I have been the music director/choirmaster of a suburban Catholic church for 34 yrs. I also played an additional 2yrs in the parish where I attended high school. It is very rewarding. And though it is not enormously time consuming, it's always prime time. I have written a mass setting and some psalm setting we use in our church. Just over the past few years have I been able to get away for more than a weekend or two at a time.
Because I needed to be home most weekends, playing in a band was a good fit. Now I am retired from my day job (school teacher) and have plenty of time for music, but the gigs aren't there anymore. So, I am really putting a lot of effort into my church music. There will be no pension from this job, so I'm sticking around for a few more choruses.