Pastor Clark

 Tonight in class we spoke with Clark Bossler an Assembly of God pastor from Richland, PA. Clark pastors the Faith community church. Clark started by saying that his parents did not have a deep relationship with God but they still brought him to church. His father a blue collar worker who worked part time as a bartender brought them to a EC church. He remembered as a kid sorting beer bottles for his dad. As talking about his childhood he said how he got saved, it was at the age of twelve at the twin pines camp he attended thru his church. Clark went on to say friends at church helped keep him close to the Lord and at the age of fifteen after an alter call he felt called to ministry. He decided later to go to Lancaster bible college in luau of the marines at his parents request. Clark went on to say that after grad school with a masters in divinity he struggled find a church to pastor. He was working as a trainer at a spa when a friend from school called him about a job in Florida at a Lutheran church in educating various groups. He put in three years there before moving back to PA. After his ex his experience he said he was disillusioned. Once back in Pa he got married and went on as staff at Glad Tidings. He said he learned a lot from Pastor Brian, head pastor of that church, shedding light on the inner workings of church administration. He spoke fondly of his time there talking about being accountable to each other and supporting other staff. He learned about calendar planning and said that finding God’s guidance through prayer and worship was essential. Always looking for ways to improve ministry. Marketing is Key was mentioned. After two and half years Clark went on to pastor a church plant by Glad Tidings in Richland. Clark spoke about the issues he faced at that church. He found that through difficulties it had made his character stronger and made him bolder. His final advice was this; work hard and have discipline for yourself, keep trying, be willing to change and through it all have a good perspective. He went on to say thru the ups and downs of pasturing spend time in word and prayer always giving one hundred percent.