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Re: Your NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
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Originally Posted by StMark
what will your church do for music now that you are stepping down?
Do they have someone to fill in or take your place?
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I only handle choir/ensemble/special music, so we still have someone over praise and worship. The praise and worship portion of the service will simply be extended for awhile.
No, there's no one who can take my place at this time--that's what made it a hard decision. I'm still available to sing/play on Sunday mornings. Just not for scheduling/teaching new music/Thursday night practices for awhile.
If I get my schedule to a reasonable place in say, 6 months or so, I'll pick it back up. For now the plan is to step away for a year.
Jeff sat down with me a few weeks ago and basically said, "Okay, you've got too many commitments. Pick one and take a break from everything else." LOL!!! My pastor is alright with it--he knows I'm really frazzled to the max at the moment. Well, I don't know that he's "alright" with it--but he's aware that I've been quickly approaching total burnout this past year. I didn't even take a break from the music dept. after Jeffrey was born, except for the first month after he came home.
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