["I've been waiting a long time for our church to be able to hire me on as the admin.  I'm doing it as a volunteer now.", 'That is such a noble gesture!', "Well, it's getting a bit irritating.  I think that some of the  higher ups think I'll just keep doing it, so I kinda feel taken advantage of."]
They will promote you someday, don't give up.
I've been waiting a long time for our church to be able to hire me as the admin.  Unfortunately they still haven't been able to do so.