Coming Up
It's here. Holy Week. The marathon of ordained life. I'm not quite sure how we got through it before we hired a Director of Music and Worship - she has made this all go much more smoothly. On the Pastor's plate:
- A congregational visit from the Bishop on Wednesday
- 6 sermons to prepare - including a funeral
- A short visit from the in-laws over Palm Sunday weekend, and my parents arriving for an extended stay at the same time
- 8 separate liturgies (we are using slightly different orders of service for the two worship services on both Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday)
- Finishing the remodeling of the front entrance to the church
- Working around an almost finished front entrance for a funeral and Palm Sunday
- Praying that the entrance is finished for Easter
It will be hectic and a little crazy. But it will also include that wonderful journey through the darkness of the tomb - which really recharges me for the rest of the year. For all of the stress and busy-ness of it all, Holy Week is an amazing time to work in the church.
6 comments:
Sending you many prayers and good wishes for a most glorious Holy Week and blessed Easter!
"The marathon of ordained life" -- very well said. And with Easter coming off the heals of Christmas so quickly, the marathon seems a little longer this year.
And you are right...Holy Week IS an amazing time to work in the church. As I said on my blog...Holy Week gives me so much energy AND focus.
God's blessings to you on your "marathon"
Blessings on your marathon- mine will be divided between my teaching Parish for the Triduum and Easter and my home church for the Vigil.
Thanks all for your thoughts and prayers. Step 1 - a visit from the bishop - is checked off the list and went very well. On to the next thing.
And yes, the early date of Easter did make this feel like much more of a crunch this year.
And vlessings to you all as well on your Holy Weeks - in both leadership and worship.
And blessings to you all as well on your Holy Weeks - in both leadership and worship.
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