tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post8719018672141845249..comments2023-11-05T02:55:10.230-06:00Comments on Gottesdienst Online: What do you do all week?Pr. H. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-34566466498621097592011-11-09T22:22:07.598-06:002011-11-09T22:22:07.598-06:00Fr. Diers,
Very true: there are some folks who si...Fr. Diers,<br /><br />Very true: there are some folks who simply will not be convinced. But having such a ready defense can certainly help bolster one's supporters.<br /><br />+HRCPr. H. R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-24316989433797649902011-11-09T16:44:28.876-06:002011-11-09T16:44:28.876-06:00He is either blessed, or a very new pastor, who ha...He is either blessed, or a very new pastor, who has never experienced the attack of the clergy killers. In the ultimate, "you don't do anything" jab, I even had one person confront me with the accusation that I get all my sermons from a book.<br /><br />A time log such as this would have been helpful, but in my experience, they would probably hate you even more if you had such a ready defense.Martin Diershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455045241461983409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-33293135493688067522011-11-08T17:16:21.952-06:002011-11-08T17:16:21.952-06:00Since I was on vicarage I have always taken Saturd...Since I was on vicarage I have always taken Saturday off because my wife was going to school and taking Monday off would leave me home alone with nothing to do. Since we have kids in school now to take any other day off would not make sense. In this parish over ten years it has worked quite well. Of course there are Saturdays when things pop up but that happens in the Ministry on any day. I am usually home on Sunday between 12:00-2:00 depending on whether I have a Service at my second point. I also rarely go into the office on Monday but I have set aside Mondays for a time of study and find it doesn't work if I go into the church so I read and study at home. I have found this time of study each week essential. On Mondays I also begin preliminary work on the sermon and then have it in my head all week. Tuesday evenings are when I have meetings or visits, Wednesdays we have our "Sunday school" after school and Wednesday night I have bible study as well as on Thursday morning. Friday I reserve mostly for sermon writing and practice.<br /><br />Of course throughout the week there are the shut ins, member visits, senior homes services, etc., etc. But I find my schedule works well. I don't have too many meetings as the council and elders decided to meet bi-monthly a number of years ago and it has been a blessing.Mike Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555200228537464762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-35854826017290190452011-11-08T17:09:58.180-06:002011-11-08T17:09:58.180-06:00I take Mondays, because it is so much easier to re...I take Mondays, because it is so much easier to relax on a Monday than on a Friday, with a sermon coming up. I rarely, if ever, have "church" things to do on Mondays, except a Winkel once a month.<br /><br />Pr. Timothy WintersteinElijah the Tishbitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471920424032022448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-57917848616022873462011-11-08T07:14:19.416-06:002011-11-08T07:14:19.416-06:00The world will end on a Monday; I am sure of that....The world will end on a Monday; I am sure of that. Every disaster that accumulated over the end of the previous week spills over on Mondays.<br /><br />I have three evenings tied up weekly (Monday Bible study closed with Compline, Wednesday catechism closed with Evening Prayer, and one additional evening for appointments for those unavailable during the day). On those days I am at work from 6 am to 8:30 pm generally without a break. I have made it a habit to schedule full days and not to run back and forth but to compress things into a few days so that I have extra time for the unforeseen and the emergency. I take all of Friday off (except for the occasional wedding rehearsal) and I take Saturday off from Noon on). Sundays I am at the Church from 5 am to 5 pm nearly every week. We have meetings after the services on Sundays, we have occasional concerts, and we have enough special events to make it almost a rule that Sunday is a 12 hour day. I spend the first several hours doing my blog, studying, praying, reading, generally without interruption. I have preschool chapels a couple of times a month (shared with the asst pastor) and I spend hours a day on the phone (the preferred means of speaking with the Pastor here). I have tried posted hours for private confession and instead find that most of the people who want to come and talk to me really want to come for private confession so I generally schedule those as appointments. We have a staff of 25 people (including preschool) so this becomes a church within a church and requires significant time administering the needs, issues, emergencies, etc. of the staff. I work harder than I ever have (not complaining and am well paid) but it makes me long for a small congregation in which I could spend more time with my people -- aside from pastoral care emergency or conflict. Maybe in the next parish... if one comes.Pastor Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-29969047360805523582011-11-07T19:01:02.480-06:002011-11-07T19:01:02.480-06:00I take Mondays off and I always get them off. The...I take Mondays off and I always get them off. The reason is that we have a Saturday evening service in addition to our Sunday morning service. That is, I work on Saturdays. I am at church by 3:00 to have everything ready by 4:00 when our coffee hour starts. Because of this I am very adamant about my day off. It is for me and for my family.<br /><br />In addition, I scheduled myself to have evening study hours on Tuesday. So I also have Tuesday morning off. This gives me from after service on Sunday until Tuesday morning free. That is my weekend. We can travel to see my parents a mere 90 minutes away and stay two nights with them, getting back in plenty of time on Tuesday.Josh Osbunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906913610780375868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-56600016286051192832011-11-07T12:41:09.130-06:002011-11-07T12:41:09.130-06:00Thankfully, I've only had one member ever conf...Thankfully, I've only had one member ever confront me for an accounting of my time...publicly at a voters meeting. The rest of the voters shot it down and expressed their trust. That was years ago, but I like your suggestion to make a log to periodically evaluate one's stewardship of their time. I think I'll take your advice.<br /><br />Frankly, most of my day-off Mondays are "free and clear," but it always seems when someone is having a major surgery, it's on a Monday. Since my daughter started elementary school (she's in 1st grade), I've been taking Saturdays off, too, so I'm home all day with the whole family. This was at the prompting of the elders, who said, "You know, Pastor, you only get one day off. Most everyone else gets two. Why don't you take two days?" So I've been trying to do that, although I do find it difficult to get everything done with a 5 day "work week." We also have once a month elders meetings on Saturdays along with the occasional LWML event (I'm zone counselor...but not for long). I do find that I've been putting in more sermon prep at home after the family is in bed.Kurt Onkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18263228484474533761noreply@blogger.com