Back from Local Pastor School!!!!!

So I just finished my last day of Local Pastor Licensing School (LPLS). For those who may not know, LPLS is pretty much pastoral hazing. It is a one week crash course covering the basics of things I need to know in order to effectively pastor a church. They cover weddings, funerals, sacraments, polity, Christian education, evangelism and a whole lot more. LPLS is supposed to be 80 hours and they try to fit those 80 hours into 9 days most of which are 12 hours plus. I gained 12 pounds from sitting around slamming Dr Pepper to stay awake in class. I feel I am better for it, I came back with some immediate changes I want to make at my appointment and in my ministry. I asked my wife to design a letterhead for the church, I plan to send out letters to the members and supporters of the church this week. I also have some more tools to develop a simple website for the church, and I am uploading some sermons to podcast while I type this blog. (soundcloud.com/pastorjsimpjr). I also have some ideas to better operate the church Facebook page. I have some tips on pastoral care and handling weddings and funerals. Still a Pastor in training, I think I will always be one of those but I came back with a good experience.