Pastor

It was 1:00 in the morning. Angelika was missing from the room. She should’ve been asleep. Was she okay? The church was locked, nothing could happen, right? All the other girls in the room were sleeping or talking. Every year, my church, Word of Life, hosts a Kids Camp for three days. It takes a lot of preparation to set everything up. The purpose of the camp is for kids to grow spiritually and get to know more about God. I grew up going to these camps. Becoming a teacher or mentor to…

Men: Can You Trust Them? In the novel Saving Grace, the author Lee Smith traces the spiritual journey of a young girl named Florida Grace Shepherd, or simply Grace. She is the eleventh child born to her father, Reverend Virgil Shepherd and his third wife, Fannie Flowers. Grace’s mother called her the ‘worrywart child’ (Smith 3). She loved her parents, but she did not like Jesus because He made them travel all the time, “And I actually hated Him when He made us take up traveling in His name,…

In Dorothy West’s The Wedding parents are the deciding factor. They determine the future of their half of the tree. Their ideals are instilled and then passed on from child to child. The evolution of the Coles family begins with Preacher. His life’s work is the improvement of the Coles’ brand. He becomes a preacher, influencing a white community he might not have been able to converse with otherwise. Preacher becomes aware that he cannot rise to the top in one lifetime, but rather, over many.…

chosen to look at a personal situation to research, apply and adapt certain principals in dealing with a highly sensitive matter. The issue is between a staff pastors family and a family in the church. It was brought to the attention of the lead pastor there had been some inappropriate conversations made via texting between a staff pastors wife and a fellow member of the church. The sensitivity of the matter is the fact that there are families involved with the decisions that need to be…

The pastor must make sure that he is tithing and teaches others to tithe. This is the first step in stewardship. He must be ware of the churches resources, so as not to deplete them. He should prayerfully consider how all resource should be used, ultimately to glorify God. Conflict Management Conflict will arise when sinful people are gathered together, therefore the pastor must not be caught off guard when this happens. He should be a peacemaker. The pastor, upon hearing about a conflict,…

I decided to interview my mother’s Pastor. I chose to interview my mother’s pastor because even though I have attended services, I didn’t feel that the Pastor (s) are from my original tradition from when I grew up in Florida. Even though they practice the same religion I felt they were Catholic than Christian’s. To fulfill this project, I contacted my mother to see if she would feel comfortable me contacting her Pastor. After my mother agreed, I phoned her Pastor and asked for her permission to…

The Suffering Pastor Pastor Dimmesdale plays a very key role in the story. He is admired by the whole town and he is known to everyone as a man crafted by god’s hand. What is unknown to them until the end of the story is that he bears a secret shame. He is the father to Pearl that has been kept a secret throughout the novel and the guilt that he feels for the sin is slowly killing him with the help of the Physician, Roger Chillingworth, and his ever prying eyes. Some may say that he is a…

family systems and organizational characteristics in the conflict, as well as developing a strategy for guiding the congregation through this situation. In this scenario we find out that the former pastor was very well liked and remembered by what he had accomplished while he was their senior pastor. This is a very delicate situation that needs to be handled with the utmost respect. I have learned throughout my studies that during the first…

O pastor animarum is a sacred song composed by Hildegard von Bingen. The piece lacks an accompaniment, featuring a single female vocalist. The vocalist’s range is rather broad, jumping from one end of the scale to the other easily. The notes are legato, flowing into one another, typical in Gregorian chants. The texture of the song is light and airy, fitting with the message of salvation in the piece. Many phrases being with a crescendo and end in a diminuendo. Being nonmetric the style of the…

TASK 2: THE PAINTER AND THE PASTOR Focussing on informed conscience and growth of one’s conscience, write a reflection on ‘The Painter and the Pastor.’ Before their arrest, both Myran and Andrew saw themselves as ‘bad’ people who committed significant wrongdoings. Andrew stated that he was an individual who did not get along well with his family. His brother would try to find out what he was up to and he resented his brother for being nosy. However, during Andrew’s time in prison, he realised…