Yerba mate, Ilex paraguariensis, begins as a shrub and then matures to a tree and can grow up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall. The leaves are evergreen, 7â110 millimetres (0.3â4.3 in) long and 30â55 millimetres (1.2â2.2 in) wide, with a serrated margin.
Church Salaries. While salaries can range anywhere from $46,991 to $74,606 a year, the average wage of a church choir director is closer to $62,000 a year, revealed a survey by Christianity Today International, a nonprofit ministry association. In fact, this salary was one of the higher for church staff in 2010.
The sound of prayer in church is beautiful: a congregation of people saying words they love together. And most outspoken is the music of this poem: a plummet âsoundingâ heaven and earth, the clap of thunder, a âkind of tune which all things hear and fearâ, and finally âthe church bells beyond the starres heardâ.