The church I am working with now is the second church I have been a staff member of.  Something they did recently really makes me love working here.  While I was working for the old church in South Carolina I felt like I didn't know the members of the congregation as well as I would have hoped.  The same is often true of this new church.  It’s the nature of children's ministry to be secluded from the rest of the church.  Not long ago right before I was about to tell a story to the kids some of the members of the church came into the room and told me they needed me in the sanctuary.  They had a couple people stay in the room and watch my kids while I went.  When I arrived I was called up to the front with all the other pastors and some of the members of the church brought us each a basket with a pen and a plaque.  The plaque was basically a letter from the member saying how much they appreciated what we were doing.  Each letter was unique to the pastor and I have to say I never felt so appreciated.  It’s not the stuff it’s that they pulled me out of service to tell me that they loved me.  The old church never seemed to notice unless something went wrong.  When a church calls you out for a good job it just strikes you as different.  Pastors get called constantly with all the improvements they can make but not often with a thank you.  What have you said to your pastor recently?