When I have little to do, I get little done. Hopefully that will change as I move into the fall. In a life worthy of Joy, I'm starting to take on more responsibilities apart from work.
I'm going to be helping with post-production on my church's new video programs. Actually, it looks like I'll be building a team to edit and burn DVDs of various sermons and classes. As we get started, a lot will rest on me. But as we build and train our group of volunteers, I'll likely move toward more of an oversight or managing role. Prior to last week, I knew only that I was going to be taking over one of the ongoing DVD projects. The extent of the role came as a bit of a shock. We're still in the process of imagining all that this position could be as we plan for the future of the church. It'll be a lot of work (I spent about seven hours at church Saturday getting some projects caught up to where they need to be), but it'll also be nice to have something constructive to do with my excess of free time.
In addition to that (actually, long before that), I've volunteered to start training for community group leadership. For those unfamiliar with the concept, a community group is a small group of people, most of whom are from church, who get together for a Bible study sometime during the week. If you're used to having a Wednesday night prayer meeting at your church, this is sort of a replacement that some churches use. I've been in an excellent one with Drew and Lisa over the past year (and the four months I was in Seattle in 2003). But it seems like there's a need for more groups, and I think that guiding a group would be a good way to help with my personal growth and my understanding and appllication of the Bible. So in addition to my present community group on Tuesday night, I'm going to be participating in an official church training group on Thursdays from September through November. Top that off with another two nights a week plus Saturday mornings (present estimate) for the video work, and Jonathan will finally be a busy boy.
But being appropriately busy is a good thing. While overwork can kill you, too little leads to mental rot. I'll have to see how things go throughout the fall and adjust my schedule and time commitments as necessary. Although it's a little scary from here, I'm definitely looking forward to autumn. With all the other things to do, I may actually get some of my own projects started and completed.
Posted by jonhanneman at August 28, 2005 8:37 PM | TrackBack