New Shepherds Orientation and Seasoned Shepherds Revitalization

Learning, training, and growing as a shepherd brings:

• Joy as people follow you as you follow Jesus. 1 Corinthians 11:1; Hebrews 13:17
• Respect because you have worked hard, you have encouraged, you have admonished, and the people are at peace because you have been willing to endure the pain that brings peace with God, yourself, and others. 1 Thessalonians 5:12, 13
• At your graduation, you will receive a crown of glory given by the Chief Shepherd. 1 Peter 5:1-4

Contact Jerrie for more information, cell: (615) 584-0512     

What I learned in my first year as…

…an elder: 

I have learned a lot every year. I think the biggest lesson the first year was the realization that people expected me to be a different person after I became an elder. They asked me to serve having known me for 10 to 15 years, yet expected me to have an immediate solution to every problem in an instant. One man that I thought was a close friend seemed withdrawn. When I asked him about the difference in our relationship he said I have to be so careful what I say around you now because you are an elder. I don’t remember anything he said or did before I became an elder that was off-color. I was surprised at the way people treated me as compared to before I was appointed as an elder.

— Steve Simmons, Jackson, Missouri

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