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Interactive Gift Ideas for Anniversaries, Ordinations and Installations
Many churches celebrate the anniversary of a pastor and are looking for interactive ways to commemorate the occasion. Also, as part of an ordination or installation of pastors, elders, deacons, you may want to give a gift that involves all the participants and worshippers. Here are three ideas that I did that can be adapted…
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A Sunday (36) in Life of a Pastor/Mother: Death & Sex
So this past week has been quite a busy week. Not that every week isn’t busy, but this past week seemed to be quite eventful. Both personally and in ministry, it’s been a fine balance between death and well rebirth or in the case of sea monkeys – sex and lots of it. You see,…
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Interactive Prayer Stations on Pentecost III
1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were…
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A Sunday (22) in the Life of a Pastor/Mother: Daughters
Last week, I spent a week with my fellow Korean-American clergywomen. Once a year, we gather together to worship, fellowship, and reflect on a theme. This year, the theme was Generations: Wisdom of the Ages. In the midst of our group, we have first generation, 1.5 generation (those that came over when they were 9-early…
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A Sunday (21) in the Life of a Pastor/Mother: Festivals
If you are a pastor in San Francisco then you make it a habit of keeping track of all the festivals, marathons, and events happening on Sunday because in San Francisco, everything happens on Sunday. Every third Sunday is Bay to Breakers. It isn’t your usual marathon. Sure, you have the serious runners, but does…
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A Sunday (20) in the Life of a Pastor/Mother: Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is always bitter sweet – not to mention it isn’t too relaxing considering I always have to work on Mother’s Day. Personally, I am not that compelled to celebrate Mother’s Day because honestly, I feel blessed and appreciated every day by my family. But besides my personal feelings about Mother’s Day, as a…
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A Sunday (19) in the Life of a Pastor/Mother: Double PK’s
My kids are double PK’s (Pastors’ Kids). On top of that, they are also PMK’s (Presbytery Moderator’s Kids) and COMCK’s (Commitee on Ministry Chair’s Kids). This week in particular they will really experience the full force of what it means to be all three, having gone to church with me yesterday and having to go…
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A Sunday (18) in the Life of a Pastor/Mother: New Shoes
Last week, I blogged about how now that my kids are getting older, I am able to wear more what I want to wear then what is practical – enter in my new shoes – bolder color and higher heel. I wore my new shoes today, especially since I knew that my husband was going…
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Urban Ministry: Making the Switch
It seems that parish ministry is a challenging line of work these days, whether you are in a rural, suburban, or urban context. Parish ministry gets even more interesting if you are serving a church that is considered a new development, a redevelopment, or in transition of figuring out what their future is. At some…
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A Sunday (17) in the Life of a Pastor/Mother: Mullets
The 80’s are back and although there are many things about the 80’s I love – Madonna, wrap around belts, bright colors, and baggy shirts – there are also things I am hoping never come back – leg warmers, big hair, and mullets. I’m not even sure I ever fully appreciated the mullet even in…
