A day in the life of a pastor...tweeted

A police station in the U.K. recently tweeted every call they received and every dispatch they issued in a 24-hour span. Why? To prove that police work is actually more than eating donuts and “catching bad guys.”

“The reality of police work is that although crime is a big part of what we do, we do much else besides,” Chief Constable Peter Fahy of Manchester said in a message posted on YouTube. “We’re very much the agency of last resort, and a big part of our workload is related to wider social problems of alcohol, drugs, mental health and people having problems with their relationships.”

The public’s misconception of the police’s duties has inspired the United Methodist pastor Jeremy Smith to update the public on the daily happenings of a pastor. Believe it or not, pastors do more than just preach on Sundays.

Mr. Smith is asking pastors and people in ministry work to tweet every single ministry-related thing they do Wednesday, Oct. 27, and to include the hashtag of #pastors24 so people can easily find and follow the updates.

Due to Twitter’s 140 character limit, the updates will be simple, but nonetheless, the world (or at least the Twitterverse) will get a better idea of the complexity of pastoral issues and the diversity of ministerial duties.

To learn more about the Pastor’s 24 hour Twitter Project and to join the “24-hour force”, check out Mr. Smith’s blog.

Comments

[UMJeremy]

Thanks for the shout-out Mallory!

[Jim]

I hope you make all the "tweets" part of a regular article. Some of us are not "twitters." It will be interesting to see if lots of the activity deals with District or Conference stuff.