Last One Out Should Turn Off The Lights
It is eerily quiet on the grounds of The LTS. There are only a few people on campus doing their CPE, all of the Seniors have left and gone off to their calls and careers. Then the people of my class, the Middlers/Interns have been taking off, moving to their internship sites for a year. I'm one of the last ones left here, planning on moving to the Garden next week to start in August.
I'm dealing with the hidden dilemma of the Seminary process, packing and moving. This is one of the dirty little secrets of the call process they don't tell you about. Well, for those of my readers who are in the discernment process, let me clue you in on this. From the time you leave your home, sweet home until your first call, you will probably move at least 4 times, possibly as many as 6 times in 4 years. Here
is the breakdown:
1) From home onto campus - Depending on if you are a pipeliner, pseudo-pipeliner or second career person, this will entail either moving some stuff, gathering some stuff or getting rid of a lot of stuff.
2) From campus to your CPE site - This may mean moving home, moving into an apartment/dorm room/convent for the summer, but it entails boxing, taping, packing and hauling.
3) Back to campus OR moving to another place on campus - Middler year move, either upgrading the facilities, apartment/house sharing or coming back from Chaplaincy. How does this move make you feel?
4) Off on internship - So you're going to spend a year in ________. Will you be in a house, apartment or parsonage? What goes to the domicile and what goes to the church? What book goes where? How many clerical shirts do I need? (from one of my classmates - Ask this question BEFORE you buy - just a thought) What do you need in terms of cooking stuff?
5) Back from internship - After spending a year in the Real World (or at least what passes for the Real World from a church perspective), you come back to campus. What did you accumulate on internship that you don't need on campus? Where did you put those books you didn't want to take internship, but that you'll need now that you're back in academia?
6) First call - Hopefully, the process goes fast enough that you can go from apartment to parsonage (or the equivalent) and don't have to make an intermediate move to home (wherever that is after 4 years).
Other than rambling on (and avoiding packing for a while) what is the purpose of this? Hopefully, a prospective seminarian will read this and pack lightly when the come to their Seminary for Summer Greek or the equivalent. Secondly, family & friends of seminarians will understand why we covet big sturdy boxes almost as much as commentaries. Thirdly, no one asks a pastor fresh from seminary to help them move, or at least they understand the shakes if they do ask. UNLESS, they are asking for advice only, I think I may earn my M. Move with my M.Div. Fourthly, to stimulate the economy - invest in packing tape and rental trucks.
Well, I'm off to tackle the bedroom.
I'm dealing with the hidden dilemma of the Seminary process, packing and moving. This is one of the dirty little secrets of the call process they don't tell you about. Well, for those of my readers who are in the discernment process, let me clue you in on this. From the time you leave your home, sweet home until your first call, you will probably move at least 4 times, possibly as many as 6 times in 4 years. Here
is the breakdown:1) From home onto campus - Depending on if you are a pipeliner, pseudo-pipeliner or second career person, this will entail either moving some stuff, gathering some stuff or getting rid of a lot of stuff.
2) From campus to your CPE site - This may mean moving home, moving into an apartment/dorm room/convent for the summer, but it entails boxing, taping, packing and hauling.
3) Back to campus OR moving to another place on campus - Middler year move, either upgrading the facilities, apartment/house sharing or coming back from Chaplaincy. How does this move make you feel?
4) Off on internship - So you're going to spend a year in ________. Will you be in a house, apartment or parsonage? What goes to the domicile and what goes to the church? What book goes where? How many clerical shirts do I need? (from one of my classmates - Ask this question BEFORE you buy - just a thought) What do you need in terms of cooking stuff?
5) Back from internship - After spending a year in the Real World (or at least what passes for the Real World from a church perspective), you come back to campus. What did you accumulate on internship that you don't need on campus? Where did you put those books you didn't want to take internship, but that you'll need now that you're back in academia?
6) First call - Hopefully, the process goes fast enough that you can go from apartment to parsonage (or the equivalent) and don't have to make an intermediate move to home (wherever that is after 4 years).
Other than rambling on (and avoiding packing for a while) what is the purpose of this? Hopefully, a prospective seminarian will read this and pack lightly when the come to their Seminary for Summer Greek or the equivalent. Secondly, family & friends of seminarians will understand why we covet big sturdy boxes almost as much as commentaries. Thirdly, no one asks a pastor fresh from seminary to help them move, or at least they understand the shakes if they do ask. UNLESS, they are asking for advice only, I think I may earn my M. Move with my M.Div. Fourthly, to stimulate the economy - invest in packing tape and rental trucks.
Well, I'm off to tackle the bedroom.
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