Thursday 2/19 – Office Work

I think that this is something that is unique to each church. Within the church I would like to see a church that is balanced, the pastors take some time throughout their week to visit with the congregates, but also have office hours where they are around the other staff members. I think that there is a sort of common ground that gives some balance and rest for the pastor. He or she doesn’t always have to be the pastor around other staff members, they can be a co-worker.

I would prefer my time to be spent doing both. I like the idea of having good staff time as well as time spent in the office so that people can come by and see the pastor. At the same time, I would like to go visit people on occasion, in order to build connections outside of the church atmosphere because the pastor is not just a presence in the church, but a presence in the lives of people. So visiting would help build the relationship and help disconnect the pastor from just being at the church.

I would like to spend about ten hours a week doing both visiting with people in the office and outside the office.