Pastor Appreciation Month: 10 Unique Ideas

October is Pastor appreciation month so October is Pastor appreciation month so here at the beginning of the month we've here at the beginning of the month we've here at the beginning of the month we've compiled a list of ideas for how your compiled a list of ideas for how your compiled a list of ideas for how your church can show your pastor some love church can show your pastor some love church can show your pastor some love some of these ideas are free some cost a some of these ideas are free some cost a some of these ideas are free some cost a little bit of money some are outside the little bit of money some are outside the little bit of money some are outside the box but all of them will help your box but all of them will help your box but all of them will help your pastor feel appreciated plus did you pastor feel appreciated plus did you pastor feel appreciated plus did you know about the conflicted history and know about the conflicted history and know about the conflicted history and origins of Pastor appreciation month you origins of Pastor appreciation month you origins of Pastor appreciation month you will soon let's dive will soon let's dive will soon let's dive in well hey there and welcome to the pro in well hey there and welcome to the pro in well hey there and welcome to the pro Church tool show we're here to help you Church tool show we're here to help you Church tool show we're here to help you and your church navigate the biggest and your church navigate the biggest and your church navigate the biggest communication shift in 500 years I'm communication shift in 500 years I'm communication shift in 500 years I'm Brady sheer your host I'm joined as Brady sheer your host I'm joined as Brady sheer your host I'm joined as always by my co-host we call him the koi always by my co-host we call him the koi always by my co-host we call him the koi clergyman it's Alexander Mills hello clergyman it's Alexander Mills hello clergyman it's Alexander Mills hello hello and today we're covering subject hello and today we're covering subject hello and today we're covering subject matter that in the 700 plus podcast that matter that in the 700 plus podcast that matter that in the 700 plus podcast that we've ever done we've never done before we've ever done we've never done before we've ever done we've never done before we've got 10 unique ideas for pastor we've got 10 unique ideas for pastor we've got 10 unique ideas for pastor appreciation month let's Dive Right In appreciation month let's Dive Right In appreciation month let's Dive Right In to number one and that is an aura to number one and that is an aura to number one and that is an aura digital frame nothing on this podcast is digital frame nothing on this podcast is digital frame nothing on this podcast is sponsored okay that is not some smuggle sponsored okay that is not some smuggle sponsored okay that is not some smuggle where we get an affiliate link so the AA where we get an affiliate link so the AA where we get an affiliate link so the AA digital frame is a picture frame digital frame is a picture frame digital frame is a picture frame obviously and instead of a singular obviously and instead of a singular obviously and instead of a singular print within the frame it's digital and print within the frame it's digital and print within the frame it's digital and what's cool is you can create a portal what's cool is you can create a portal what's cool is you can create a portal where anyone can upload photos into the where anyone can upload photos into the where anyone can upload photos into the frame so you can create a link and share frame so you can create a link and share frame so you can create a link and share it with the staff share it with the it with the staff share it with the it with the staff share it with the congregation and have people upload congregation and have people upload congregation and have people upload photos into this Frame you deliver the photos into this Frame you deliver the photos into this Frame you deliver the frame to your pastor and it's filled frame to your pastor and it's filled frame to your pastor and it's filled with all these photos of great memories with all these photos of great memories with all these photos of great memories of the Church of great memories of the Church of great memories of the Church of great memories different people in the congregation uh different people in the congregation uh different people in the congregation uh with the pastor you can put it up on the with the pastor you can put it up on the with the pastor you can put it up on the wall and look this is going to be wall and look this is going to be wall and look this is going to be different than probably anything you've

different than probably anything you've different than probably anything you've ever done in previous years I'm thrilled ever done in previous years I'm thrilled ever done in previous years I'm thrilled to say I've just pulled up the Aura app to say I've just pulled up the Aura app to say I've just pulled up the Aura app because I'm a user of Aura what yes oh I because I'm a user of Aura what yes oh I because I'm a user of Aura what yes oh I didn't even know this yeah you'll find didn't even know this yeah you'll find didn't even know this yeah you'll find my affiliate Link in the description no my affiliate Link in the description no my affiliate Link in the description no my Rebecca's stepdad so my wife's my Rebecca's stepdad so my wife's my Rebecca's stepdad so my wife's stepdad bought one for Rebecca's mom for stepdad bought one for Rebecca's mom for stepdad bought one for Rebecca's mom for Christmas or Mother's Day something like Christmas or Mother's Day something like Christmas or Mother's Day something like that and you remember the original that and you remember the original that and you remember the original version of these which was like 15 years version of these which was like 15 years version of these which was like 15 years ago oh yeah digital picture frames you ago oh yeah digital picture frames you ago oh yeah digital picture frames you had to load like a an SD card into it had to load like a an SD card into it had to load like a an SD card into it it's like whatever photos you bed onto it's like whatever photos you bed onto it's like whatever photos you bed onto that SD card from the computer like that SD card from the computer like that SD card from the computer like those are the photos that are on those those are the photos that are on those those are the photos that are on those picture frames how about a USB stick picture frames how about a USB stick picture frames how about a USB stick yeah exactly and so they were novel they yeah exactly and so they were novel they yeah exactly and so they were novel they were cool but they got stale because it were cool but they got stale because it were cool but they got stale because it was always the same pictures um so when was always the same pictures um so when was always the same pictures um so when Charlie bought this for for our mom I Charlie bought this for for our mom I Charlie bought this for for our mom I was like are we really doing this again was like are we really doing this again was like are we really doing this again but then I downloaded the app and for but then I downloaded the app and for but then I downloaded the app and for the listeners who don't know we live the listeners who don't know we live the listeners who don't know we live quite a distance from Rebecca's family quite a distance from Rebecca's family quite a distance from Rebecca's family she's from South Carolina we do not live she's from South Carolina we do not live she's from South Carolina we do not live in South Carolina and so it's been so in South Carolina and so it's been so in South Carolina and so it's been so much fun for me the person at a distance much fun for me the person at a distance much fun for me the person at a distance to upload photo phot that I think our to upload photo phot that I think our to upload photo phot that I think our mom is going to want to see photos of mom is going to want to see photos of mom is going to want to see photos of her trips here that like I took on my her trips here that like I took on my her trips here that like I took on my phone that maybe I didn't text her so phone that maybe I didn't text her so phone that maybe I didn't text her so maybe she's never seen and she's getting maybe she's never seen and she's getting maybe she's never seen and she's getting like hashtag blessed all the time like hashtag blessed all the time like hashtag blessed all the time because she doesn't know when I'm going because she doesn't know when I'm going because she doesn't know when I'm going to drop a new photo that's the thing to drop a new photo that's the thing to drop a new photo that's the thing it's not just a one time thing exactly it's not just a one time thing exactly it's not just a one time thing exactly so I'm always uploading new photos and so I'm always uploading new photos and so I'm always uploading new photos and we've been doing this for a year and I'm we've been doing this for a year and I'm we've been doing this for a year and I'm I'm like I'm regularly using it so this I'm like I'm regularly using it so this I'm like I'm regularly using it so this is can confirm a great gift yeah I just is can confirm a great gift yeah I just is can confirm a great gift yeah I just love the idea of the different love the idea of the different love the idea of the different Ministries kind of like at war with one Ministries kind of like at war with one Ministries kind of like at war with one another in a playful of course holy way another in a playful of course holy way another in a playful of course holy way where the youth ministry has like a where the youth ministry has like a where the youth ministry has like a great event and then you like include

great event and then you like include great event and then you like include the pastor in that you maybe maybe the the pastor in that you maybe maybe the the pastor in that you maybe maybe the pastor got dunked at like the fall pastor got dunked at like the fall pastor got dunked at like the fall festival and you upload those photos to festival and you upload those photos to festival and you upload those photos to the frame after you've given the frame the frame after you've given the frame the frame after you've given the frame yes and now the frame kind of becomes yes and now the frame kind of becomes yes and now the frame kind of becomes the Battleground for who can show and the Battleground for who can show and the Battleground for who can show and demonstrate their love for the pastor demonstrate their love for the pastor demonstrate their love for the pastor the most that's true now before we get the most that's true now before we get the most that's true now before we get into the second uh item on the list I I into the second uh item on the list I I into the second uh item on the list I I I wanted to talk a little bit about the I wanted to talk a little bit about the I wanted to talk a little bit about the origins of Pastor appreciation month origins of Pastor appreciation month origins of Pastor appreciation month because this was fascinating to me I because this was fascinating to me I because this was fascinating to me I started looking it up and I really wish started looking it up and I really wish started looking it up and I really wish I had never started pulling back the I had never started pulling back the I had never started pulling back the layers in this I'm afraid rotten onion layers in this I'm afraid rotten onion layers in this I'm afraid rotten onion so this holiday dates back okay holiday so this holiday dates back okay holiday so this holiday dates back okay holiday this thing yes dates back to the early this thing yes dates back to the early this thing yes dates back to the early 9s when it was originally known as 9s when it was originally known as 9s when it was originally known as clergy appreciation day and can I just clergy appreciation day and can I just clergy appreciation day and can I just say just one day uh yes it started as a say just one day uh yes it started as a say just one day uh yes it started as a single day that was celebrated on the single day that was celebrated on the single day that was celebrated on the second Sunday in October and look this second Sunday in October and look this second Sunday in October and look this is a little bit hypocritical uh but I is a little bit hypocritical uh but I is a little bit hypocritical uh but I don't have an appreciation gift for you don't have an appreciation gift for you don't have an appreciation gift for you but let me just say you got time I but let me just say you got time I but let me just say you got time I appreciate you as a clergy than thank appreciate you as a clergy than thank appreciate you as a clergy than thank you so I found please don't please don't you so I found please don't please don't you so I found please don't please don't buy me an AA buy me an AA buy me an AA frame okay I frame okay I frame okay I won't refund okay uh so I found this on won't refund okay uh so I found this on won't refund okay uh so I found this on S uh on SBC voices.com they have this S uh on SBC voices.com they have this S uh on SBC voices.com they have this great write up from 2010 and it says great write up from 2010 and it says great write up from 2010 and it says this uh they found a UMC blog written by this uh they found a UMC blog written by this uh they found a UMC blog written by Reverend Lori hle in 1996 that says that Reverend Lori hle in 1996 that says that Reverend Lori hle in 1996 that says that says this quote in 1992 lay person Jerry says this quote in 1992 lay person Jerry says this quote in 1992 lay person Jerry frier Jr remember that frier Jr remember that frier Jr remember that name was brainstorming with church

name was brainstorming with church name was brainstorming with church colleagues about how they might be of colleagues about how they might be of colleagues about how they might be of help to their Minister when he glanced help to their Minister when he glanced help to their Minister when he glanced at the calendar and noticed that it was at the calendar and noticed that it was at the calendar and noticed that it was almost Groundhog Day this is him now I almost Groundhog Day this is him now I almost Groundhog Day this is him now I thought if they have a day for thought if they have a day for thought if they have a day for groundhogs there ought to be a day for groundhogs there ought to be a day for groundhogs there ought to be a day for the 375,000 clergy people in America he the 375,000 clergy people in America he the 375,000 clergy people in America he got a point so for the last seven years got a point so for the last seven years got a point so for the last seven years the second Sunday in October has been the second Sunday in October has been the second Sunday in October has been set aside to show appreciation for our set aside to show appreciation for our set aside to show appreciation for our clergy end quote now here's where things clergy end quote now here's where things clergy end quote now here's where things get very interesting that same Jerry get very interesting that same Jerry get very interesting that same Jerry frier Jr went to prison for defrauding frier Jr went to prison for defrauding frier Jr went to prison for defrauding of course he did investors in his do of course he did investors in his do of course he did investors in his do startup in the mid-20s look who didn't startup in the mid-20s look who didn't startup in the mid-20s look who didn't defraud people in the do bubble okay defraud people in the do bubble okay defraud people in the do bubble okay everyone was being defrauded and everyone was being defrauded and everyone was being defrauded and defrauding others now in the mid-2010s defrauding others now in the mid-2010s defrauding others now in the mid-2010s Redemption Arc Jerry goes on to train Redemption Arc Jerry goes on to train Redemption Arc Jerry goes on to train churches on the idea of being missional churches on the idea of being missional churches on the idea of being missional and I tracked down a Blog on Blogger and I tracked down a Blog on Blogger and I tracked down a Blog on Blogger from Jerry from years ago here was his from Jerry from years ago here was his from Jerry from years ago here was his self bio then quote I've served as a self bio then quote I've served as a self bio then quote I've served as a pastor for 13 years 15 years ago my wife pastor for 13 years 15 years ago my wife pastor for 13 years 15 years ago my wife and I co-founded clergy appreciation day and I co-founded clergy appreciation day and I co-founded clergy appreciation day we've served pastors and churches with we've served pastors and churches with we've served pastors and churches with help for their Ministries for over 16 help for their Ministries for over 16 help for their Ministries for over 16 years and have helped or impacted over years and have helped or impacted over years and have helped or impacted over 5,000 pastors and churches and it goes 5,000 pastors and churches and it goes 5,000 pastors and churches and it goes on and no mention of the defrauding he on and no mention of the defrauding he on and no mention of the defrauding he didn't include that in his bio well no didn't include that in his bio well no didn't include that in his bio well no served his time he move on punishment served his time he move on punishment served his time he move on punishment served he later also went on to be an served he later also went on to be an served he later also went on to be an adjunct professor at loming College adjunct professor at loming College adjunct professor at loming College pardon me liing college feels like there pardon me liing college feels like there pardon me liing college feels like there should be an end there everyone scre should be an end there everyone scre should be an end there everyone scre scaming in their in their cars that scaming in their in their cars that scaming in their in their cars that knows that how to pronounce that he knows that how to pronounce that he knows that how to pronounce that he taught digital marketing and sadly he

taught digital marketing and sadly he taught digital marketing and sadly he passed away last year unexpectedly 2023 passed away last year unexpectedly 2023 passed away last year unexpectedly 2023 at the age of 54 rest in peace here's at the age of 54 rest in peace here's at the age of 54 rest in peace here's where things get even more interesting where things get even more interesting where things get even more interesting focus on the family would like you to focus on the family would like you to focus on the family would like you to believe that they invented Pastor believe that they invented Pastor believe that they invented Pastor Appreciation Day Andor month this is Appreciation Day Andor month this is Appreciation Day Andor month this is from their website quote focus on the from their website quote focus on the from their website quote focus on the family named and began emphasizing family named and began emphasizing family named and began emphasizing pastor appreci ation month in 1994 pastor appreci ation month in 1994 pastor appreci ation month in 1994 reminding congregations that it was reminding congregations that it was reminding congregations that it was biblical and proper to honor their biblical and proper to honor their biblical and proper to honor their pastoral staff and pastoral families pastoral staff and pastoral families pastoral staff and pastoral families throughout the year but suggesting that throughout the year but suggesting that throughout the year but suggesting that they set aside the month of October for they set aside the month of October for they set aside the month of October for a special tangible tribute for those a special tangible tribute for those a special tangible tribute for those churches that preferred a single weekend churches that preferred a single weekend churches that preferred a single weekend we recommend the second weekend of the we recommend the second weekend of the we recommend the second weekend of the month May of course you do may I say you month May of course you do may I say you month May of course you do may I say you don't need to recommend it that don't need to recommend it that don't need to recommend it that precedent had already been precedent had already been precedent had already been set however they go on to say honoring a set however they go on to say honoring a set however they go on to say honoring a Church's entire pastoral staff and their Church's entire pastoral staff and their Church's entire pastoral staff and their families can be done at any time and in families can be done at any time and in families can be done at any time and in fact should become a normal part of the fact should become a normal part of the fact should become a normal part of the church's ongoing care quote quote quote church's ongoing care quote quote quote church's ongoing care quote quote quote dot dot do no mention of one Jerry frier dot dot do no mention of one Jerry frier dot dot do no mention of one Jerry frier Jr may he rest in peace though as I did Jr may he rest in peace though as I did Jr may he rest in peace though as I did even further research some would like even further research some would like even further research some would like you to believe that Jerry freer's you to believe that Jerry freer's you to believe that Jerry freer's original Ministry had some connections original Ministry had some connections original Ministry had some connections to focus on the family so perhaps they to focus on the family so perhaps they to focus on the family so perhaps they were in cahoots this entire time wow were in cahoots this entire time wow were in cahoots this entire time wow consider me unsurprised what have you consider me unsurprised what have you consider me unsurprised what have you learned from this history lesson I've learned from this history lesson I've learned from this history lesson I've learned learned learned that as is true for most things that that as is true for most things that that as is true for most things that we're fond of it's probably best just to we're fond of it's probably best just to we're fond of it's probably best just to live in Blissful ignorance and not know

live in Blissful ignorance and not know live in Blissful ignorance and not know the origin of the thing I'm not throwing the origin of the thing I'm not throwing the origin of the thing I'm not throwing shade at this individual person in any shade at this individual person in any shade at this individual person in any way because my church recently hosted way because my church recently hosted way because my church recently hosted him but I call this the Chris Tomlin him but I call this the Chris Tomlin him but I call this the Chris Tomlin effect this is the Chris Tomlin effect effect this is the Chris Tomlin effect effect this is the Chris Tomlin effect take a a well-recorded take a a well-recorded take a a well-recorded um um published and written worship song um um published and written worship song um um published and written worship song put sing it in the key of Chris Tomlin put sing it in the key of Chris Tomlin put sing it in the key of Chris Tomlin re-release it under your name and you've re-release it under your name and you've re-release it under your name and you've got a Smash Hit that most people will got a Smash Hit that most people will got a Smash Hit that most people will believe you wrote and originally believe you wrote and originally believe you wrote and originally performed but you did not case in point performed but you did not case in point performed but you did not case in point the Beloved song from the northern Irish the Beloved song from the northern Irish the Beloved song from the northern Irish contemporary Christian band God of this contemporary Christian band God of this contemporary Christian band God of this city yeah blue tree that's right speak city yeah blue tree that's right speak city yeah blue tree that's right speak on their name because one Chris Tomlin on their name because one Chris Tomlin on their name because one Chris Tomlin re-recorded and popularized that song re-recorded and popularized that song re-recorded and popularized that song let me tell you that our youth group saw let me tell you that our youth group saw let me tell you that our youth group saw blue tree in person and we were singing blue tree in person and we were singing blue tree in person and we were singing that song in rotation at youth group that song in rotation at youth group that song in rotation at youth group before it never went big via the Chris before it never went big via the Chris before it never went big via the Chris Tomlin effect seems like focus on the Tomlin effect seems like focus on the Tomlin effect seems like focus on the family was like listen a single day you family was like listen a single day you family was like listen a single day you can't just appreciate a pastor in one can't just appreciate a pastor in one can't just appreciate a pastor in one day mon for clergy I raise you a month day mon for clergy I raise you a month day mon for clergy I raise you a month for pastors let's get back to idea for pastors let's get back to idea for pastors let's get back to idea number two this is just gold standard number two this is just gold standard number two this is just gold standard can't go wrong with this handwritten can't go wrong with this handwritten can't go wrong with this handwritten notes there's nothing quite like notes there's nothing quite like notes there's nothing quite like receiving a handwritten note why because receiving a handwritten note why because receiving a handwritten note why because who handwrites that's true the kids who handwrites that's true the kids who handwrites that's true the kids don't even know how to handw write don't even know how to handw write don't even know how to handw write anymore the downside is my handwritten anymore the downside is my handwritten anymore the downside is my handwritten note to the pastor may be illegible uh note to the pastor may be illegible uh note to the pastor may be illegible uh because it's the first time I've used because it's the first time I've used because it's the first time I've used those muscles in many many years idea those muscles in many many years idea those muscles in many many years idea number three video thank you card from

number three video thank you card from number three video thank you card from kids so instead of doing the handwritten kids so instead of doing the handwritten kids so instead of doing the handwritten note you get the kids in front of the note you get the kids in front of the note you get the kids in front of the camera and maybe uh there's a theme camera and maybe uh there's a theme camera and maybe uh there's a theme maybe there's uh leading questions to maybe there's uh leading questions to maybe there's uh leading questions to help them kind of get into the subject help them kind of get into the subject help them kind of get into the subject matter but you compile different kids matter but you compile different kids matter but you compile different kids from kids ministry expressing their from kids ministry expressing their from kids ministry expressing their gratitude to the pastor anytime we've gratitude to the pastor anytime we've gratitude to the pastor anytime we've done a video at our church that involves done a video at our church that involves done a video at our church that involves kids we recently did this this past kids we recently did this this past kids we recently did this this past weekend where it was like come and see a weekend where it was like come and see a weekend where it was like come and see a Sunday morning through a kid's eyes and Sunday morning through a kid's eyes and Sunday morning through a kid's eyes and we had like a little DJI mic on them and we had like a little DJI mic on them and we had like a little DJI mic on them and like that video was one of our best like that video was one of our best like that video was one of our best performing social posts in a long time I performing social posts in a long time I performing social posts in a long time I it came across my free you page there it came across my free you page there it came across my free you page there you go anytime you involve a kid you you you go anytime you involve a kid you you you go anytime you involve a kid you you just can't you can't lose and so doing just can't you can't lose and so doing just can't you can't lose and so doing this there's that element of cuteness of this there's that element of cuteness of this there's that element of cuteness of course uh it's going to pull up the course uh it's going to pull up the course uh it's going to pull up the heartstrings of the pastor and zero cost heartstrings of the pastor and zero cost heartstrings of the pastor and zero cost our kids ministry leaders did something our kids ministry leaders did something our kids ministry leaders did something similar to this last year for us they similar to this last year for us they similar to this last year for us they didn't do a video but they asked their didn't do a video but they asked their didn't do a video but they asked their the kids during one of the Sundays like the kids during one of the Sundays like the kids during one of the Sundays like hey they prepared to cra five things I hey they prepared to cra five things I hey they prepared to cra five things I love about my pastor and the kids were love about my pastor and the kids were love about my pastor and the kids were able to fill in five things and so at able to fill in five things and so at able to fill in five things and so at the end of that month we they gave us the end of that month we they gave us the end of that month we they gave us this gift of all these papers from these this gift of all these papers from these this gift of all these papers from these kids that represent all the kids and kids that represent all the kids and kids that represent all the kids and five reasons from each kid in their own five reasons from each kid in their own five reasons from each kid in their own handri handwriting why they love us and handri handwriting why they love us and handri handwriting why they love us and I'm not a collector of things I'm not a I'm not a collector of things I'm not a I'm not a collector of things I'm not a very sentimental person but I have those very sentimental person but I have those very sentimental person but I have those all of those plastered in my office at all of those plastered in my office at all of those plastered in my office at church they just they just mean the church they just they just mean the church they just they just mean the world to me so I turned 30 in the year world to me so I turned 30 in the year world to me so I turned 30 in the year of Our Lord Co and I was not able to of Our Lord Co and I was not able to of Our Lord Co and I was not able to gather with my friends and family at gather with my friends and family at gather with my friends and family at least not all of them and they all sent least not all of them and they all sent least not all of them and they all sent in you included a video note saying hey in you included a video note saying hey in you included a video note saying hey happy 30th birthday unlike every other

happy 30th birthday unlike every other happy 30th birthday unlike every other birthday wish that you sent me either in birthday wish that you sent me either in birthday wish that you sent me either in person or via text that has been lost to person or via text that has been lost to person or via text that has been lost to memory or to The Ether of the iMessage I memory or to The Ether of the iMessage I memory or to The Ether of the iMessage I have those in Dropbox and I will have have those in Dropbox and I will have have those in Dropbox and I will have them forever and so there's also a them forever and so there's also a them forever and so there's also a staying power element that is really staying power element that is really staying power element that is really special for sure and unlike other gifts special for sure and unlike other gifts special for sure and unlike other gifts that you can give idea number four gift that you can give idea number four gift that you can give idea number four gift cards to a favorite restaurant or store cards to a favorite restaurant or store cards to a favorite restaurant or store so good basic but classic what if we so good basic but classic what if we so good basic but classic what if we could elevated could elevated could elevated okay let meell you on this idea all okay let meell you on this idea all okay let meell you on this idea all right upgrade it to be themed so for right upgrade it to be themed so for right upgrade it to be themed so for example you get a Jerry can yeah okay example you get a Jerry can yeah okay example you get a Jerry can yeah okay okay okay stay with me get a Jerry can okay okay stay with me get a Jerry can okay okay stay with me get a Jerry can and you ask the congregation to donate and you ask the congregation to donate and you ask the congregation to donate gift cards that are gas cards okay okay gift cards that are gas cards okay okay gift cards that are gas cards okay okay you take the gas cards and you tape them you take the gas cards and you tape them you take the gas cards and you tape them all over the Jerry can and you call it all over the Jerry can and you call it all over the Jerry can and you call it the Fuel Fund I like it right and now I the Fuel Fund I like it right and now I the Fuel Fund I like it right and now I go to you Pastor Alex and I say Pastor go to you Pastor Alex and I say Pastor go to you Pastor Alex and I say Pastor appreciation month not a day here is appreciation month not a day here is appreciation month not a day here is your Fuel Fund and now for the next your Fuel Fund and now for the next your Fuel Fund and now for the next however many months your gas is covered however many months your gas is covered however many months your gas is covered love it and there's a physical item that love it and there's a physical item that love it and there's a physical item that you can actually hand so it's not just you can actually hand so it's not just you can actually hand so it's not just like a card sure it's like look at this like a card sure it's like look at this like a card sure it's like look at this fun thing you get a grocery bag put fun thing you get a grocery bag put fun thing you get a grocery bag put grocery cards on the outside okay give grocery cards on the outside okay give grocery cards on the outside okay give the grocery card like you could do this the grocery card like you could do this the grocery card like you could do this in any number more Monumental exactly in any number more Monumental exactly in any number more Monumental exactly something physical you get like a cheap something physical you get like a cheap something physical you get like a cheap $8 thing off of Amazon right and then $8 thing off of Amazon right and then $8 thing off of Amazon right and then like maybe maybe you send them to like like maybe maybe you send them to like like maybe maybe you send them to like oh it's football season oh they're a big oh it's football season oh they're a big oh it's football season oh they're a big fan of the Green Bay Packers okay like fan of the Green Bay Packers okay like fan of the Green Bay Packers okay like you get them them a little like Green you get them them a little like Green you get them them a little like Green Bay uh merchandise type of thing it Bay uh merchandise type of thing it Bay uh merchandise type of thing it could be a pennant it could be a jersey could be a pennant it could be a jersey could be a pennant it could be a jersey it could be a bobblehead it could be a it could be a bobblehead it could be a it could be a bobblehead it could be a helmet that's a pretty good idea and helmet that's a pretty good idea and helmet that's a pretty good idea and then like inside the helmet are the

then like inside the helmet are the then like inside the helmet are the tickets and a T-shirt and a gift card to tickets and a T-shirt and a gift card to tickets and a T-shirt and a gift card to whatever place that Everyone likes to whatever place that Everyone likes to whatever place that Everyone likes to eat around Lambo feel whatever it is eat around Lambo feel whatever it is eat around Lambo feel whatever it is turn something that would normally just turn something that would normally just turn something that would normally just be a digital gift or like in a card and be a digital gift or like in a card and be a digital gift or like in a card and make it into a physical thing the Jer make it into a physical thing the Jer make it into a physical thing the Jer can reminds me uh that would be for any can reminds me uh that would be for any can reminds me uh that would be for any of my parishioners listening to the show of my parishioners listening to the show of my parishioners listening to the show uh I'm really trying to buy a boat uh I'm really trying to buy a boat uh I'm really trying to buy a boat really want to get a boat Bishop boat really want to get a boat Bishop boat really want to get a boat Bishop boat yeah and mostly for the podcast so you yeah and mostly for the podcast so you yeah and mostly for the podcast so you have more uh nicknames for me for the have more uh nicknames for me for the have more uh nicknames for me for the beginning of the show um but when you beginning of the show um but when you beginning of the show um but when you were painting the picture of Jerry I'm were painting the picture of Jerry I'm were painting the picture of Jerry I'm like oh yeah gas for the boat yeah I'm like oh yeah gas for the boat yeah I'm like oh yeah gas for the boat yeah I'm feeling it I'm catching the vision yes feeling it I'm catching the vision yes feeling it I'm catching the vision yes okay okay wow next one is the one that okay okay wow next one is the one that okay okay wow next one is the one that we really all want at least pastors with we really all want at least pastors with we really all want at least pastors with families and kids okay so the idea here families and kids okay so the idea here families and kids okay so the idea here is you just plan a night out don't we is you just plan a night out don't we is you just plan a night out don't we need that for the pastor so this would need that for the pastor so this would need that for the pastor so this would include child care if needed gift card include child care if needed gift card include child care if needed gift card to the restaurant of choice some type of to the restaurant of choice some type of to the restaurant of choice some type of funding for that plan an activity funding for that plan an activity funding for that plan an activity afterwards something that's novel that afterwards something that's novel that afterwards something that's novel that they'll always remember so not just like they'll always remember so not just like they'll always remember so not just like go see a movie but like something a go see a movie but like something a go see a movie but like something a little bit out of the ordinary a dance little bit out of the ordinary a dance little bit out of the ordinary a dance lesson some type of like cooking lesson lesson some type of like cooking lesson lesson some type of like cooking lesson uh here you can uh you can zipline down uh here you can uh you can zipline down uh here you can uh you can zipline down to the base of the nagger fall Falls to the base of the nagger fall Falls to the base of the nagger fall Falls sure on the zip line and pray that they sure on the zip line and pray that they sure on the zip line and pray that they make it back alive thank yeah I mean cuz make it back alive thank yeah I mean cuz make it back alive thank yeah I mean cuz Sunday's coming also like you get one Sunday's coming also like you get one Sunday's coming also like you get one night out but like not not not much more night out but like not not not much more night out but like not not not much more um something that's going to be um something that's going to be um something that's going to be memorable is always useful a lot of memorable is always useful a lot of memorable is always useful a lot of these ideas they work these ideas they work these ideas they work because they're unusual right we put it because they're unusual right we put it because they're unusual right we put it in the title UniQue Ideas the reason a in the title UniQue Ideas the reason a in the title UniQue Ideas the reason a unique idea is great is because it unique idea is great is because it unique idea is great is because it sticks in someone's memory longer the sticks in someone's memory longer the sticks in someone's memory longer the reason I remember those video cards that reason I remember those video cards that reason I remember those video cards that I got for my 30th birthday was because

I got for my 30th birthday was because I got for my 30th birthday was because well I've never gotten those before and well I've never gotten those before and well I've never gotten those before and so the fact that they were just a little so the fact that they were just a little so the fact that they were just a little bit unusual and that's why the Fuel Fund bit unusual and that's why the Fuel Fund bit unusual and that's why the Fuel Fund like when are you going to be gifted to like when are you going to be gifted to like when are you going to be gifted to Jerry can right like Pastor Alex yeah he Jerry can right like Pastor Alex yeah he Jerry can right like Pastor Alex yeah he has his sight set higher he wants his has his sight set higher he wants his has his sight set higher he wants his congregation to gift him a yacht like I congregation to gift him a yacht like I congregation to gift him a yacht like I didn't realize that was kind of a didn't realize that was kind of a didn't realize that was kind of a theology that he subscribed to you theology that he subscribed to you theology that he subscribed to you should see the boats I'm looking at in should see the boats I'm looking at in should see the boats I'm looking at in my budget they are like you look at it my budget they are like you look at it my budget they are like you look at it it's like is this Worthy is this safe it's like is this Worthy is this safe it's like is this Worthy is this safe but I can make it waterw worthy I can but I can make it waterw worthy I can but I can make it waterw worthy I can replace the Bellows I don't Bishop replace the Bellows I don't Bishop replace the Bellows I don't Bishop Bellows see this is for you the the Bellows see this is for you the the Bellows see this is for you the the Lexicon of boat turs that I'm going to Lexicon of boat turs that I'm going to Lexicon of boat turs that I'm going to turn into pastoral puns is outstanding turn into pastoral puns is outstanding turn into pastoral puns is outstanding hey um the way you laid this one out in hey um the way you laid this one out in hey um the way you laid this one out in because you could just give a gift card because you could just give a gift card because you could just give a gift card for dinner you know you could just say for dinner you know you could just say for dinner you know you could just say hey we want to watch your kids for the hey we want to watch your kids for the hey we want to watch your kids for the night but going the extra step to plan night but going the extra step to plan night but going the extra step to plan the whole thing is something that I'm in the whole thing is something that I'm in the whole thing is something that I'm in the process of learing learning is the process of learing learning is the process of learing learning is something my wife really appreciates something my wife really appreciates something my wife really appreciates it's like it's not just that we go up it's like it's not just that we go up it's like it's not just that we go up for dinner it's like that she didn't for dinner it's like that she didn't for dinner it's like that she didn't have to think about going up for dinner have to think about going up for dinner have to think about going up for dinner I didn't have to ask her where you want I didn't have to ask her where you want I didn't have to ask her where you want to go it's like no I came the part of to go it's like no I came the part of to go it's like no I came the part of the gift to you is the planning of the the gift to you is the planning of the the gift to you is the planning of the entire thing so that's a lot of value entire thing so that's a lot of value entire thing so that's a lot of value with this one idea number five is not with this one idea number five is not with this one idea number five is not just the gift card for dinner or not just the gift card for dinner or not just the gift card for dinner or not just offering child care but but gifting just offering child care but but gifting just offering child care but but gifting your pastors the entire evening we've your pastors the entire evening we've your pastors the entire evening we've planned it for you you don't have to planned it for you you don't have to planned it for you you don't have to think you don't have to worry you just think you don't have to worry you just think you don't have to worry you just we're going to take your kids at 5 you we're going to take your kids at 5 you we're going to take your kids at 5 you can come home whenever and and we've can come home whenever and and we've can come home whenever and and we've plotted out your evening for you you plotted out your evening for you you plotted out your evening for you you just take the any little burden off of just take the any little burden off of just take the any little burden off of their shoulders for the evening that can their shoulders for the evening that can their shoulders for the evening that can go a long way and I also wanted to give go a long way and I also wanted to give go a long way and I also wanted to give an alternative option if the children an alternative option if the children an alternative option if the children are not at an age where Child Care is

are not at an age where Child Care is are not at an age where Child Care is feasible or perhaps like you know not feasible or perhaps like you know not feasible or perhaps like you know not all parents are like wanting to leave all parents are like wanting to leave all parents are like wanting to leave their kids like every one of my friends their kids like every one of my friends their kids like every one of my friends has a child under one right now it seems has a child under one right now it seems has a child under one right now it seems it's like not everyone is like yeah cool it's like not everyone is like yeah cool it's like not everyone is like yeah cool just leave my kid and like see you later just leave my kid and like see you later just leave my kid and like see you later so in that case an alternative option so in that case an alternative option so in that case an alternative option would be a weeklong meal train would be a weeklong meal train would be a weeklong meal train accompanied by handwritten notes from accompanied by handwritten notes from accompanied by handwritten notes from the family that made each meal with a the family that made each meal with a the family that made each meal with a brief explanation about the meal's brief explanation about the meal's brief explanation about the meal's meaning and or family Origins love that meaning and or family Origins love that meaning and or family Origins love that let me let me let me explain this past Friday I was at my explain this past Friday I was at my explain this past Friday I was at my next door neighbor's house for next door neighbor's house for next door neighbor's house for neighborhood dinner we do this a few neighborhood dinner we do this a few neighborhood dinner we do this a few times a year this one was especially times a year this one was especially times a year this one was especially memorable because the uh wife the woman memorable because the uh wife the woman memorable because the uh wife the woman of the house cooked us her traditional of the house cooked us her traditional of the house cooked us her traditional cultures food she is Sri Lanka amazing cultures food she is Sri Lanka amazing cultures food she is Sri Lanka amazing and her mother passed away last year and and her mother passed away last year and and her mother passed away last year and her mother was the one that gave her all her mother was the one that gave her all her mother was the one that gave her all of these like recipes she's like I never of these like recipes she's like I never of these like recipes she's like I never cook for people but she wanted to honor cook for people but she wanted to honor cook for people but she wanted to honor mom in this way brought out a photo of mom in this way brought out a photo of mom in this way brought out a photo of her mom which she had never like showed her mom which she had never like showed her mom which she had never like showed us before like kind of kind of getting us before like kind of kind of getting us before like kind of kind of getting like a little bit more intimate in a like a little bit more intimate in a like a little bit more intimate in a relationship that is sometimes like just relationship that is sometimes like just relationship that is sometimes like just like oh we're neighbors but we're like like oh we're neighbors but we're like like oh we're neighbors but we're like not this close very special night my God not this close very special night my God not this close very special night my God thank you Lord Sri Lankan food is some thank you Lord Sri Lankan food is some thank you Lord Sri Lankan food is some of my favorite when I was in the MDES of my favorite when I was in the MDES of my favorite when I was in the MDES last year every single morning I would last year every single morning I would last year every single morning I would wake up I would go to the buffet and my wake up I would go to the buffet and my wake up I would go to the buffet and my wife and friends let me get a pastry let wife and friends let me get a pastry let wife and friends let me get a pastry let me get a waffle and I'd be like let me me get a waffle and I'd be like let me me get a waffle and I'd be like let me get the Roy and whatever type of Curry get the Roy and whatever type of Curry get the Roy and whatever type of Curry you got this morning and it was divine you got this morning and it was divine you got this morning and it was divine and it was especially memorable why and it was especially memorable why and it was especially memorable why because there was me meaning assigned to because there was me meaning assigned to because there was me meaning assigned to it and so like don't just like deliver a it and so like don't just like deliver a it and so like don't just like deliver a meal but like be like hey this recipe meal but like be like hey this recipe meal but like be like hey this recipe this is this is this is Reverend Rapids this is this is this is Reverend Rapids this is this is this is Reverend Rapids version of this okay he'd be like hey I version of this okay he'd be like hey I version of this okay he'd be like hey I harvested these leaks this morning these

harvested these leaks this morning these harvested these leaks this morning these mushrooms may or may not kill you but mushrooms may or may not kill you but mushrooms may or may not kill you but don't worry they won't because I don't worry they won't because I don't worry they won't because I minister of the mushrooms know which minister of the mushrooms know which minister of the mushrooms know which ones are lethal and which ones are not ones are lethal and which ones are not ones are lethal and which ones are not and I made this and I make it I made a and I made this and I make it I made a and I made this and I make it I made a Dutch baby that's a food not right a Dutch baby that's a food not right a Dutch baby that's a food not right a child of a person from the Netherlands child of a person from the Netherlands child of a person from the Netherlands and now there's like meaning as you eat and now there's like meaning as you eat and now there's like meaning as you eat oh myom gave me this recipe I'm a menite oh myom gave me this recipe I'm a menite oh myom gave me this recipe I'm a menite what do you know about B there's red B what do you know about B there's red B what do you know about B there's red B there's green B I'm from a green B there's green B I'm from a green B there's green B I'm from a green B family my menite friend Justin he's from family my menite friend Justin he's from family my menite friend Justin he's from a red Bor family right like now we're a red Bor family right like now we're a red Bor family right like now we're learning things about each other meal learning things about each other meal learning things about each other meal trains are really easy to pull off trains are really easy to pull off trains are really easy to pull off practically as well using the website practically as well using the website practically as well using the website like mealtrain.com off the top of my like mealtrain.com off the top of my like mealtrain.com off the top of my head I think mealtrain.com I'm pretty head I think mealtrain.com I'm pretty head I think mealtrain.com I'm pretty sure also my affiliate Link in the sure also my affiliate Link in the sure also my affiliate Link in the description of the show um you know description of the show um you know description of the show um you know anytime in our community someone has uh anytime in our community someone has uh anytime in our community someone has uh a baby which people are having babies a baby which people are having babies a baby which people are having babies all the time around here um that's part all the time around here um that's part all the time around here um that's part of our our ministry to those folks is of our our ministry to those folks is of our our ministry to those folks is like setting up a meal train and the like setting up a meal train and the like setting up a meal train and the website's awesome it makes it makes website's awesome it makes it makes website's awesome it makes it makes facilitating a meal train really really facilitating a meal train really really facilitating a meal train really really easy um and works really well in the easy um and works really well in the easy um and works really well in the church community so I'm pretty sure it's church community so I'm pretty sure it's church community so I'm pretty sure it's mealtrain.com idea number six hobby mealtrain.com idea number six hobby mealtrain.com idea number six hobby related gifts for the life preserver related gifts for the life preserver related gifts for the life preserver liturgist this is going to be pretty liturgist this is going to be pretty liturgist this is going to be pretty straightforward he needs a yacht first straightforward he needs a yacht first straightforward he needs a yacht first and foremost and then he needs staff to and foremost and then he needs staff to and foremost and then he needs staff to work on the yacht I need ores I'm going work on the yacht I need ores I'm going work on the yacht I need ores I'm going to need some ores because certainly I'm to need some ores because certainly I'm to need some ores because certainly I'm going to be in engine trouble needs a going to be in engine trouble needs a going to be in engine trouble needs a captain needs a chef needs a Sue Chef captain needs a chef needs a Sue Chef captain needs a chef needs a Sue Chef needs a couple of boat cleaners I need a needs a couple of boat cleaners I need a needs a couple of boat cleaners I need a bailing bucket because we're taking on bailing bucket because we're taking on bailing bucket because we're taking on water Bishop Bucket over here hobby water Bishop Bucket over here hobby water Bishop Bucket over here hobby related gifts what's great about these related gifts what's great about these related gifts what's great about these is that they're personal to the pastor is that they're personal to the pastor is that they're personal to the pastor right so your pastor surely has some

right so your pastor surely has some right so your pastor surely has some specific passions that are unique to specific passions that are unique to specific passions that are unique to them for instance maybe they're big into them for instance maybe they're big into them for instance maybe they're big into fantasy football a gift could be trading fantasy football a gift could be trading fantasy football a gift could be trading them a them a them a player in a non-even trade right like player in a non-even trade right like player in a non-even trade right like are you trying to say something right are you trying to say something right are you trying to say something right now all all I'm saying is that when the now all all I'm saying is that when the now all all I'm saying is that when the projections were done projections were done projections were done Pastor over here Pastor Pig kin I don't Pastor over here Pastor Pig kin I don't Pastor over here Pastor Pig kin I don't know I don't know if that pun name is know I don't know if that pun name is know I don't know if that pun name is meant to be bestowed upon you based on meant to be bestowed upon you based on meant to be bestowed upon you based on some of the picks that you made but I some of the picks that you made but I some of the picks that you made but I was confident in my team and you see how was confident in my team and you see how was confident in my team and you see how I performed this past weekend yeah like I performed this past weekend yeah like I performed this past weekend yeah like week one baby like we're a little bit week one baby like we're a little bit week one baby like we're a little bit ahead on this recording and oh so you're ahead on this recording and oh so you're ahead on this recording and oh so you're offering me the lopsided trade what I'm offering me the lopsided trade what I'm offering me the lopsided trade what I'm saying is receive it I would consider saying is receive it I would consider saying is receive it I would consider that okay I will trade you uh CD lamb that okay I will trade you uh CD lamb that okay I will trade you uh CD lamb and you can give me you know some backup and you can give me you know some backup and you can give me you know some backup tight end right and that is my way of tight end right and that is my way of tight end right and that is my way of showing you appreciation for this month showing you appreciation for this month showing you appreciation for this month what I love about that is Pastor Hobbies what I love about that is Pastor Hobbies what I love about that is Pastor Hobbies usually are the thing that they're doing usually are the thing that they're doing usually are the thing that they're doing when they're not actively doing Ministry when they're not actively doing Ministry when they're not actively doing Ministry so by gifting them something that's so by gifting them something that's so by gifting them something that's hobby related it's kind of like hey I hobby related it's kind of like hey I hobby related it's kind of like hey I see you I see that you love to do this see you I see that you love to do this see you I see that you love to do this thing this thing has nothing to do with thing this thing has nothing to do with thing this thing has nothing to do with like what we do at church and you you do like what we do at church and you you do like what we do at church and you you do this thing on your own or whatever this this thing on your own or whatever this this thing on your own or whatever this is the thing you do to rest and relax is the thing you do to rest and relax is the thing you do to rest and relax this the thing the thing you do on your this the thing the thing you do on your this the thing the thing you do on your Sabbath I want to invest in that it's a Sabbath I want to invest in that it's a Sabbath I want to invest in that it's a nice little touch idea number eight an nice little touch idea number eight an nice little touch idea number eight an award ceremony award ceremony award ceremony we're calling it The clergies what about we're calling it The clergies what about we're calling it The clergies what about idea number seven what did I oh I idea number seven what did I oh I idea number seven what did I oh I skipped idea number seven I was okay skipped idea number seven I was okay skipped idea number seven I was okay we'll get back to the clergies I was so we'll get back to the clergies I was so we'll get back to the clergies I was so excited get to the cler well you know excited get to the cler well you know excited get to the cler well you know idea 6 and seven both start with h yes

idea 6 and seven both start with h yes idea 6 and seven both start with h yes and they both have the same amount of and they both have the same amount of and they both have the same amount of characters idea number seven is really characters idea number seven is really characters idea number seven is really just for me if I was a pastor and that's just for me if I was a pastor and that's just for me if I was a pastor and that's Home Improvements okay I've got a big Home Improvements okay I've got a big Home Improvements okay I've got a big honeydew list unfortunately I was born honeydew list unfortunately I was born honeydew list unfortunately I was born in the 9s and so I'm incredibly uh in the 9s and so I'm incredibly uh in the 9s and so I'm incredibly uh competent in the world of tech competent in the world of tech competent in the world of tech incredibly incompetent in the physical incredibly incompetent in the physical incredibly incompetent in the physical world and so there are a bunch of Home world and so there are a bunch of Home world and so there are a bunch of Home Improvements that need to be done in my Improvements that need to be done in my Improvements that need to be done in my home and frankly I do not have the skill home and frankly I do not have the skill home and frankly I do not have the skill to do them could I learn I'm confident I to do them could I learn I'm confident I to do them could I learn I'm confident I could learn but the problem is is that I could learn but the problem is is that I could learn but the problem is is that I don't really make money from improving don't really make money from improving don't really make money from improving my home I make money from working on my my home I make money from working on my my home I make money from working on my business and then my leftover time I business and then my leftover time I business and then my leftover time I have to figure out how to replace CD have to figure out how to replace CD have to figure out how to replace CD lamb after I made a lopsided trade to lamb after I made a lopsided trade to lamb after I made a lopsided trade to Pastor Pig so Home Improvements great Pastor Pig so Home Improvements great Pastor Pig so Home Improvements great option Pastor might be competent himself option Pastor might be competent himself option Pastor might be competent himself herself Maybe not maybe they just don't herself Maybe not maybe they just don't herself Maybe not maybe they just don't have the time and that home it gets have the time and that home it gets have the time and that home it gets overlooked people in the church can overlooked people in the church can overlooked people in the church can donate their time donate their uh Talent donate their time donate their uh Talent donate their time donate their uh Talent yes and they can go to the home do some yes and they can go to the home do some yes and they can go to the home do some fixes wow that's really meaningful fixes wow that's really meaningful fixes wow that's really meaningful because every time now you open that because every time now you open that because every time now you open that shower door and it doesn't scrape shower door and it doesn't scrape shower door and it doesn't scrape against the you know hinges you get to against the you know hinges you get to against the you know hinges you get to thank God for you know Jill or Brett who thank God for you know Jill or Brett who thank God for you know Jill or Brett who who fixed it for you yes you remember who fixed it for you yes you remember who fixed it for you yes you remember those people okay here we go idea number those people okay here we go idea number those people okay here we go idea number eight thank God that idea is over idea eight thank God that idea is over idea eight thank God that idea is over idea number eight the clergies okay so of number eight the clergies okay so of number eight the clergies okay so of course this is a riff on the dundies uh course this is a riff on the dundies uh course this is a riff on the dundies uh so I would say do this on a weekday this so I would say do this on a weekday this so I would say do this on a weekday this is a staff event okay this isn't necess is a staff event okay this isn't necess is a staff event okay this isn't necess necessarily something you bring in with necessarily something you bring in with necessarily something you bring in with the whole congregation maybe you don't the whole congregation maybe you don't the whole congregation maybe you don't want to make pastor appreciation month a want to make pastor appreciation month a want to make pastor appreciation month a big thing from stage maybe it's meant to big thing from stage maybe it's meant to big thing from stage maybe it's meant to be more of an intimate Affair more be more of an intimate Affair more be more of an intimate Affair more private within the leadership and staff private within the leadership and staff private within the leadership and staff okay do the clergies each person on okay do the clergies each person on okay do the clergies each person on staff each person in key leadership gets staff each person in key leadership gets staff each person in key leadership gets to present one award so for example I'm

to present one award so for example I'm to present one award so for example I'm awarding to Alex the sermon of the Year awarding to Alex the sermon of the Year awarding to Alex the sermon of the Year okay and we're going to have a little okay and we're going to have a little okay and we're going to have a little bit there's going to be a physical bit there's going to be a physical bit there's going to be a physical representation of it they don't all need representation of it they don't all need representation of it they don't all need to be like exactly replicas of the to be like exactly replicas of the to be like exactly replicas of the Oscars of an Academy Award I deliver it Oscars of an Academy Award I deliver it Oscars of an Academy Award I deliver it to him and I say hey the sermon of the to him and I say hey the sermon of the to him and I say hey the sermon of the Year from me was when you preached on Year from me was when you preached on Year from me was when you preached on this text in this day and this is why it this text in this day and this is why it this text in this day and this is why it was meaningful to me and so it's was meaningful to me and so it's was meaningful to me and so it's obviously a bit of pageantry for the obviously a bit of pageantry for the obviously a bit of pageantry for the sake of pageantry it's memorable because sake of pageantry it's memorable because sake of pageantry it's memorable because of how absurd it is but it's also of how absurd it is but it's also of how absurd it is but it's also personal and special because there is personal and special because there is personal and special because there is real sentiment attached to it and it's real sentiment attached to it and it's real sentiment attached to it and it's just a whole lot of fun now if you don't just a whole lot of fun now if you don't just a whole lot of fun now if you don't have a a a team of Staff if you're a have a a a team of Staff if you're a have a a a team of Staff if you're a smaller Church like the median Church smaller Church like the median Church smaller Church like the median Church size in America how do you think you size in America how do you think you size in America how do you think you could still pull this off in that could still pull this off in that could still pull this off in that context like because you don't want context like because you don't want context like because you don't want bring this into a Sunday service and bring this into a Sunday service and bring this into a Sunday service and like have it speak for most of the like have it speak for most of the like have it speak for most of the Sunday service um that may just be like Sunday service um that may just be like Sunday service um that may just be like a little bit too much out of context so a little bit too much out of context so a little bit too much out of context so how would you pull this off with a with how would you pull this off with a with how would you pull this off with a with a smaller team maybe just a volunteer a smaller team maybe just a volunteer a smaller team maybe just a volunteer team or getting the whole maybe your team or getting the whole maybe your team or getting the whole maybe your church is 50 people you get all everyone church is 50 people you get all everyone church is 50 people you get all everyone on board but not on a Sunday morning how on board but not on a Sunday morning how on board but not on a Sunday morning how do you think you could pull that off do you think you could pull that off do you think you could pull that off yeah and so this is why I said like the yeah and so this is why I said like the yeah and so this is why I said like the staff or key leaders because every staff or key leaders because every staff or key leaders because every Church's leadership makeup is going to Church's leadership makeup is going to Church's leadership makeup is going to be different so maybe this is like the be different so maybe this is like the be different so maybe this is like the eldership maybe it's you know uh the few eldership maybe it's you know uh the few eldership maybe it's you know uh the few elders and like a few key leaders like elders and like a few key leaders like elders and like a few key leaders like everyone's Church kind of has like the everyone's Church kind of has like the everyone's Church kind of has like the the the team that like runs things if the the team that like runs things if the the team that like runs things if you want to expand it to the church go you want to expand it to the church go you want to expand it to the church go for it I just didn't want people to hear for it I just didn't want people to hear for it I just didn't want people to hear this and go like that doesn't work in this and go like that doesn't work in this and go like that doesn't work in front of the whole church yeah no I get front of the whole church yeah no I get front of the whole church yeah no I get it like it doesn't have to operate in it like it doesn't have to operate in it like it doesn't have to operate in that way but to taste at your own church that way but to taste at your own church that way but to taste at your own church so good okay idea number nine H so good okay idea number nine H so good okay idea number nine H subscription time okay now I don't want subscription time okay now I don't want subscription time okay now I don't want to just say subscription boxes because

to just say subscription boxes because to just say subscription boxes because let me tell you when you go online and let me tell you when you go online and let me tell you when you go online and Google subscri subscription boxes one Google subscri subscription boxes one Google subscri subscription boxes one every link is an affiliate link and two every link is an affiliate link and two every link is an affiliate link and two it's all trash all the links in this it's all trash all the links in this it's all trash all the links in this show that's right right we're earning show that's right right we're earning show that's right right we're earning we're earning cents upon cents and we're earning cents upon cents and we're earning cents upon cents and you're in no time be paid for so here you're in no time be paid for so here you're in no time be paid for so here are some ones that I think are actually are some ones that I think are actually are some ones that I think are actually good okay I've got three number one good okay I've got three number one good okay I've got three number one audible membership I love audible uh audible membership I love audible uh audible membership I love audible uh Alex doesn't believe in audible but I do Alex doesn't believe in audible but I do Alex doesn't believe in audible but I do and I think audible is an expense that I and I think audible is an expense that I and I think audible is an expense that I see every single month and I'm like ah see every single month and I'm like ah see every single month and I'm like ah I'm glad I have this but wow I had to I'm glad I have this but wow I had to I'm glad I have this but wow I had to pay for this yeah so a year-long audible pay for this yeah so a year-long audible pay for this yeah so a year-long audible membership now Pastor is investing in membership now Pastor is investing in membership now Pastor is investing in himself in herself listening to books himself in herself listening to books himself in herself listening to books bettering themselves whether it be in bettering themselves whether it be in bettering themselves whether it be in their theology in their personal their theology in their personal their theology in their personal Pursuits maybe they're just listening to Pursuits maybe they're just listening to Pursuits maybe they're just listening to biographies or something just broadening biographies or something just broadening biographies or something just broadening minde murder mysteries that's what I minde murder mysteries that's what I minde murder mysteries that's what I listen to on Audible you do have Audible listen to on Audible you do have Audible listen to on Audible you do have Audible oh yeah mostly for car drives oh long oh yeah mostly for car drives oh long oh yeah mostly for car drives oh long drives we listen to you know everything drives we listen to you know everything drives we listen to you know everything from AGA Agatha Christie to the more from AGA Agatha Christie to the more from AGA Agatha Christie to the more modern murder mysteries by Lucy Foley modern murder mysteries by Lucy Foley modern murder mysteries by Lucy Foley okay we're murder people I mean don't okay we're murder people I mean don't okay we're murder people I mean don't forget our personal favorite where the forget our personal favorite where the forget our personal favorite where the mocking birds singing that's the one mocking birds singing that's the one mocking birds singing that's the one definitely combining multiple fictional definitely combining multiple fictional definitely combining multiple fictional books yeah that that's a good that's a books yeah that that's a good that's a books yeah that that's a good that's a good uh candidate for sub I remember good uh candidate for sub I remember good uh candidate for sub I remember years ago we used to like we're talking years ago we used to like we're talking years ago we used to like we're talking 20 years ago we used to get my dad when 20 years ago we used to get my dad when 20 years ago we used to get my dad when he was the only pastor we used to get he was the only pastor we used to get he was the only pastor we used to get him a Christmas present like from the him a Christmas present like from the him a Christmas present like from the church and it was like there was a bit church and it was like there was a bit church and it was like there was a bit of patry to it like we presented it to of patry to it like we presented it to of patry to it like we presented it to him in front of the church it was kind

him in front of the church it was kind him in front of the church it was kind of like the same thing it was like we of like the same thing it was like we of like the same thing it was like we see you we appreciate you we just didn't see you we appreciate you we just didn't see you we appreciate you we just didn't do it on the second Sunday of October do it on the second Sunday of October do it on the second Sunday of October and I remember the year take that focus and I remember the year take that focus and I remember the year take that focus on the family exactly I remember like on the family exactly I remember like on the family exactly I remember like yesterday we we gifted him satellite TV yesterday we we gifted him satellite TV yesterday we we gifted him satellite TV wow and that's the same version of this wow and that's the same version of this wow and that's the same version of this right did you erect one of those right did you erect one of those right did you erect one of those physical satellites that were like you physical satellites that were like you physical satellites that were like you know 50 ft high in the backyard no no know 50 ft high in the backyard no no know 50 ft high in the backyard no no but like like we gifted him the but like like we gifted him the but like like we gifted him the satellite dish that like goes on the satellite dish that like goes on the satellite dish that like goes on the house yeah and I think folks from church house yeah and I think folks from church house yeah and I think folks from church came over and installed it that's came over and installed it that's came over and installed it that's special and yeah I mean it was like it special and yeah I mean it was like it special and yeah I mean it was like it was so meaningful to my dad and to our was so meaningful to my dad and to our was so meaningful to my dad and to our family by extension and that's just like family by extension and that's just like family by extension and that's just like that's the the the two decades old that's the the the two decades old that's the the the two decades old version of this because we don't have version of this because we don't have version of this because we don't have cite dishes anymore but we're paying for cite dishes anymore but we're paying for cite dishes anymore but we're paying for TV subscriptions maybe even more than we TV subscriptions maybe even more than we TV subscriptions maybe even more than we were paying for satellite back then when were paying for satellite back then when were paying for satellite back then when you add them all up together so a you add them all up together so a you add them all up together so a subscription like audible great idea I subscription like audible great idea I subscription like audible great idea I like this idea yeah and if you want to like this idea yeah and if you want to like this idea yeah and if you want to be carnal like Alex's Church gifting be carnal like Alex's Church gifting be carnal like Alex's Church gifting television that's what we definitely television that's what we definitely television that's what we definitely need in our lives H um uh you could gift need in our lives H um uh you could gift need in our lives H um uh you could gift any number of subscriptions because as any number of subscriptions because as any number of subscriptions because as we all know we can't afford every we all know we can't afford every we all know we can't afford every subscription these days you know YouTube subscription these days you know YouTube subscription these days you know YouTube premium and then HBO Max and then Disney premium and then HBO Max and then Disney premium and then HBO Max and then Disney plus and then Netflix and then peacock plus and then Netflix and then peacock plus and then Netflix and then peacock like oh I can't even watch football like oh I can't even watch football like oh I can't even watch football because every game is on a different because every game is on a different because every game is on a different thing hey that's another great option thing hey that's another great option thing hey that's another great option about something for eating or drinking about something for eating or drinking about something for eating or drinking okay so the roaster pack is the coffee okay so the roaster pack is the coffee okay so the roaster pack is the coffee membership that we have here at our membership that we have here at our membership that we have here at our office that you and I both have office that you and I both have office that you and I both have personally great for both Canada and the personally great for both Canada and the personally great for both Canada and the USA but it is Canadian based so shout USA but it is Canadian based so shout USA but it is Canadian based so shout out to the Canucks who are exporting our out to the Canucks who are exporting our out to the Canucks who are exporting our coffee after of course importing our

coffee after of course importing our coffee after of course importing our coffee then to the states and then just coffee then to the states and then just coffee then to the states and then just out of the box for the Foodie in your out of the box for the Foodie in your out of the box for the Foodie in your life who likes things a little bit more life who likes things a little bit more life who likes things a little bit more spicy the Fuego Box craft hot sauce Club spicy the Fuego Box craft hot sauce Club spicy the Fuego Box craft hot sauce Club oh that's fun the great yeah it's it's oh that's fun the great yeah it's it's oh that's fun the great yeah it's it's it's like you know that's not especially it's like you know that's not especially it's like you know that's not especially practical but it's novel and sometimes practical but it's novel and sometimes practical but it's novel and sometimes gifting something novel is a great way gifting something novel is a great way gifting something novel is a great way to be memorable and to bring some pun to be memorable and to bring some pun to be memorable and to bring some pun intended spice into somebody's life intended spice into somebody's life intended spice into somebody's life because it's like I would never buy this because it's like I would never buy this because it's like I would never buy this for myself it's a little bit strange for myself it's a little bit strange for myself it's a little bit strange every time I get it I'm learning about every time I get it I'm learning about every time I get it I'm learning about this specific thing one of the most this specific thing one of the most this specific thing one of the most memorable boxes I ever had a memorable boxes I ever had a memorable boxes I ever had a subscription to was when I was younger subscription to was when I was younger subscription to was when I was younger they would send uh what do you call a they would send uh what do you call a they would send uh what do you call a mini vinyl a 45 yeah okay so every month mini vinyl a 45 yeah okay so every month mini vinyl a 45 yeah okay so every month I would get a 45 and then one stram I would get a 45 and then one stram I would get a 45 and then one stram ingredient with a ingredient with a ingredient with a recipe 45 of random music yeah okay and recipe 45 of random music yeah okay and recipe 45 of random music yeah okay and then they'd be like this pairs well with then they'd be like this pairs well with then they'd be like this pairs well with this recipe so listen to this while you this recipe so listen to this while you this recipe so listen to this while you cook this recipe by the way bet you cook this recipe by the way bet you cook this recipe by the way bet you never cooked with this before wow never cooked with this before wow never cooked with this before wow there's a there's there's a I don't know there's a there's there's a I don't know there's a there's there's a I don't know if it's Japanese or Korean or I'm just if it's Japanese or Korean or I'm just if it's Japanese or Korean or I'm just going to say broadly Asian Spice blend going to say broadly Asian Spice blend going to say broadly Asian Spice blend called Sashimi togarashi okay pardon me called Sashimi togarashi okay pardon me called Sashimi togarashi okay pardon me if that's I think that's if that's I think that's if that's I think that's close and you at least made an effort I close and you at least made an effort I close and you at least made an effort I I there was a a meal where you just took I there was a a meal where you just took I there was a a meal where you just took that cracked some garlic salt and pepper that cracked some garlic salt and pepper that cracked some garlic salt and pepper oil on green beans spicy green beans oil on green beans spicy green beans oil on green beans spicy green beans I've been making them ever since because I've been making them ever since because I've been making them ever since because it introduced me to a spice blam that it introduced me to a spice blam that it introduced me to a spice blam that this white boy Canadian certainly grew this white boy Canadian certainly grew this white boy Canadian certainly grew up with green borst would never have up with green borst would never have up with green borst would never have stumbled upon on his own speaking of stumbled upon on his own speaking of stumbled upon on his own speaking of Asian food culture that is the second Asian food culture that is the second Asian food culture that is the second most memorable subscription box that I most memorable subscription box that I most memorable subscription box that I haven't subscribed to personally but

haven't subscribed to personally but haven't subscribed to personally but Mitchell in the office for a while was Mitchell in the office for a while was Mitchell in the office for a while was subscribed to it was like I think it was subscribed to it was like I think it was subscribed to it was like I think it was a Japanese snack box that's about as n a Japanese snack box that's about as n a Japanese snack box that's about as n niche as a guess yeah and it it there niche as a guess yeah and it it there niche as a guess yeah and it it there was no there wasn't one single character was no there wasn't one single character was no there wasn't one single character of English on the box or on the snack so of English on the box or on the snack so of English on the box or on the snack so he would bring it in and it was like a he would bring it in and it was like a he would bring it in and it was like a mystery box he would just open the box mystery box he would just open the box mystery box he would just open the box you'd you'd you'd see colors and shapes and you just open see colors and shapes and you just open see colors and shapes and you just open them and just like start trying them and them and just like start trying them and them and just like start trying them and that was a lot of fun uh my that was a lot of fun uh my that was a lot of fun uh my brother-in-law one of our employees here brother-in-law one of our employees here brother-in-law one of our employees here at the company uh came home from a at the company uh came home from a at the company uh came home from a recent trip to Japan brought home a recent trip to Japan brought home a recent trip to Japan brought home a bunch of Japanese candy including these bunch of Japanese candy including these bunch of Japanese candy including these like taffy like things of which he gave like taffy like things of which he gave like taffy like things of which he gave many to us and I have been chewing on many to us and I have been chewing on many to us and I have been chewing on those taffies and fighting over them those taffies and fighting over them those taffies and fighting over them with my daughter ever since oh so you with my daughter ever since oh so you with my daughter ever since oh so you like them oh they're so good I'm a big like them oh they're so good I'm a big like them oh they're so good I'm a big Taffy fan yeah like Laffy Taffy um what Taffy fan yeah like Laffy Taffy um what Taffy fan yeah like Laffy Taffy um what about saltwater taffy Airhead okay I about saltwater taffy Airhead okay I about saltwater taffy Airhead okay I went to the fish market this past went to the fish market this past went to the fish market this past weekend for free and they have free weekend for free and they have free weekend for free and they have free saltwater tff taffy at the beginning so saltwater tff taffy at the beginning so saltwater tff taffy at the beginning so after I told them to pull the lobster after I told them to pull the lobster after I told them to pull the lobster meat directly off the lobster tail so meat directly off the lobster tail so meat directly off the lobster tail so that I can make lobster rolls for the that I can make lobster rolls for the that I can make lobster rolls for the final time this summer I said and I will final time this summer I said and I will final time this summer I said and I will be taking one saltwater taffy for me be taking one saltwater taffy for me be taking one saltwater taffy for me nice so good finally idea number 10 car nice so good finally idea number 10 car nice so good finally idea number 10 car detailing oh yeah like this might be the detailing oh yeah like this might be the detailing oh yeah like this might be the best one and I don't know why it took me best one and I don't know why it took me best one and I don't know why it took me 10 ideas like I was brainstorming a 10 ideas like I was brainstorming a 10 ideas like I was brainstorming a while I was like what could number 10 be while I was like what could number 10 be while I was like what could number 10 be and then this came spent all the energy and then this came spent all the energy and then this came spent all the energy on the clergies and this one finally the on the clergies and this one finally the on the clergies and this one finally the clergies yes and then it was right there clergies yes and then it was right there clergies yes and then it was right there uh I am later today headed on a flight

uh I am later today headed on a flight uh I am later today headed on a flight uh across the pond and what I begun uh across the pond and what I begun uh across the pond and what I begun doing is when I leave my car at the doing is when I leave my car at the doing is when I leave my car at the airport parking lot I get them to detail airport parking lot I get them to detail airport parking lot I get them to detail it it's already there and I'm leaving it it it's already there and I'm leaving it it it's already there and I'm leaving it there and and then I come back from the there and and then I come back from the there and and then I come back from the flight and like I'm so tired from travel flight and like I'm so tired from travel flight and like I'm so tired from travel and I get inside that crispy car such a and I get inside that crispy car such a and I get inside that crispy car such a good feeling nobody has time to clean good feeling nobody has time to clean good feeling nobody has time to clean their car like I wish I had more time I their car like I wish I had more time I their car like I wish I had more time I keep it tidy but it's not crispy clean keep it tidy but it's not crispy clean keep it tidy but it's not crispy clean nothing quite like sitting inside of nothing quite like sitting inside of nothing quite like sitting inside of your car when it's brand new done maybe your car when it's brand new done maybe your car when it's brand new done maybe the church can get together and do this the church can get together and do this the church can get together and do this themselves maybe you pay for a themselves maybe you pay for a themselves maybe you pay for a professional maybe you just leave it at professional maybe you just leave it at professional maybe you just leave it at the airport and they do it for a little the airport and they do it for a little the airport and they do it for a little while those are 10 great UniQue Ideas um while those are 10 great UniQue Ideas um while those are 10 great UniQue Ideas um couple years couple years couple years ago I coordinated a pastor's ago I coordinated a pastor's ago I coordinated a pastor's appreciation appreciation appreciation month thing for my dad where I collected month thing for my dad where I collected month thing for my dad where I collected four so there's four weeks in the month four so there's four weeks in the month four so there's four weeks in the month obviously so I collected four different obviously so I collected four different obviously so I collected four different ideas and assign them to each week I was ideas and assign them to each week I was ideas and assign them to each week I was trying I was looking back at my files to trying I was looking back at my files to trying I was looking back at my files to see if I had a record of this I couldn't see if I had a record of this I couldn't see if I had a record of this I couldn't find it anywhere to the point where I find it anywhere to the point where I find it anywhere to the point where I was questioning myself like did I even was questioning myself like did I even was questioning myself like did I even do that I definitely did it so I do that I definitely did it so I do that I definitely did it so I couldn't remember what all four were but couldn't remember what all four were but couldn't remember what all four were but I sent out like private correspondents I sent out like private correspondents I sent out like private correspondents to our church before October so my dad to our church before October so my dad to our church before October so my dad had no idea this was coming and I said had no idea this was coming and I said had no idea this was coming and I said hey Pastor appreciation month is coming hey Pastor appreciation month is coming hey Pastor appreciation month is coming up we want to celebrate Pastor Rick for up we want to celebrate Pastor Rick for up we want to celebrate Pastor Rick for each week of the month here are here's each week of the month here are here's each week of the month here are here's what we're going to do each week so one what we're going to do each week so one what we're going to do each week so one of them was like was the handwritten of them was like was the handwritten of them was like was the handwritten note the next one was he was really into note the next one was he was really into note the next one was he was really into Starbucks at the time this was a long Starbucks at the time this was a long Starbucks at the time this was a long time ago um he loves Starbucks um send time ago um he loves Starbucks um send time ago um he loves Starbucks um send him a a Starbucks card um and then there him a a Starbucks card um and then there him a a Starbucks card um and then there were two other ones I forget what they were two other ones I forget what they were two other ones I forget what they were uh one of them one of the weeks were uh one of them one of the weeks were uh one of them one of the weeks might have just been to pray for him um might have just been to pray for him um might have just been to pray for him um but that's kind of how we went about it but that's kind of how we went about it but that's kind of how we went about it which was like kind of all getting on

which was like kind of all getting on which was like kind of all getting on board behind the scenes and saying like board behind the scenes and saying like board behind the scenes and saying like Hey we're going to do these things to Hey we're going to do these things to Hey we're going to do these things to celebrate this guy because anyone who celebrate this guy because anyone who celebrate this guy because anyone who belongs to a church knows belongs to a church knows belongs to a church knows that pastors are always that pastors are always that pastors are always continually um giving whatever they have continually um giving whatever they have continually um giving whatever they have to the people they're responsible for to to the people they're responsible for to to the people they're responsible for to the proverbial flock if you will uh the proverbial flock if you will uh the proverbial flock if you will uh they're caretakers they're Shepherds and they're caretakers they're Shepherds and they're caretakers they're Shepherds and that type of role not just in church but that type of role not just in church but that type of role not just in church but but in church we're talking about in the but in church we're talking about in the but in church we're talking about in the context of the show obviously that type context of the show obviously that type context of the show obviously that type of caretaking role can often be taken of caretaking role can often be taken of caretaking role can often be taken for granted or um in some cases like for granted or um in some cases like for granted or um in some cases like used or abused and so regardless of what used or abused and so regardless of what used or abused and so regardless of what one of these 10 very great and very one of these 10 very great and very one of these 10 very great and very unique ideas you choose to do at your unique ideas you choose to do at your unique ideas you choose to do at your church uh this month um any little church uh this month um any little church uh this month um any little effort to acknowledge your pastor to effort to acknowledge your pastor to effort to acknowledge your pastor to celebrate your pastor for what they do celebrate your pastor for what they do celebrate your pastor for what they do uh for what he or she does for your uh for what he or she does for your uh for what he or she does for your church I mean can just go such a long church I mean can just go such a long church I mean can just go such a long way for like refilling their their way for like refilling their their way for like refilling their their proverbial cup and encouraging them in proverbial cup and encouraging them in proverbial cup and encouraging them in in the ministry that God has entrusted in the ministry that God has entrusted in the ministry that God has entrusted to them which is why Link in description to them which is why Link in description to them which is why Link in description to the super Yacht Fund that you will to the super Yacht Fund that you will to the super Yacht Fund that you will find for the Monaco Minister you can't find for the Monaco Minister you can't find for the Monaco Minister you can't pull up there without a super yaht oh pull up there without a super yaht oh pull up there without a super yaht oh where's the helicopter pad couldn't where's the helicopter pad couldn't where's the helicopter pad couldn't Splurge for that Pastor it's a Splurge for that Pastor it's a Splurge for that Pastor it's a crowdfunding effort Link in the crowdfunding effort Link in the crowdfunding effort Link in the description and thanks as always for description and thanks as always for description and thanks as always for your time attention and Trust we will your time attention and Trust we will your time attention and Trust we will talk to you next talk to you next talk to you next Wednesday now let's do a real above the Wednesday now let's do a real above the Wednesday now let's do a real above the dark side Jerry frier Jr just wanted to dark side Jerry frier Jr just wanted to dark side Jerry frier Jr just wanted to start a holiday to help his pastors but start a holiday to help his pastors but start a holiday to help his pastors but then big old focus on the family came in then big old focus on the family came in then big old focus on the family came in and robbed him of it and you said he and robbed him of it and you said he and robbed him of it and you said he died unexpectedly yep

died unexpectedly yep died unexpectedly yep mysteriously hm who's to say hm