schedule – Salvaged Faith

In three days… THREE… I begin renewal leave.

It is a time for me to take stock of my schedule, fill up my spiritual tank, and focus on what is important to me.

One thing I had initially done well with in my life was budgeting my work time. My mentor taught me that if there were three blocks of time in a day (morning, afternoon, evening) that I should try to work only two of those a day.

Needless to say, that hasn’t been advice I have followed recently.

A colleague introduced me to the Erin Condren vertical planner which breaks the day up into exactly these three sections. So I ordered one to help me get started with a renewed schedule when I go back in July.

And… if you want to order one, too, help me out and click here so I get some credit for referring a friend 😉

7:00am – alarm goes off

8:10am – start thinking about getting out of bed

8:30am – phone conversation with Trustee chairperson about the new shingles for the parsonage roof

8:50am – arrive at church, small talk with folks gathering for the Tuesday morning small group.

9:05am – phone call with Memorial chair about some checks that came in

9:10am – check emails, put checks into envelopes to pay some church bills

9:30am – Tuesday morning small group: food, devotions, prayer, conversation

11:00am – check in with some members of our co-missioned coordinating team to plan event on October 1

11:15am – scripture reading and exploring commentaries to get ready for Sunday

12:00pm – time spent thinking about hymns for Sunday interspersed with facebook (seeing what is going on in colleagues and members lives)

12:15pm – phone call with congregation member about an upcoming wedding

12:50pm – head home for lunch, heat up leftovers and watch an episode or two of Dr. Who

3:30pm – back to church to meet up with a youth… visit with a member and help transport some items being donated to Women at the Well (prison congregation)

4:45pm – conversation on the side of the road to coordinate a visit with some church folk

5:00pm – back home to make dinner: chicken, sauteed musrooms, wild rice

6:45pm – back to church for Lay Leadership meeting

7:10pm – start our meeting with devotions, discuss calling all who serve and changes in our organizational structure

8:10pm – head home. pajamas. computer.

9:30pm – movie with the husband

11:45pm – bed

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