A Georgia preacher committed suicide just days after telling his 800-member congregation that he felt disconnected from God. Rev. Teddy Parker shot himself in the head in the driveway of his home on the day he was scheduled to conduct Sunday service. The 42-year-old pastor of Bibb Mount Zion Baptist Church was discovered by his wife. He had recently expressed feelings of disconnection from God to his large congregation.
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docx
Pastor's Appreciation Day - JUN COLIS - 7AM TAGALOG SERVICE
1.
2. A Georgia preacher has committed
suicide just days after telling his
congregation that he felt
disconnected from God.
Rev. Teddy Parker shot himself in
the head outside his home while
his 800 member congregation
waited for him conduct the
Sunday service.
The 42-year-old senior pastor of Bibb Mount Zion Baptist
Church was discovered by his wife, Larrinecia Parker, 38, in
the driveway of their Warner Robins house.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/521966/20131113/rev-teddy-parker-georgia-pastor-
commits-suicide.htm
3. He told them, “The
harvest is plentiful, but
the workers are few.
Ask the Lord of the
harvest, therefore, to
send out workers into
his harvest field
LUKE 10:2
5. WE HAVE TO
APPRECIATE
THE WORKERS
OF THE
CHURCH
6. APPRECIATIONLUKE
əpriːʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n,-sɪ-/Isumite
noun
1. recognition and enjoyment of the
good qualities of someone or
something.
synonyms: valuing, respect, prizing,
cherishing, treasuring, admiration,
regard, esteem, high opinion
8. 2 Corinthians 11:23b - 29
23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out
of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I
have worked much harder, been in
prison more frequently, been flogged
more severely, and been exposed to
death again and again. 24 Five times I
received from the Jews the forty lashes
minus one.
9. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I
was pelted with stones, three times I was
shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the
open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the
move. I have been in danger from rivers, in
danger from bandits, in danger from my
fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in
danger in the city, in danger in the country,
in danger at sea; and in danger from false
believers.
10. 27 I have labored and toiled and have
often gone without sleep; I have known
hunger and thirst and have often gone
without food; I have been cold and
naked. 28 Besides everything else, I face
daily the pressure of my concern for all
the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I do
not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I
do not inwardly burn?
11. The hardships of PAUL
Acts 9:16 - God sent a man named Ananias
to disciple and train Paul shortly after Paul
had his dramatic conversion (9:1-9).
Ananias was reluctant to go, but God
reassured him that He had a plan for Paul.
But His plan included intense suffering.
Acts 14:1-7 - A mob tries to stone Paul in
this passage.
Acts 14:19 - This is a description of one of
the times Paul was stoned.
12. The hardships of PAUL
Acts 16:16-34 - Paul arrested, beaten
with rods, and put in prison.
Acts 17:5 - Paul and Silas cause a riot.
Acts 20:22-24
Acts 27:27-44 - This is a description of
one of Paul's shipwrecks.
Philippians 4:11-13 - Paul tells the
church at Philippi that he was often
without money to buy food.
13. 28 Besides
everything else, I
face daily the
pressure of my
concern for all
the churches.
14. 28 Besides
everything else, I
face daily the
pressure of my
concern for all
the churches.
15. 29 Who is weak, and I
do not feel weak?
Who is led into sin,
and I do not inwardly
burn?
32. W-RITE THEM AN ENCOURAGING
WORDS
O-BEY THEM IN THE LORD
R-ECIEVE THEM WITH GLADNESS
K-EEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS
E-XTEND YOUR SUPPORT FOR THEM
R-ESPECT THEM
S-ERVE WITH THEM
Editor's Notes
2 Corinthians is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the church in the city of Corinth. There were some people in that church that frequently criticized Paul. They suggested that the instructions he gave to the Corinthian church were less important than the teachings of the other Apostles.
Paul needed them to understand that he was representing Christ as an official Apostle so that they would respect and obey his teaching. So he was in the awkward position of having to say things that would prove that he was an Apostle.
In the passage, Paul is comparing himself to the other Apostles, showing how he had endured just as much or even more for the gospel than had the other Apostles.
2 Corinthians is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the church in the city of Corinth. There were some people in that church that frequently criticized Paul. They suggested that the instructions he gave to the Corinthian church were less important than the teachings of the other Apostles.
Paul needed them to understand that he was representing Christ as an official Apostle so that they would respect and obey his teaching. So he was in the awkward position of having to say things that would prove that he was an Apostle.
In the passage, Paul is comparing himself to the other Apostles, showing how he had endured just as much or even more for the gospel than had the other Apostles.
What more could there be!? What else could possibly be added to this list of overwhelming hardships? What could be as hard as beatings, stonings, and shipwrecks?
The one thing that is as hard on Paul as these other hardships is, 'the daily burden of how the churches are getting along' (New Living Translation); or as the NET Bible puts it, 'the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches.
Paul is so concerned about others that he bears their burdens as if they were his own. When people are weak or sick, he shares their pain. When people are led into sin he gets emotionally involved. Paul carries the heavy burden of all the sorrows, failures, joys, and pains of each person in his churches.
, "It is obvious that Pastor [name] loves each of us, is concerned for us, prays for us, and thinks about us. That is what we see. But that is not all there is.
"Our pastor walks with us in ways we can't understand. His concern for us is so deep and so powerful that thoughts of us often keep him up at night. He reads the newspaper and watches TV with us in mind. He worries that we will read the latest new book and be led astray from the truth. His emotions rise and fall every time someone from his congregation goes into the hospital for tests. He grieves with those who have lost and rejoices with those who get a new beginning.
"Pastor [name] moves from a funeral to a wedding rehearsal as a professional... he is outwardly dignified showing just the right emotion for the occasion.
"But inside he is haunted by the grief of a family, and overwhelmed with excitement for the young couple to be married. He urges the couple toward fidelity and faith and shepherd's the grieving family through anger, resentment, denial, and grief. And he carries all of those emotions and all of that concern around with him every day.
"In our lives we typically endure one or two significant events at a time. We might change jobs, get married, attend a funeral, have money problems, struggle to hold our marriage together, or love a rebellious child.
, "It is obvious that Pastor [name] loves each of us, is concerned for us, prays for us, and thinks about us. That is what we see. But that is not all there is.
"Our pastor walks with us in ways we can't understand. His concern for us is so deep and so powerful that thoughts of us often keep him up at night. He reads the newspaper and watches TV with us in mind. He worries that we will read the latest new book and be led astray from the truth. His emotions rise and fall every time someone from his congregation goes into the hospital for tests. He grieves with those who have lost and rejoices with those who get a new beginning.
"Pastor [name] moves from a funeral to a wedding rehearsal as a professional... he is outwardly dignified showing just the right emotion for the occasion.
"But inside he is haunted by the grief of a family, and overwhelmed with excitement for the young couple to be married. He urges the couple toward fidelity and faith and shepherd's the grieving family through anger, resentment, denial, and grief. And he carries all of those emotions and all of that concern around with him every day.
"In our lives we typically endure one or two significant events at a time. We might change jobs, get married, attend a funeral, have money problems, struggle to hold our marriage together, or love a rebellious child.
, "It is obvious that Pastor [name] loves each of us, is concerned for us, prays for us, and thinks about us. That is what we see. But that is not all there is.
"Our pastor walks with us in ways we can't understand. His concern for us is so deep and so powerful that thoughts of us often keep him up at night. He reads the newspaper and watches TV with us in mind. He worries that we will read the latest new book and be led astray from the truth. His emotions rise and fall every time someone from his congregation goes into the hospital for tests. He grieves with those who have lost and rejoices with those who get a new beginning.
"Pastor [name] moves from a funeral to a wedding rehearsal as a professional... he is outwardly dignified showing just the right emotion for the occasion.
"But inside he is haunted by the grief of a family, and overwhelmed with excitement for the young couple to be married. He urges the couple toward fidelity and faith and shepherd's the grieving family through anger, resentment, denial, and grief. And he carries all of those emotions and all of that concern around with him every day.
"In our lives we typically endure one or two significant events at a time. We might change jobs, get married, attend a funeral, have money problems, struggle to hold our marriage together, or love a rebellious child.
, "It is obvious that Pastor [name] loves each of us, is concerned for us, prays for us, and thinks about us. That is what we see. But that is not all there is.
"Our pastor walks with us in ways we can't understand. His concern for us is so deep and so powerful that thoughts of us often keep him up at night. He reads the newspaper and watches TV with us in mind. He worries that we will read the latest new book and be led astray from the truth. His emotions rise and fall every time someone from his congregation goes into the hospital for tests. He grieves with those who have lost and rejoices with those who get a new beginning.
"Pastor [name] moves from a funeral to a wedding rehearsal as a professional... he is outwardly dignified showing just the right emotion for the occasion.
"But inside he is haunted by the grief of a family, and overwhelmed with excitement for the young couple to be married. He urges the couple toward fidelity and faith and shepherd's the grieving family through anger, resentment, denial, and grief. And he carries all of those emotions and all of that concern around with him every day.
"In our lives we typically endure one or two significant events at a time. We might change jobs, get married, attend a funeral, have money problems, struggle to hold our marriage together, or love a rebellious child.
, "It is obvious that Pastor [name] loves each of us, is concerned for us, prays for us, and thinks about us. That is what we see. But that is not all there is.
"Our pastor walks with us in ways we can't understand. His concern for us is so deep and so powerful that thoughts of us often keep him up at night. He reads the newspaper and watches TV with us in mind. He worries that we will read the latest new book and be led astray from the truth. His emotions rise and fall every time someone from his congregation goes into the hospital for tests. He grieves with those who have lost and rejoices with those who get a new beginning.
"Pastor [name] moves from a funeral to a wedding rehearsal as a professional... he is outwardly dignified showing just the right emotion for the occasion.
"But inside he is haunted by the grief of a family, and overwhelmed with excitement for the young couple to be married. He urges the couple toward fidelity and faith and shepherd's the grieving family through anger, resentment, denial, and grief. And he carries all of those emotions and all of that concern around with him every day.
"In our lives we typically endure one or two significant events at a time. We might change jobs, get married, attend a funeral, have money problems, struggle to hold our marriage together, or love a rebellious child.