WEEKENDS ARE FOR FUN 19

Pastoral Perquisites

1. The Pastor is always right.

2. In the inconceivable circumstance that someone else might possibly be right, rule #1 becomes immediately operative.

3. The Pastor does not sleep in the office; he meditates.

4. The Pastor is never late; he is ministering.

5. The Pastor is never angry; merely vexed in his spirit.

6. The Pastor never leaves work; his presence is required elsewhere.

7. The Pastor never wastes time reading extraneous materials in his office; he studies.

8. The Pastor never deviates from procedure; he uses creative management.

9. Whoever may enter the Pastor’s office with an idea of his own must leave the office with his Pastor’s ideas.

10. The Pastor is ALWAYS the Pastor, even in his swim trunks.