All clergy have to do is the Sunday Services . . .no wait, there's somethings else. Oh yeahm there's:
Home Communions, Home Visits, Hospital Visits, Midweek Services, Church Council Meetings, Mandate Team Meetings, Staff Meetings, Chapter Meetings, Deanery Synod Meetings, Churches Together, Teaching, Daily Offices (morning and evening prayer), Kid's Club, Air Cadets, Sea Cadets, Army Chaplaincy, Police Chaplaincy, School Assemblies,Pastoral stuff, Funerals, Baptisms, Weddings, Counselling, Spiritual Direction, Vocations Testing, Equipping the Members, Writing Sermons, Putting together the Worship, Playing the Worship, Clearing the Gutters, Lent and Advent Courses (at the right time), Christmas, Easter, Church Growth, Fresh Expressions, Evangelism, Community Stuff, Governor in local Schools, Alpha, Start, Housegroup stuff, Drop-ins, Turn-up-after-midnight Folk, Families Work, Barbecues (Yeah!), Washing up (bleah!), Missioner Work, Giving People Lifts, Theological Study, Quiet Times, Training & Development (personal), Training & development (others), Taizé Communions, Reflections, Meditations, Retreats, House Clearance, Writing for Magazines . . . Sorry phone's ringing.
"Me, Busy, no of course not! Be over in five minutes!"
I'm sure there was more :)
Remember to pray for your minister, pastor, priest or whatever you call them today - after all, they're not busy either;)
Happy Tuesday
1 comment:
I trust that all of this is in your job description :)
And that you have negotiated appropriate rates per hour for all of the consultancy involved?
I think that if you were in a normal job - your Union might well have something to say that doing three persons work is not good working practice.
You deserve a bonus!
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