Imagine with me for a moment: it's the week leading up to Easter Sunday. What are you doing?

Things are crazy. You're running around trying to get all of those last minute details in place. It's only Monday but it feels like you'll never have enough time to finish everything you need to get done.

A few days pass and now it's Friday afternoon. But, there's still more to do.

So, Saturday comes and you spend all day working on finishing things up.

Finally, it's Easter Sunday and you roll into church exhausted because of everything you did to get ready.

... it doesn't have to be that way.

You can show up to church on Easter Sunday well rested and ready to lead your church!

All it takes is one commitment: taking a day off the week of Easter.

Here are 3 steps to taking a day off the week of Easter:

1 | Give yourself permission

The biggest obstacle to taking a day off the week of Easter is ourselves. It's one of the biggest Sundays of the year and it feels like we should be working our butts off right until Sunday morning.

But let me assure you - the ability to take a day off during a "busy season" is a sign of good leadership and efficient working.

If we're being honest with ourselves, the reason we feel like we don't have time to take a day off is because we didn't plan properly. We left everything until the last minute. You've known when Easter was for the past 6 months - it didn't sneak up on you.

So, see your ability to take a day off as a sign of good leadership because... it is.

2 | Schedule it on your calendar

Now that you've given yourself permission to take a day off the week of Easter, open up your calendar and write it down.

We schedule and make time for things that are important. And a day off the week of Easter is important because it's going to allow us to lead our church the best we possibly can on Easter Sunday.

Write down your day off and commit to taking it.

3 | Start preparing now!

Just because you've scheduled a day off doesn't mean you get to be lazy. Easter is still a busy season and it requires work.

But, the earlier you start preparing for Easter, the less overwhelmed you'll be when the deadline approaches.

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