Pastors' Good News/Bad News
Good
News: You baptized seven people today in the river.
Bad News: You lost two of them in the swift current.
Good News: The Women's Guild voted to send you a get-well card.
Bad News: The vote passed by 31-30.
Good News: The Elder Board accepted your job description the way you wrote it.
Bad News: They were so inspired by it, they also formed a search committee to
find somebody capable of filling the position.
Good News: You finally found a choir
director who approaches things exactly the same way you do.
Bad News: The choir mutinied.
Good News: Your women's softball
team finally won a game.
Bad News: They beat your men's softball team.
Good News: The trustees finally voted to add more church parking.
Bad News: They are going to blacktop the front lawn of your parsonage.
Good News: Church attendance rose dramatically the last three weeks.
Bad News: You were on vacation.
Good News: Your deacons want to send you to the Holy Land.
Bad News: They are stalling until the next war.
Good News: Your biggest critic just left your church.
Bad News: He has been appointed the Head Bishop of your denomination.
Good News: The youth in your church
come to your house for a surprise visit.
Bad News: It's in the middle of the night and they are armed with toilet paper
and shaving cream to "decorate" your house.