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My dad's going to quit his job. I don't really feel like explaining a church budget, so I'll sum it up with they're increasing the dumb stuff, like the secretary who doesn't do anything's salary, and decreasing the important stuff, like.. my dad's salary and missions and stuff. He gets a $1,200 raise every year for the cost of living (Ministers do not generally make good salaries. Most often public school teachers make more.. and you always hear about how they're under paid.) But.. this year.. he's not only not getting a raise, he's getting a thousand dollar decrease. So it's about 2200 less dollars a year. He could deal with that if that's what they needed to do. Except they don't. And they cut the missions by a *LOT*.. although I'm not sure how much. He's really upset about that. And the budget got passed at the meeting because nobody explained anything and nobody knew what was getting cut. My mom talked to Brenda after church and told her that and she had no idea that his salary was getting cut.
And the people are just.. total.. idiots. The "Board" cut the missions because someone on there said "I'm SO SICK of hearing about sick brown babies in Africa. We need tot take care of our own." Yeah. Because people in western PA have it sooo bad.
He said this budget really shows what they care about, and they don't care about him. And this isn't the first time they've royally screwed him over, either. Quite honestly, my dad does his job so well, and I'm not just saying that because he's my dad. You'd think that they'd appreciate him more when the last pastor fell asleep during the service and the one before him left his wife and kids for the babysitter.
So next week he's going to resign and Christmas Eve will be his last time there. And I'm glad. I hate this church. Sort of. But. Yeah. I kind of have mixed feelings.. because he doesn't have a job lined up to go to, although he most likely will soon, because he sent out an application last week, and he's almost been guaranteed he'll get it, but, still. I don't know. It's confusing.
And the people are just.. total.. idiots. The "Board" cut the missions because someone on there said "I'm SO SICK of hearing about sick brown babies in Africa. We need tot take care of our own." Yeah. Because people in western PA have it sooo bad.
He said this budget really shows what they care about, and they don't care about him. And this isn't the first time they've royally screwed him over, either. Quite honestly, my dad does his job so well, and I'm not just saying that because he's my dad. You'd think that they'd appreciate him more when the last pastor fell asleep during the service and the one before him left his wife and kids for the babysitter.
So next week he's going to resign and Christmas Eve will be his last time there. And I'm glad. I hate this church. Sort of. But. Yeah. I kind of have mixed feelings.. because he doesn't have a job lined up to go to, although he most likely will soon, because he sent out an application last week, and he's almost been guaranteed he'll get it, but, still. I don't know. It's confusing.