New Life Church in New Lenox, IL this year put together a gardening team that is taking care of a garden on our property. The produce for the garden will be given to our food pantry and other local food pantries according to schedule of harvest time and timing of when the food pantries are open to the community. It has really been a joy to watch this team work together towards making this fresh produce available to the community. As part of the process some of the food pantry recipients were surveyed to see what types of garden produce they would prefer. This has been a great learning opportunity then for this team as they are learning about timing crops, caring for them, and even experimenting with new crops that they have not grown. Some of the members now have even be serving at another local ministry that devotes a plot of land to provide food for individuals and food pantries in exchange for volunteer time on the farm.
I truly appreciated the article and for the opportunity to wrestle a bit with this pay gap. I have realized a similar gap in my ministry life as a discipleship pastor/ associate pastor. My education included a masters degree in evangelism but was not an m div degree. I felt as though my schooling and experience in ministry was similar to that of most preaching pastors in the CRC, however my pay was more like 50% of their pay. So it does seem to be a good question for churches and the denomination to work through in regards to addressing this disparity. Thanks for addressing this!!
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New Life Church in New Lenox, IL this year put together a gardening team that is taking care of a garden on our property. The produce for the garden will be given to our food pantry and other local food pantries according to schedule of harvest time and timing of when the food pantries are open to the community. It has really been a joy to watch this team work together towards making this fresh produce available to the community. As part of the process some of the food pantry recipients were surveyed to see what types of garden produce they would prefer. This has been a great learning opportunity then for this team as they are learning about timing crops, caring for them, and even experimenting with new crops that they have not grown. Some of the members now have even be serving at another local ministry that devotes a plot of land to provide food for individuals and food pantries in exchange for volunteer time on the farm.
Posted in: How Much Should We Pay Our Youth Directors/Pastors?
I truly appreciated the article and for the opportunity to wrestle a bit with this pay gap. I have realized a similar gap in my ministry life as a discipleship pastor/ associate pastor. My education included a masters degree in evangelism but was not an m div degree. I felt as though my schooling and experience in ministry was similar to that of most preaching pastors in the CRC, however my pay was more like 50% of their pay. So it does seem to be a good question for churches and the denomination to work through in regards to addressing this disparity. Thanks for addressing this!!