EXAMPLE
Pastoral Sabbath Rest
Planning and Preparation

We recommend the following as steps of planning and preparation for the pastor, prior to the Sabbath Rest.

1. Allow six months to a year to plan the seven-week Sabbath Rest.
2. Develop a plan in which the Sabbath Rest Committee and church board mutually agree upon.
3. Timing is vital---There’s a time to work and there's a time to rest.
4. Use a consultant or mentor to help/assist you in planning and evaluating objectively.
5. Search out program resources.
6. Ask for congregational and church board input for the development of your plan.
7. Organize your financial arrangements. Extra expense may be incurred during Sabbath Rest.
8. Plan to keep a daily journal.
9. Make travel plans that will remove you from your normal routine.
10. Ask yourself the following:
    • What do I want to happen to me personally?
    • How do I want the Sabbath Rest to affect my family/spouse?
    • How would I like the congregation to benefit?

Hope builds on the dreams God reawakens in us
as we walk in pilgrimage with Him
and renews us to lead again the people committed to our charge.

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