A Sabbatical Message based on Psalm 23 & Matthew 11
Introduction: Sabbatical as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary-“A leave of absence usually granted every 7 th year for travel, research and rest.” Today is my last Sunday at HMBC for the next 3 months as I begin my sabbatical next Sunday. I want to begin by saying “thank you” to Hesston MB for understanding the importance of sabbatical for its pastors. This policy has been in effect for many years and not all churches offer this to their pastoral staff so I want to start by saying thanks to you. I greatly appreciate the opportunity. What will I be doing? My focus for this sabbatical is going to be prayer so I will be going to a few 24 hour of prayer locations in Dallas and in Kansas City. I will be taking an online class on leading prayer ministry in the church in addition to visiting with some other church leaders about prayer ministry in their churches. This will also include a time of rest for me which will include some time at a beach (or two) as well as an ex