Tuesday Report #2 Administrative Work

I talked to Coach Drury and he said I can work backwards on the "Attend A Board Meeting" blog and instead do week fours "Administrative Work." So I will be talking about doing Administrative Work in ministry.
This past Friday, January 23rd, I interviewed my practicum supervisor Emily Vermilya. Emily is the Worship Director at College Wesleyan Church. The following is numbered list of the "Administrative Work" Emily does weekly.
1. 20 hours. Emily spends 20 hours a week doing communicative work. Meaning she spends this time organizing and contacting lay people for the Sunday service, coordinating with venue leaders, and developing the service order.
2. 10 hours. Emily spends 10 hours a week attending and presiding over meetings. These meetings include worship planning meetings, pastoral meetings and practicum meetings.
3. 5 hours. Emily spends 5 hours a week scheduling musicians and worship leaders. This means contacting musicians and worship leaders through email or phone.
4. 1 hour. Emily spends 1 hour a week budgeting. This includes things such as a checking on budget development and looking at future spending.

Meeting with Emily helped me get a better since of how a Worship Director spends his or her time. One observation was the amount of time Emily spent simply communicating with people. As a future minister, I must learn how to efficiently and properly communicate with lay people and fellow staff members. Another thing I found interested was the numerous hours spend in meetings. Meetings and ministry seem to go hand in hand. My final observation is the lack of weekly hours truly spent in "ministry." I guess what I mean by this is most of Emily's week is not spent actually leading worship or rehearsing for Sunday worship. Most of her time is spent preparing for Sunday.