Hmmm, thinking showing off both your chest hairs might help win them over?
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GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
I was going to go dolphin smooth...do you think I should install the chest toupee instead?
Dave in KY
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I don't need you, you need me and this is how we do it in California. I ain't adapting to y'all............ guaranteed return flight ticket 
Sooooo true! You would be amazed at how often this happens.
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Lol maybe not that resistant. I do need to be myself at least. They need to know who they’re really getting, it’ll come out eventually.I don't need you, you need me and this is how we do it in California. I ain't adapting to y'all............ guaranteed return flight ticket
Dave in KY
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Oh, I know. I was trying to gently make a point without offending....
A local church hired a pastor from California and he decided the was going to teach these country hicks how things were done. Within 6 months he split the church and 2 months later went back to CA leaving a handful of hurting people behind.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Not related to the Congregation I'm with but just simply the attitude when moving south in general, I decided to come and embrace what I loved about it and not tell people how we did things in Pennsylvania. I knew already, "They don't care how it's done there"
I have been welcomed and called a "Transplant" not the D Yankee term normally used with Northerners.Chris, my sincere apologies for any derailment here. My keys are zipped.
Not a southern thing at all. I'm from MN and am considered a FlatLander and From AWAY by the locals but have ministered in 4 different churches and been accepted. It is all in the attitude.
Also sorry. Not sure what "keys are Zipped" is though probably one of those stupid Southern saying that we don't use were I'm from!
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
So do you guys think I’m wrong to not conform completely on the dress? Or are you just cautioning not to be too bull headed about changing the MS small town vibe?
I’m not going there, I feel, to change how things are done. Compromise is always on the table. I think though it’s important to also not give a false representation of who I am, because some of that is going to slip out eventually, as much as I do try to fit myself in and find a rhythm to ministry there. I’m not there to be a total robot to do things exactly as they say, that would not be ministry, that would be a job. I’ve seen the disaster though, like John mentions, of new (especially young) pastors/ministers wanting to come into a place and totally overhaul everything to their own ideas. Never a good thing.
I’m not going there, I feel, to change how things are done. Compromise is always on the table. I think though it’s important to also not give a false representation of who I am, because some of that is going to slip out eventually, as much as I do try to fit myself in and find a rhythm to ministry there. I’m not there to be a total robot to do things exactly as they say, that would not be ministry, that would be a job. I’ve seen the disaster though, like John mentions, of new (especially young) pastors/ministers wanting to come into a place and totally overhaul everything to their own ideas. Never a good thing.
No apology needed. I welcome these things from you fellas.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Also sorry. Not sure what "keys are Zipped" is though probably one of those stupid Southern saying that we don't use were I'm from!
If I said lips are zipped/sealed, I'd have been corrected that he can't hear me anyway
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GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
By all means be yourself. No one respects a phony. Just remember ministry is about meeting people where they are at.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the [a]law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without [b]law toward God, but under [c]law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 to the weak I became [d]as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.
19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the [a]law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without [b]law toward God, but under [c]law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 to the weak I became [d]as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Shave #272 (347 Open Blade Shaves) of 2019:
Gear: Gillette NEW LC, Astra SP blade, Sorrentino 1st Anniversary TSC badger brush, SV 70th soap, generic witch hazel, Thayer’s Medicated, SV 70th AS, and CL Lavande Poivre frag to finish!
Yes, I used @LNHC ’s Cognac & Cuban Cigars soap block again this morning in the shower...so sue me! It works and smells killer!
First up in the house (usually am Sundays) for a solid Sunday morning shower n shave! Nothing to complain about, just top shelf all around.
We got to wake up a tad later today since there’s only one service. Congregational meeting after to elect the next year’s church officers to replace those rotating out. Then some lunch! Have to do yard work today since we’ll be gone next weekend. Little bit of a long, busy day...but they’ll be good things.
Starting to consider what to take for the trip for shaves, particularly the razor. Not sure if I want to fuss with the injector or play it safe and just take the Trac II setup.
Have a blessed Sunday all!
Gear: Gillette NEW LC, Astra SP blade, Sorrentino 1st Anniversary TSC badger brush, SV 70th soap, generic witch hazel, Thayer’s Medicated, SV 70th AS, and CL Lavande Poivre frag to finish!
Yes, I used @LNHC ’s Cognac & Cuban Cigars soap block again this morning in the shower...so sue me! It works and smells killer!
First up in the house (usually am Sundays) for a solid Sunday morning shower n shave! Nothing to complain about, just top shelf all around.
We got to wake up a tad later today since there’s only one service. Congregational meeting after to elect the next year’s church officers to replace those rotating out. Then some lunch! Have to do yard work today since we’ll be gone next weekend. Little bit of a long, busy day...but they’ll be good things.
Starting to consider what to take for the trip for shaves, particularly the razor. Not sure if I want to fuss with the injector or play it safe and just take the Trac II setup.
Have a blessed Sunday all!
Well...here are my two cents that are probably only worth a half a cent. And full disclosure...I currently am Catholic and a really bad one at that. But as a participant of some really bad church splits and my upbringing in the Evangelical circles I think I have an opinion on this. First Impressions are everything! If you put a person off at the beginning, you may have a hard time reaching that person in the long run. That being said...you need to be yourself. So maybe present yourself in a manner consistent with what the congregation is used to...but with a bit of your flair. I am definitely not saying you need to wear a three piece suit. But your actions can be offensive even if you don't mean to be. If this is a long term gig...they will get to know you over time and all is well. But if this is short term...does it really hurt to meet them on their terms? Anyway...just my thoughts.
Great shave by the way!
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Well put Don, thank you!
We did end up going a little more conservative with the purchases. I’ll be bringing the noose (tie) along just in case.
I'm dyslexic so I saw "I'll be bringing the nose ring." And I'm like "that will impress "