Back To Work
Woke up early to today to another thunderstorm. We've had more rain in the first two weeks of August than in the whole month. The grass, once brown and dried, has a green hue, like early Spring. The air has a coolness to it, perhaps a hint of fall? With the changing temperatures and changing season I too return from two weeks of vacation. On the agenda this week will be writing two sermons: one for a funeral on Saturday and the other for Sunday.
The funeral is for a man who died in July. He and his wife were married at "small church" in 1989. Later they moved to Texas, which is where she currently resides, and where he died. But the funeral will be here, at the church they were married. I've never met either of them, and no one at the church seems to remember them. Funerals like this one are easier on me, but a little odd, not knowing the couple nor the deceased.
In addition to writing two sermons I also have to prepare the worship booklet for the funeral, the annoucements for Sunday, select the hymns for Sunday. I will go into the office and check things out, go through the mail and get a sense of the general state of things. And, I have a parishioner in the hospital.
Then I need to begin to organize our worship life, Christian Formation, Newsletter, and other activities for the fall. A full day. A full week. A full month ahead.
The funeral is for a man who died in July. He and his wife were married at "small church" in 1989. Later they moved to Texas, which is where she currently resides, and where he died. But the funeral will be here, at the church they were married. I've never met either of them, and no one at the church seems to remember them. Funerals like this one are easier on me, but a little odd, not knowing the couple nor the deceased.
In addition to writing two sermons I also have to prepare the worship booklet for the funeral, the annoucements for Sunday, select the hymns for Sunday. I will go into the office and check things out, go through the mail and get a sense of the general state of things. And, I have a parishioner in the hospital.
Then I need to begin to organize our worship life, Christian Formation, Newsletter, and other activities for the fall. A full day. A full week. A full month ahead.
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