The old joke is that a Pastor only works 1 hour a week and that is on Sunday mornings. Sunday mornings is when most of the church sees me in person. The congregation usually doesn’t stop in during the week to see or hear what I am doing. So, in this week’s blog, I would like to share with you some of the things I have been up to.
Besides the weekly preparation for the Sunday Worship service which takes many hours to prepare for (sermons, connection cards, announcements, studying), I like to keep on learning. I have been reading a book called “Inside the Mind of unchurched harry and mary” by Lee Strobel. It’s been a good book to help me think outside the “box” and consider what unchurched people are thinking. I hope to soon start the next book called “Ignite” by Nelson Searcy.
I just finished preparing the proposed 2010 budget for the Leadership Team to look at. As you can imagine, money has been alocated for ministry, but it is tight. We will be sharing the proposed 2010 budget in the beginning of December.
I have also planned all of my sermons for next year. Currently, I have all of my sermons planned until June 2010.
There are so many other things that I do, such as training our future Ecuadorian Missionaries, visit members, prepare surveys, talk to other churches, plan meetings, counseling etc.
These are some of the items that keep me busy. I hope this gives you a better idea of what I do.
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