What a week is like

I have become aware that we really haven't described what our lives are now like—on a day to day basis—now that we have moved to England and C has been working for a few months as Parish Assistant. We've been asked what C "does" and so will attempt to describe a typical week...but that will be difficult as no week seems to be like any other and he is still developing his role to the needs of the church. Anyhow, here it goes...



Get it?
It's a copy of C's diary for an upcoming week. Admittedly it's a bit hard to read because it is on an angle, but also hard to read because it is so full—and these are only the work items that he is aware of today. What is not recorded are the telephone calls, additional reading, study, thinking and face-to-face meetings that can't be scheduled in. (I don't think he has to prepare a sermon or talk for this week, if so add another 16 hours or so into the schedule).
Days begin at about 6am and finish on average around 10pm...of course there are variations on this when some weeks are less full, but generally 6 days a week are completely full of trying to serve the church—that is God's people and the Lord Himself.

We are grateful to the parish that C (and I) are able to be financially supported in a way that means he doesn't have to work in a second paid job, and we know we are fortunate as there are those who have to work in another job AND lead and be responsible for congregations and their own lives of faithfulness to God and His Word. We are not sure how they can do this...we hope that they are at least supported by prayer and fellowship.

The week displayed on the calendar is a somewhat unusual week in the life of the parish in that it is a special week of organised events and activities designed to introduce the Christian faith to people who are interested. The churches of SWP have six students from the Cornhill Training Course
coming for a 'mission' week and they will assist us all in talking to invited friends and families to the many events, large and small that are being organised. There's a Teddy Bears Picnic (for toddlers and the parents), a 'Question & Answer' panel at the local pub, small dinner groups, a large organised breakfast, a countryside walk... just to name a few.

The theme of the week is "This World Is NOT Enough".
It's a bold statement–it suggests that there is more to life than what we think there is, and that even if we possessed the whole world, there is still something more important worth having.

I wonder if you agree?