Now that the Holy Week and Easter services are over, I am now refocusing on the task of putting together a "punch list" of those things I need to attend to as I get closer to the beginning of the sabbatical.
I will be contacting people who wanted to work on details after Easter. So many details. . . but I am immensely grateful for the generous spirit of so many who have invited me to stay in their homes and travel around with them to visit local ministry sites.
The sabbatical team has sent out 200 brochures to churches in our synod telling them about the workshops we have planned, and the Sabbatical 2013 newsletter for Hope's members will be sent out this week to help inform members about what the sabbatical is all about and how they can benefit from it as well.
Now is the time when clarity and discernment will be great resources for me.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
SHARING SOME DETAILS
Over the past few months I and the members of the Sabbatical Team have been working out details for the sabbatical for myself and for the congregation.
On my side, thre are numerous details about where I am going, where I will be staying, how I will get around, and exactly when I'll be doing this or that.
On Hope's side of the planning there are details about who is going to lead worship, who will do workshops for our members and for the Lutheran community in our synod, how the staff will work together, and how we will support everything financially. One by one these details are fitting together, and it looks like the sabbatical will be an exciting time for me and for the people of Hope as well.
I am grateful to the many diffnt people who are helping out on both sides of this equation, and I believe we will all grow stronger and healthier as a result of this brief time of separation.
Now as Holy Week and April 15 draw near the pace will quicken. I will give more details about what I will be doing in my next posting.
On my side, thre are numerous details about where I am going, where I will be staying, how I will get around, and exactly when I'll be doing this or that.
On Hope's side of the planning there are details about who is going to lead worship, who will do workshops for our members and for the Lutheran community in our synod, how the staff will work together, and how we will support everything financially. One by one these details are fitting together, and it looks like the sabbatical will be an exciting time for me and for the people of Hope as well.
I am grateful to the many diffnt people who are helping out on both sides of this equation, and I believe we will all grow stronger and healthier as a result of this brief time of separation.
Now as Holy Week and April 15 draw near the pace will quicken. I will give more details about what I will be doing in my next posting.
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