{"id":2839,"date":"2014-05-07T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T20:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2014-05-07T15:41:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T20:41:46","slug":"supporting-leaders-sabbath-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2014\/05\/07\/supporting-leaders-sabbath-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Leaders: Sabbath Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2840\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/Clergy-womens-retreat-Malibu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2840\" alt=\"Serra Retreat Center in Malibu, California\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/Clergy-womens-retreat-Malibu.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/Clergy-womens-retreat-Malibu.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/05\/Clergy-womens-retreat-Malibu-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clergy Women&#8217;s Retreat 2014 in Malibu, California . Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol>\n<li>Honor the pastor\u2019s days off \u2013 no phone calls, emails, visits unless an absolute emergency<\/li>\n<li>Make sure that vacation time is honored, both by granting it and ensuring that the leadership needs are cared for while the pastor is away (no interruptions!)<\/li>\n<li>Support <a title=\"Passport to Sabbath Rest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/basinandtowel\/index.html#sabbath\">Sabbath rests\/sabbaticals for pastors<\/a>, and other leaders as well<\/li>\n<li>Notice and give value to your leaders\u2019 hobbies and avocations<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>The May issue of <\/em><a title=\"Basin and Towel magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/basinandtowel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basin &amp; Towel magazine<\/a><em> is all about the idea of calling, which includes caring for and sustaining those who have answered their call. How do you support your pastor and other church leaders? What would you add to this list and the <a title=\"Supporting Leaders: Professionalism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/2014\/supporting-leaders-professionalism\/\">previous post<\/a>? Future posts in this series will cover <a title=\"Supporting Leaders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/tag\/support-leaders\/\">supporting leaders<\/a> in the areas of health and emotional support.<\/em> <em>Join the conversation, share ideas, and learn from others!<\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honor the pastor\u2019s days off \u2013 no phone calls, emails, visits unless an absolute emergency Make sure that vacation time is honored, both by granting it and ensuring that the leadership needs are cared for while the pastor is away (no interruptions!) Support Sabbath rests\/sabbaticals for pastors, and other leaders as well Notice and give<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[384,1016,1123],"class_list":["post-2839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-encourage","tag-sabbath","tag-support-leaders"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}