Continuing Series in the Life of a Pastoral Care Pastor

April 22, 2010 – Thursday: Again today….I am on vacation or at least I am suppose to be. My alarm clock went off a little later this morning…maybe she was afraid to wake me as she dreamed all night of the “beauty parlor” experience. Early in the morning I finished putting final touches on my message and practicing it a few times. Later in the afternoon I had planned to finish with some other parts of the service, such as the opening remarks. The family would like to come forward and light a series of candles in memory of their son’s life so I had to make sure I could fit that into an appropriate spot in the order of worship, which I did. Their son was very involved in the Special Olympics as he himself was slightly handicapped, so about 100 Special Olympians will take part in the service as they will bring their medals and place them on a table next to Lance. He was a special person to them and to a lot of people. I had to make the call to move it into the main worship center as over 500 are expected. Two people from our body needed some help from our benevolence fund and asked me to meet with them so I did. I had a meeting I needed to be at, so I scheduled them around that meeting. One of the families I was able to help with some bills, not enough I am afraid and the single mom I had to put off until next week as our funds are quite low. The meeting I was telling you about was our annual Ministerial Counsel. I am one of 5 Elders of the church and we give oversight to those within the church, and some outside, that have a minister’s license or are ordained that fall under our church’s umbrella of authority. It was a short meeting as those we give oversight too had turned in the proper forms that we ask for and there seems to be no trouble. After that meeting and some discussion with my Admin I left for the remainder of the day. I spent the remainder with my wife and our little puppy.