---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Amaranath Mahawaduge" <[email protected]> Date: 30 May 2018 8:53 a.m. Subject: Fwd: Pastor's salary To: "Eraj Abeywardene" <[email protected]>, "Hsin Hui Lin" < [email protected]>, "dias weera" <[email protected]>, "Kumar Senaratne" < [email protected]> Cc:
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Nihal Mahawaduge <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 30 May 2018, 04:51 Subject: Fwd: Pastor's salary To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Good one. -----Original Message----- From: DAN PEIRIS <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, May 21, 2018 7:13 pm Subject: Pastor's salary Pastor's wife was expecting a baby, so he stood in front of the congregation after the service on Sunday and asked for a pay rise. After much discussion, they passed a rule that whenever the Pastor's family expanded, so would his salary. After 6 children this started to get expensive and the congregation decided to hold a meeting to discuss the Pastor’s expanding salary. A great deal of yelling and inner bickering ensued as to how much the Pastor's additional children were costing the church, and how much more it could potentially cost. After listening to them for about an hour, Pastor Andy rose from his chair and spoke. "Children are a gift from God and we will take as many gifts as He gives us." Silence fell over the congregation. In the back pew, an old lady struggled to stand and finally said in her frail voice. "Rain is also a gift from God, but when we get too much of it we wear rubber boots.” The entire congregation rose and said "AMEN"
