Jack of all trades...a typical week in the life of a church planter!

Sunday

8am   A crazy morning as I countdown the minutes to getting everyone in the van  "5 MINUTES" to getting to the first service for 9am.  We get energized in the Holy Spirit through powerful worship and then every service a team of people surround us as we are prayed over for our service at Church at the Manor.  We hit the church kitchen to pick up all the donations of salads, sandwiches, desserts and head home.  Time to load up the drum kit and keyboard and head to the Manor

11:30am Paul opens the doors for us and we go into the storage room and grab our speakers and sound equipment and begin the stage setup.  Bob, Laura and Jen oversee the set up of the food on the pool table.  Sharon leads the band in prayer and they begin worship practice.

1pm  The band starts to play and worship changes the atmosphere!  At roughly 1:30pm the speaker shares and a time of prayer follows.  We pack up and leave shortly after 3pm

Today we head out as a family to the local food event taking place at Ignatius Farm and see friends, listen to local music, sample food.  The evening finishes with a campfire in the backyard.


Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday are roofing days as I wake up at 7am and get roofing with my brother Ralph and the My Three Sons crew.  LOTS of sweat, sunscreen and laughs as we knock off the roofs together.

Monday night

7pm  Sharon and I head out to prayer ministry training at Freedom House Center here in Guelph.  It is a great time of insight and understanding with Dr. Wendy Thome.

Tuesday night

7pm  I meet Butch at the Royal to take him to prayer ministry but he has too much anxiety to go so I end up being blessed myself as the prayer ministry team at the Freedom House pray over me.

Wednesday night

Date night with Sharon!  We either go out for dinner, catch a movie, do some thrift shopping at Salvation Army or have some wine and cheese and watch a favorite TV episode

Thursday

7:50am get on my bike and head down to University of Guelph to participate in the pudding study. I get paid to eat pudding for a research study,  what I forget to see in the fine print is that they do finger pricks for blood at 0m, 15m, 30m 60m,90m 120m!  Eat a pizza lunch and head home at 11am

11:30am travel to Memory Gardens and meet with a family who lost their father, learn about him and the family, discover stories, prepare my notes and complete a memorial service at 1pm

2:30pm meet with Kellen, pastor of Crossings Community, downtown Guelph at Salsateria for nachos and talk life, ministry and family.

Relax

Friday

Ninabrook day!  Well that's the plan anyways.  I take time to help pull and pack orders and ship them to Canada Post on Woodlawn.  Sometimes I pull off a blog and there are always expenses and invoices to record in Simply Accounting.

Saturday

7am Wake up and hit the garage sales with Sharon and find amazing deals on things we really need!  Excellent bonding time.  In the afternoon, possibly do a community wedding with Geoff and Michelle recently or take part in a game of ball hockey in the neighbourhood or the annual street party with George doing a sweet job

**every morning I try to take time to get on my knees, pray, read the Word and spend time listening and journalling.  It doesn't happen everyday, but its my goal to start with Jesus.  Drive time can also turn in to listening to Steven Furtick on my Elevation app or praying on the way to the job site!