Together with coworkers, prayerfully schedule coming events.

• You might have two such calendars: a detailed one for you and your staff, and a less detailed one for the public, displayed in a prominent place.
• To assure good attendance, give enthusiastic attention in advance to special events.
• Avoid crowding calendars with detail. Do not fill in every time slot. Leave ample time each day for last minute ministry opportunities.

Find in Ephesians 5:15-17 guidelines to evaluate how we use the time God gives us.

T&M Student Activity Guide page 28a

Time management from a Christian perspective: Leadership Handbooks of Practical Theology, edited by James Berkeley, Volume 3: section 7

If you work cross-culturally in an area new to you, find out from local people their understanding of what are their regular and annual events.

• Do they enter these events on a calendar or some kind of published list?
• If there is a dominant religion, then avoid scheduling events that can bring down the ire of their authorities on you or on the followers of Christ.
• Find out from believers which of their traditional and religious events can be celebrated with a clear conscience, which can be given a new meaning, and which must be avoided by followers who want to honor Jesus.