Today at 10:30 I sat in on my church’s pastoral care meeting where the care and share committee and the clergy at my Church discuss what major events are going on in parishioners’ lives including family issues, health issues, deaths and births so that the church can be a welcoming and safe place for those people. Later, I sat in on the Church’s staff meeting where all the paid staff members gather to discuss how different organizations are working and who needs to do what etc. Then I went with Father Javier to Dorcas Ministries to take a tour of the client services part of Dorcas and learned about how people in crisis can be served. To cap things off I sat down with Javier to discuss his life and work as a priest and learned much more interesting information about community work, Sunday services and time with families who call on him during death and birth.