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Monday, June 8, 2009

Good News / Bad News for a Pastor

Good News: You baptised seven people today in the river. Bad News: You lost two of them in the swift current.
Good News: The women's group voted to send you a get-well card.Bad News: The vote passed by 31-30.
Good News: The pastor-parish relations committee accepted your job description the way you wrote it.Bad News: They were so inspired by it that they asked the bishop to send a new minister capable of filling the position.
Good News: The trustees finally voted to add more church parking.Bad News: They are going to blacktop the front lawn of the parsonage.
Good News: Church attendance rose dramatically the last three weeks.Bad News: You were on vacation.
Good News: Your biggest critic just left your community. Bad News: He has been appointed as your conference bishop.
Good News: The youth of the church came to your house for a visit.Bad News: It was in the middle of the night and they were armed with toilet paper and shaving cream.
Good News: The Church Council has agreed to send you to the Holy Land for study.Bad News: They are waiting for war to breakout before sending you

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Gregg Metcalf has served as the Teaching Pastor of Surprise Valley Baptist Church (Cedarville, CA) and the Mirror Lake Baptist Church (Federal Way, WA.) He graduated from Shasta Bible College in 1989. Gregg is married to Irene and the Lord has blessed them with four daughters and six grandchildren, with a great grandchild on the way. Gregg invites your comments and interaction concerning his posts and this blog! Gregg enjoys reading, boating, song-poem writing, and his family.