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Clergy Appreciation Month

October is National Clergy Appreciation Month

Facts
Clergy Appreciation National Day of Honoring – Oct. 12, 2008 – is always the second Sunday in October.
According to The Barna Research Group, 47 percent of American adults attend church in a typical weekend, not including a special event such as a wedding or a funeral. (2005)
Barna also reports that 84 percent of Americans describe themselves as Christians. (2006)
Hallmark first offered Clergy Appreciation cards in 2002.

2008 Product Features

  • 36 Clergy Appreciation cards.
  • Variety of recipients — minister, minister and wife, pastor, pastor and wife, youth pastor, couple in ministry, priest.
  • Messages range from warm and supportive to lighthearted and humorous.
  • Some cards feature the writings of well-known Christian author Max Lucado or the art of Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light™.

Holiday History

  • Established in 1992.
  • Mission is to uplift and encourage pastors, missionaries and religious workers.

In Stores

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