Episcopal Church Foundation Vestry Papers - for leading congregations

The calendar should be posted in a conspicuous place such that any member of the congregation has access to it. Both electronic and physical postings are necessary to ensure maximum coverage.

It is also recommend that dates are shared early and to a wide audience, for example with the diocesan office, neighboring Episcopal and Ecumenical congregations and with the surrounding communities and organizations. How many times have we all lamented that not enough people attended an event that we put so much effort into planning when we simply failed to share the dates with others or were unaware of standing calendar dates?

It is also highly desirable that we look for opportunities to have more joint events and less navel-gazing, perhaps starting with joining a neighboring Episcopal Church! If everyone is having a Lenten program, after-school outreach or musical concert, we may spice things up a bit by trying something different rather than the same old predictable event. Come Holy Spirit.
Pope Francis also said later in that message, "Rest for those who have done their work is necessary, good and should be taken seriously."

I once had a manager who made the practice of and recommended to us that the first thing that we should put on our calendar each year is our vacation time. In addition to being done individually, this practice can be shared with our committees and boards. In this way we actively make plans to rest, and allow the Holy Spirit into our resting as well as planning times.