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Continue reading →: Not Giving Up in LentI thought I might give up Lent for Lent this year. Well not entirely. I was scheduled to preach at my church for the first Sunday of Lent. I changed our church Facebook cover page to a photo of our worship space in Lenten colours. But these last 11 months…
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Continue reading →: Do I Really Need to Take Care of Myself FIRST?Long before the novel coronavirus, I was invited to speak at a church conference, so I flew from where I live in Abbotsford to Calgary, then from Calgary to Toronto. On each flight, I heard the same standard safety instruction: in the event of an emergency, if the oxygen masks…
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Continue reading →: What I’m Learning About Speaking Online: Forging Friendship in a Lonely WorldLast March my speaking schedule was full. One Sunday a month was reserved for Valley CrossWay Church where I serve as resident author, and I spoke another once or twice a month in other churches and community settings. That was just the right amount of speaking to balance out the time…
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Continue reading →: Wise Well-Being PracticesA guest post by Matt Bloom, director of the Flourishing in Ministry Project and a professor at Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. This article was first published in Faith & Leadership, as Matt Bloom: A commitment to personal rituals can sustain clergy, even during a…
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Continue reading →: We Put Our Hope in GodOn the day that our province declared a state of emergency due to the coronavirus, I received an email asking for permission to include some of my writing on a new worship website. In the midst of the pandemic with new cases of COVID-19 increasing daily and the death toll…
When You Work for the Church
Hello,
I’m April Yamasaki
Welcome to When You Work for the Church. I’ve been a church volunteer and a full-time pastor. I’ve led small groups and served on denominational committees. When I resigned from pastoral ministry to focus on my writing, I knew that I wanted to be—needed to be—grounded in a local congregation. I love the church!
But I also know that churches and church organizations have not always lived up to their calling, have brought harm instead of healing. So I started this website to share resources for doing ministry better, and pray that together we might serve more faithfully and effectively.
For a healthy rhythm of work and rest, I’d love to send you my ebook.
When You Work for the Church 