by Mrs Haruo » Mon Nov 07, 2016 5:34 am
Back 25 years ago when I was a member of a Nazarene church in Santa Clara CA, we were without a pastor for quite awhile. The pastor who had been there since I joined took a call to a rural town where he felt it was a better atmosphere to raise his little girls away from the hustle and bustle of Silicon Valley. The search committee found an older couple, both ordained who were looking for a church closer to the ocean for the sake of his wife's lung problems. The agreement was that he would usually give the Sunday morning message and his wife would preach Sunday evening. We had a well attended Sunday evening song service where those attending would request hymns and when our throats started getting sore the someone would preach a short sermon. It worked well for awhile, but she unfortunately spent more and more time at home hooked to an oxygen tank. I moved out of the area soon before they retired.
Don't despair if your job and your rewards are few, remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you!