#219: Understanding Liturgical Assessment (REPLAY) - a podcast by National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM)
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Happy Easter! We hope your Holy Week and Easter Sunday celebrations were
filled with music, prayer and joy at the Resurrection of our Lord. We know
this episode comes to you on Easter Monday, a day where pastoral musicians
are hopefully resting after Holy Week. We hope that this episode from the
Ministry Monday archives allows you to strike while the iron is hot,
whether that is today or later on in the Octave of Easter.
One of the best practices I learned from a fellow pastoral minister was to
take the time to write down what went well - and what didn’t - almost
immediately after a momentous liturgy took place. For events like Christmas
Eve, Christmas Day and Triduum, it helped me to refine the following year’s
preparations and made my work more efficient. If I needed an extra song at
the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday, for example, I knew to add
another one just in case for next year. Truthfully, I also wrote down what
didn’t work, and earmarked that for next year.
And so we listen into the episode. You’ll hear former Ministry Monday host
Matt Reichert interview Mike about this topic, with the hopes that it helps
you to pause, regroup, and prepare for next year.
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