Pastoring can be a pure gift and extremely challenging at the same time.  Dr. Mark Quanstrom has been the Sr. Pastor for just over 10 years. There have been a tremendous number of really good things that have happened but despite all the good, Mark shares how he also has never mourned as much over the challenges of pastoring in 2023.  Discussion Questions: 
Mark shares how the best of times and hardest of times are happening simultaneously in the life of College Church.  Describe a time when things have been both good and challenging. 
Tara Beth and Mark talk about the toll pastoring has on a person. Things like doing a funeral for a friend who you are simultaneously mourning is a lot to process.  How do you handle the emotions that come from situations like this?  
 “The only way I’m going to do this is to go all in relationships. Even if that means getting hurt and being uncomfortable.” How do you approach this dynamic with the relationships that Mark and Tara Beth discussed? 

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