Preaching AND On-Call
It's not enough to be on-call on a Sunday, you also have to preach that same day as well. You arrive at 8 a.m. (and stay until 8 a.m. the following day), and you lead worship at 10:15. The good news is, I made 6 bulletins (orders of worship -- they tell us to make only 5, but I was feeling optimistic) but I needed 9! Everyone was amenable to sharing -- it's a nice problem to have! We were all women in worship, and that was also a nice problem to have! It got very chatty, both the sermon (a little bit) and the prayers of the people (A LOT). Really love the whole supportive sisterhood thing. I preached on Matt. 14 -- the loaves & fishes lectionary reading -- was well-received and worked well in the hospital setting. Also played my flute for the hymns for a change of pace (after awhile, CD/"canned" music can get tiring) and that was also well-received. All to the glory of God....God knows no one is offering me a recording contract!
On-call has been slow. Have seen several patients today (that's good), but many more have "real" visitors (a.k.a family and friends and people that know them) on Sundays, so my attendance is less required on the floors. Had a good friend visiting this weekend -- I had Friday off and it was nice to spend time with her and re-connect on what made us friends in the first place. She's a good listener and a good supporter.
Other news: 2 weeks of CPE left to go. 1 last reflection paper -- due tomorrow. Final evaluations -- due next week. PC(USA) ordination exams -- August 26 (biblical exegesis on Judges or 1 Thessalonians -- hmmmm). My spiritual assessment done last week on a psychiatric case was good, and I had a successful heart-to-heart with my supervisor (she thinks I am challenging her authority on many levels -- I told her I wasn't doing it overtly or intentionally, if I am doing it at all, so things are back to "normal" with her, whatever that means). All in all, even keel at present, nothing really to complain about. I asked God to get me through this hospital worship service today (actually I asked for more than that -- I wanted it to be meaningful for those who attended -- and it was). God is good. My prayers were answered.... Better go use my time more wisely -- not sure if that means resting just-in-case tonight is crazy, or doing some homework now while it's slow so I don't have to do it later....
Have a good week, everyone! Blessings to you and yours!
posted by ToBeRev @ 2:38 PM
3 Comments:
I graded PCUSA ord exams for years. At that time, we looked for a clear exegesis that followed the rules given in the instructions. You can do this. Read, research, think.
I'm happy to hear that your worship service went well! How wonderful to have 9 souls at worship when you anticipated 5 or less! And you can play the flute? Too cool~
BTW, all CPE supervisors think students are questioning their authority. No one becomes a supervisor without HAVING authority issues. I believe this. And, how are you to survive the ministry without dealing with authority, your own authority and those in authority over you?
If you weren't be fussed at for questioning authority, the CPE Supervisor would be telling you to claim your authority.
I don't miss CPE although I did enjoy it and feel that I use the skills everyday.
Judges. Definitely Judges. More interesting stuff than Thess. At least IMHO.
I agree with St. C about Authority and CPE. Whatever your issues are, the Supervisor is there to name them. It's too bad when they aren't clear about their own sometimes! (My supervisor was one of them.)
How wonderful to include your flute at worship. I'm glad the service was well-attended and well-worshipped!
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