Working too Hard?

When does a minister's day ever end.  This was my schedule last week:

Monday -- I took most of the day off but had my Art Journalling class from 7-9 p.m.  with one hour of set-up and half an hour of clean-up.  Total: 3.5 hours.

Tuesday -- 10-12, worked at home. 12 - went to meet someone, they didn't show up.  Went to the office. I worked at planning etc. until 5 p.m.. Total: 7 hours.

Wednesday -- Met with Robert Palmai at 11 a.m. for one hour.  I worked on many items relating to our fund raiser By the Numbers until 6 p.m. Dinner.  Back at the church for 7 p.m. Study session on Process Theology with George Hermanson.  Departed about 9:30 p.m. Total: 9.5 hours.

Thursday -- Sermon, 11-2; By the Numbers, 2-4. Total: 5 hours.

Friday - Set up for By the Numbers - 10 - 6 p.m. Total: 8 hours.

Saturday - Began at 9 a.m. with errands for the event until I arrived at the church about 11 a.m. I did final touches on the set-up.  At 1 p.m. arranged the food.  At 3 p.m. I printed the programs.  I had a break from 4-5 and then I was at the church for the final set up.  Event started at 7 p.m.  I left the church about 10 p.m.  Total: 12 hours.

Sunday - At the church for 9 a.m.  Left the church about 1 p.m. Total: 4 hours.

Total for the week: 49 hours.   Now, in the scheme of things this is not a huge amount of hours over my regular week.  But....the hard part of this is that I worked EVERY day and will not have a complete day off until Saturday April 3. 

My last two consecutive days off were March 12 & 13.  My next complete day off will be April 3. That's 21 days with at least one work-related event per day.  So, it's not really about the number of hours that a minister works.  It's more about the relentless without a complete mind and body break from church-related duties.

This is an example of working too hard and one which I have to wrestle with.  I'm thinking and praying about it. Nevertheless, it gives you some insight into the life of a minister