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What are your "normal" weekly schedules?
I am going to be going full time in a Children/ Youth Minister position at the end of June. I teach now, so my schedule is set 5 days a week. I always hear that some congregations' complaints are on how the staff spends their time weekly. What are some suggestions?
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I wish I could say that I have set schedule but I dont. I am in charge of my schedule and its great. So I basically set 2 hours every morning for devotion and prayer. I set another 2 hours for strategy and planning. 2-4 hours with Students whereever. My last 2 hours hours are spent wrapping up and touching base with any phone calls that need to be made. |
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As a matter of integrity, you should "work" at least 40 hours. My personal opinion is that 45 hours a week is a good balance. When I was single, I was 50 to 55+ hours a week and found myself just starting to burn myself out. If you find yourself working over 50 hours regularly, I would question the wisdom in that. |
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M-F 8 am to 5 pm (i take one of those days off. My wife is an RN and works one day a week, so the day she is scheduled I take off. My church does not keep track of my hours nor do the people, but that is my normal time. Wednesday morning is our staff breakfast, and I have 8th Hour (after school program 3:15 - 6:30 pm and then our Mid-week ConneXtions from 6:30 - 8 pm) |
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That's a hard question, I am a very unstructured/people oriented person so I spend as little time in the office as possible,but do spend (during the school yr) 10-3 or 4 in the office,and from there spend 2 to 3 hrs with kids after school as often as possible. During the summer I spend more time with kids, and less in the office. So there is not really a "normal" work week for me that is consistant. |
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i just play X box and eat pizza all day long. |
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I just made an "ideal-generic" schedule for me. Monday, Tues, Thurs Bible Study 8-10, Networking/email/facebook/misc 10-1, Prepare lesson/sermon 1-3, wrap-up/clean up 3-4. On Wed, Bible study 8-9:30, Networking/email/facebook/misc 9:30-11, Finalize and review lesson 11-12, set up youth room 12-1. Have church 7:30 on wed, class and service on sunday. All added up equals about 35 hours or so. The remainder of my time is spent with other yp's and students at school, sport events, plays etc. Make sure not to be too detailed in a schedule and leave some wiggle room. You never know what's going to pop up. |
