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>> Jeffrey Goodman.

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Pastor of Salem Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Ephrata, Pennsylvania.

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My day consists of preparing for Sunday.

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Sunday's our big day.

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So during the week, I do a
lot of work with sacred texts,

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the Bible, and preparing for my sermon.

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So a lot of my job entails reading.

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Study. It's quiet a lot of times.

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Also in the afternoon, be
visiting with elderly people.

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Sick people.

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Dying people.

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Bringing the sacraments to them.

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And I'm out and about, usually in the afternoon.

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But in the morning it's usually
time for study; prayer.

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Things like that.

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Contemplation, yeah.

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I mean my job brings me into the community.

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And so I serve on the board of
the Ephrata area social services.

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And so we're involved in feeding the poor.

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And making sure that nobody goes hungry.

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And so I'm brought into the community that way.

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And I have young children.

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So I see a lot of people that way through
their school and things like that.

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I've been invited by their principal to
mentor troubled children at the school.

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And, you know, things like that at the
school with the -- in the community.

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A busy Sunday would be starting at 6:00 am.

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Getting there real early.

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Opening the church up.

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And getting ready for Sunday
and things like that.

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Opening the doors; turning the lights on.

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And then at 8:30 teaching Sunday school to
either adults or confirmation-age students.

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The younger ones have their
own Sunday school teachers.

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And then at 9:30 the Divine Service.

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And so that usually lasts
about an hour; hour-and-a-half.

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Preaching the Word.

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Administering the Sacrament.

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And then after that, usually another
adult class that I'll be leading.

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Whether -- either -- it could
be studying the Bible.

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Could be studying church history.

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Theology. Contemporary issues.

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And then in the evening, around 6:00
or 7:00, teaching confirmation class

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for junior high, high school aged children.

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As well as meeting with people
who are coming into the church,

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who have never had an understanding of the
Lutheran church, or the church in general.

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