Pastor Aide Program Themes For Kids
A silent auction helps get the community involved in pastor's aid. Contact local businesses and see whether they will donate services or goods such as a gift certificate to a store, dinner for two at a restaurant or a custom painting. Have members of your congregation bid on these items in a silent auction and announce the winners during a church event. As there are likely business owners in your church as well, see whether any members of the congregation would be willing to donate items for pastor's aid.
The most basic responsibility of a pastor's aide committee is to provide care and support for the pastor and his family. This includes, but is not limited to, praying for the pastor, offering verbal encouragement and voicing gratitude for the pastor's work. Committee members are charged with caring for the pastor's spiritual health; if the pastor has a crisis of faith, for example, the pastor's aide committee will help him work through it and find divine guidance. Sometimes, members are also expected to provide financial support to the pastor and his family. Special Events.
Pastor's aide committees are usually in charge of celebrating special events that honor the pastor. The pastor's birthday, the pastor's wife's birthday, the pastor's wedding anniversary, Father's Day, Pastor Appreciation Day and even the full month of the pastor's church anniversary are all celebrated. Committee members plan celebrations, coordinate with other church committees, solicit donations from the congregation and give and receive on behalf of the pastor gifts of appreciation. If the pastor or a member of his family is experiencing serious health or emotional issues, the pastor's aide committee may take up a special 'love offering' to ease any financial strain. Although the pastor is expected to do church outreach, such as visitation for the sick or housebound, he cannot do it alone. The pastor's aide ministry often assists the pastor in making calls to church members, visiting nursing homes and shut-ins and praying for congregants. Committee members may also assist the pastor in more mundane ways, such as ensuring that his robes are pressed and his sermon notes are in order.
In some cases, committee members may help with research for a sermon. Duty to Obey and Defend.