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The Fixer-Preacher - Pastor Appreciation Help
Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jun 24, 2025 (message contributor)
Proverbs 17:22, A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
The Fixer-Preacher
Helping the church with Pastor Appreciation Day
I was recently invited to preach for the Sunday morning service.
Ice Breaker: For an introduction, I stated the following:
This is a great honor to be able to speak to you on this beautiful Sunday morning. Thank you, pastor.
For those of you who do not know me, I’m LC Taylor, many refer to me as the “Fixer-Preacher.”
What I mean is, many times I am called just before Pastor’s Appreciation Day.
Y’all know that this is a time set aside to show the pastor how much you appreciate him. So, when the Pastor Appreciation Committee meets, they aim to help the congregation know just how blessed they are to have their pastor and be able to hear him preach.
Their conversation goes like this, “We need to make sure our congregation knows how blessed we are to have our pastor, and hear his sermons, so let’s call LC to preach. Once they hear him, they will be truly grateful for our pastor.”
This usually brings a good bit of laughter.
©Loyd C Taylor, Sr - 2025
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