Report 3

Report 3
Ministry Activity -
On to week 3
This week went okay. I spent a lot of my time planning for my Sunday school lesson and was completely stoked for it. It was hard to come up with an idea and I didn't want to use a curriculum book...I'm really stubborn. So Saturday night rolled around and I had a few things to tweak and to type out...when I suddenly realized that I would not have internet in the back room...dun dun dunnnnnn. So after staying up for 2 extra hours trying to figure out if I could find a downloadable version of the music video AND after using my digital camera to video record the computer playing the clips I wanted...I realized (at about 2:30 am) that if you play through a youtube video so it has already loaded and stuff you can play it again without an internet connection...hmmm :) at least it worked out.
So Sunday morning came really quick and my lesson was on Trust. I even searched through Pat Hannon's old chapel services to find a story he used last Spring...this was intense planning. I talked about how Peter walked on water because Jesus said "Come" and that even though Peter was afraid Jesus was not about to let him sink. We played the trust fall game and tied that into trusting God to catch us and I played the Indiana Jones clip of him taking a leap of faith. I ended it all with the song by Lifehouse called "Storm" and a video I found on tangle that fit perfectly, I also gave them a folded up handout to complete later...I really felt God planned this out and got it all ready for me. He guided me on this one...yet it still didn't go as well as I had hoped...With summer here the kids were hard to get focused, I had a media problem, and a parent kindly brought in donuts which did not help with the focus issue. I left feeling slightly discouraged.

Monday we had a staff meeting...usually I love these meetings because I love listening to everything that goes into planning a service and I love hearing the staff interact...this one was different though...I felt as if there was so much negative talk that the meeting ended leaving me with a bad taste in my mouth...then my brakes broke in my car.

Tuesday I showed up late to work because my mom had to take me...I worked primarily on VBS junior high camp stuff and I am really excited about how it is coming along. I hope that the girls get a new idea of what worship is and can incorporate some of the things we do into their daily lives. We have a coffee shop at church and the Worship arts pastor makes a mean mocha and always makes them for the interns as well :) I am always excited to hear "'mocha time." I met with my mentor/youth pastor...we went over the leadership book we are reading and talked about my Sunday school lesson. He also helped me get ideas for VBS. I took a personality quiz...those frustrate me sometimes... I don't always like some aspects of my personality :/

Wednesday- More VBS planning and game night for junior high students... nothing else is still going on for Wed. nights at the church so most students couldn't get rides so we had about 9 students and just played games and hung out.

Hours
At church planning -
Mon - 8:30 am - 5pm
Tues - 9:30 am - 4:30pm
Wed - 9 am - 3:30pm

With students -
Sun - 1.5 hr
Wed - 2.5 hr

Personal Reflection -
This first part of the week was really discouraging to me in so many different ways. I tried doing some art and writing out a pray to relieve some of my tension and I think it helped some. I need to keep more focused while I am in the church. I tend to take forever looking for one small thing to use in a class or at VBS and then I am crammed for other things...so I think if I can't find something in 30 min or less then I should move on and go back to it later so that way I am more productive in my day. I am learning so much. I learning that even though I feel that a Sunday school lesson will be an awesome hit and be perfect and impacting...some times it just isn't and it isn't because I did something wrong. I am also learning that frustration is present even while doing what I love...I knew this, but still I'm now experiencing it.


Spiritual Reflection-
I really felt God show me some cool things while planning the lesson and He really came through for me. With my frustration and discouragement with the stuff listed and some other things I felt really worn out. I think that I need to get more sleep and continue writing out my prayers. This really helped me to see and understand my feelings and express them to God. My excitement (and nervousness) is mounting for VBS and want it to really reveal to the girls who God is.