He took a week and drove my dead grandson south in the church van last spring...after spending many hours with my son and his wife...and planning the arrangement because they were in shock....he did a service up here and a service down there ..then drove home to do the sunday service here.....that was in may.....
On wed last week,the day before thanksgiving a young husband and father from our church was killed in his home town...a 6 hour drive....my pastor left his family and drove there to be with the wife...he then came home collected his family and returned there to do a service for the family there...He will do a service for him here next week....
He does hospital visits and sick visits weekly as well as nursing homes,he also is present when our babies are born or surgery preformed....often those he sees are not members..they are aunts or cousins or friends of people that attend our church
He counsels families ,and the engaged ......all of that is ontop of the planning of the coming holiday services...and weekly sermons
for all of this he receives the princely sum of $25,000 .....by BTW he has 5 young daughters...
I invite you to spend a day with your pastor.....and then tell me he is overpaid...