{"id":9033,"date":"2026-10-02T16:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/?p=9033"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:53:01","slug":"october-is-pastor-appreciation-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/october-is-pastor-appreciation-month\/","title":{"rendered":"*** October is Pastor Appreciation Month ***"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>WIHS<\/strong> celebrates our pastors!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Since 1992, the entire month of October has been set aside as Clergy Appreciation Month \u2013 also called Pastor Appreciation Month.<br><br>Pastors are on the front lines in the effort to defend our faith and our families. Pastors have been there for all of us in times of crisis and in times of suffering. <strong>We owe these pastors a debt of gratitude that we\u2019ll never be able to pay!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Congregations honor their pastors in many ways, with everything from notes of encouragement to vacations!&nbsp; Search the Internet for ideas and you\u2019ll find poems, songs, skits, cash offerings, restaurant gift cards and any number of other suggestions for expressing your appreciation to your pastor, church staff and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The concept of clergy appreciation started with the Apostle Paul as he was establishing the first Christian churches. Since then, pastors have been recognized and honored at various times of the year by different denominations and individual churches. Focus on the Family began emphasizing Pastor Appreciation Month in the early 1990s, reminding congregations to honor their clergy staffs and families throughout the year, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.focusonthefamily.com\/pastorappreciation\/\">suggesting a special tribute during October<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Scriptures that Encourage Us To <em>Show<\/em> Our Pastor Appreciation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAnd now, friends, we ask you to honor those leaders who work so hard for you, who have been given the responsibility of urging and guiding you along in your obedience. Overwhelm them with appreciation and love\u201d \u2013 1 Thessalonians 5:12 &amp; 13 (The Message).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cLet the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine\u201d. \u2013 1 Timothy 5:17 (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201c \u2026 The Lord ordered that those who preach the Good News should be supported by those who benefit from it.\u201d \u2013 1 Corinthians 9:14 (NLT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(updated 10\/2\/26)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WIHS celebrates our pastors!! Since 1992, the entire month of October has been set aside as Clergy Appreciation Month \u2013 also called Pastor Appreciation Month. Pastors are on the front lines in the effort to defend our faith and our families. Pastors have been there for all of us in times of crisis and in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9033"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9038,"href":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9033\/revisions\/9038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wihsradio.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}