one lamp on at night. the thermostat is set at 65 most of the time, sometimes when it is really cold we put it up to 68. My husband needs a/c in the summer time due to asthma. We have our own window air conditioners they don't care that he needs them and wants to ban us from using them.
It could be a very nasty meeting tonight. Please pray that God intervenes and he runs this meeting and he controls the thoughts and words of everyone there, my husband included.
The meeting is tonight Thursday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 pm est.
Please get everyone you know to pray. We need to stay here for 2 more years so my handicapped son can graduate the school he is at.
Let's lift up our sister and her family. May God's grace and love be on that meeting. We ask Him to banish financial fear and touch the hearts of the congregation.
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Oh, man, that is terrible.
ReplyDeletePraying now that everyone will remember the good old golden rule. Not just in the way they act, but in their expectations of your family.
ReplyDeleteOnly God can change greedy hearts. Praying for this family - knowing that God will keep them no matter what the outcome. And praying for this congregation to reach out and bless this family.
ReplyDeleteThis is crazy! Praying for the family and the people pushing this.
ReplyDeletePraying for a spirit of mercy and peace to prevail, and for God's favor to rest on this family and make their way straight and smooth.
ReplyDeleteMy husband saw this happen a lot, plus ministers being accused of padding their expense accounts, etc. As a result, when he went full time into the ministry, he requested a "flat salary" instead of a salary with reimbursements/allowances. The churches we have pastored are generous, so we have not had a problem and probably would not have, however, he felt that just having a flat salary (say, $1,000 per month flat salary rather than $900 per month plus reimbursements/allowances -- just making up figures here) would preclude problems, and so far, it has. We pay for gas, postage, phone, and small things out of the salary. Sure makes the board meetings shorter when you don't have to show your expense account and justify it. Also, you don't have people telling you, "that person didn't need that extra visit or phone call" when in your opinion, they did.
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