November 8, 2009
Hello good folks of the church, how has life treated last week? I managed to get a day off from work and relax. Talk about Sabbath and the value of resting the body, mind, and spirit. It can change one’s outlook on life. I have noticed that people are a bit rough around the edges as we deal with the challenges of life, yet if we can get some space from all the pressures of the every day, we can almost see God in our midst. I hope this letter finds you well.
I will go quickly through my week. Tuesday I spent most of my effort working through my to-do list that had about 7 items to work through. I managed to get it all done, make and take phone calls. Not much as in the way of exciting stuff to report.
Wednesday I smaller to-do list and two web/phone meetings along with office hours. The Ministry Developers are working on our relational meetings, discussion about Apostolic Team meetings, and working on a Ministry Review process that engages the Baptismal Covenant in a deeper and reflective way. During my time at Kraft Hall Karen came over and we wrote a blessing for the “Blessing Bundles” for St. Thomas and scheduled a Ministry Support Team meeting for November. That evening I was on a web/phone meeting with different people throughout the state to begin looking at programming for Wyoming Wilderness Camp 2010. Some really great ideas are coming up. I reflected on what we did is to open our focus around youth ministry and to see the care providers of our kids and children as other area of ministry.
Thursday I followed up on some phone calls, wrote my sermon, and scheduled some web/phone meetings for next week. I also got caught up on my notes from the web/meetings the day before and forwarded them to all the participants of the meetings. I try to keep the information flowing by sharing what I heard with everybody.Friday I took the middle of the day to work on other administrative tasks like reviewing some work that was given to the Ministry Developers to prepare for our next meeting, putting together the Apostolic Team Meeting face to face agenda and professional development. I am currently reading a book called Leaders Who Last: Sustaining Yourself and Your Ministry written by Margaret J. Marcuson. It is a good book about family systems (a way of looking at the network of relationships that make up the church and your personal family). Saturday was my day off.
Sunday I was at St. Thomas in Rawlins. During this service we blessed the “Blessing Bundles”. Blessing Bundles is a ministry that gives children ranging from infant to teenagers a small “backpack” of simple items that they can keep for their very own. These bundles are given to children who have been placed in Foster homes at a moments notice. As the service wrapped up I was blessed by the presence of one such child who was placed in a foster home at birth. The kid just smiled at everybody. Following the service we had continued our fellowship with chili and wonderful soup. It was a good time by all.
Looking forward to this up coming week this is what is on deck. Monday I will be in Laramie to work on my personal project in the morning. Tuesday I have a web/phone meeting scheduled to look at the church service coverage in Region 5. Wednesday I am planning on making follow-up calls for the Apostolic Team for Region 4, and have office hours at Kraft Hall from 10am to 12pm. Thursday I will be writing a sermon and a vestry report. That afternoon I will be heading over to Saratoga for a preaching discernment meeting. Lately Fridays have been my professional development day in which I continue to work on family systems and catch-up on any items that I missed throughout the week. Sunday I will be presiding at two services starting at St. James in Encampment 9am with their first Wade in the Water session following the service. That afternoon I will be heading to St. Paul’s in Dixon for their 5pm service.
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