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Continue reading →: Start the Christmas Season Early with Celtic AdventIf you’re looking to enrich your Advent and Christmas season, why not start early with Celtic Advent on November 15? In Lean Towards the Light This Advent and Christmas, Christine Sine writes: In the Western church, Advent starts four Sundays before Christmas Day, but Celtic and Orthodox Christians begin the…
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Continue reading →: Becoming Brave in Your Own BackyardIn Becoming Brave, author Brenda Salter McNeil weaves together her own story of growing activism with the biblical story of Esther and the urgent need for racial justice and reconciliation in America. Her intent is to “activate reconcilers to repair broken systems that are rooted in the evil of racism and…
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Continue reading →: The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church’s Complicity in Sexual Abuse and MisconductThis book is essentially a lament that sexual abuse is prevalent, and a call to action. I hope to inspire churches to stand passionately with survivors, pursue justice by prosecuting abusers, and make our faith communities safer and braver. —Ruth Everhart, The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church’s Complicity in Sexual Abuse…
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Continue reading →: How to Respond When Worship Materials are Implicated in AbuseDeveloping a new hymnal is a huge undertaking, and it’s been my privilege to have a very small part in the new Mennonite hymnal that’s launching this fall. Mine was a very limited role: serving as one of the writers for the funeral resources, reviewing some of the worship resources…
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Continue reading →: Your Free Four Gifts Study GuideFour Gifts: Seeking Self-Care for Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength began as an article on When You Work for the Church: Is Self-Care Part of Your Paid Employment, and Should It Be? I’m still amazed at that journey from article to published book, because believe me, not all books find…
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 