Well this week has been really good! I had four graduation parties to go to this week which = a ton of free sandwiches and cake (which I took full advantage of.) In the office I have prepared a bunch of stuff for SITS which is only a week and a half away, then I built the computer program again, worked on my lesson for July 11th, which is extremely exciting. I have also finished the first draft of my lesson for JR High camp which is only three and a half weeks away now, all there is left to do is go incubate and revise. I have also been working with the youth minister on his SITS workshop, which I may get to teach a day or two of. Last night I had the opportunity to do a devotional for the leadership meeting, and that went really well, it was a really good opportunity. Other than that this week has consisted of a lot of Lock-in prep, the lock-in is tomorrow night and we're expecting 50+, so it should be a ton of fun.
A big thing that I did last week and got to talk to the Executive minister about yesterday was a "Ministerial Interview" which is kind of like an application from Willow Creek that evaluates "the three C's" which are Character, Competency, and also Chemistry. This was an awesome opportunity to evaluate myself, and something that I would suggest everyone to look into. It consists of questions that many churches will ask, and is great experience.
Today I had my meeting with the Youth Minister to discuss "Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry" and we discussed the chapter that covers "how do I stay spiritually fresh?" This was a phenomenal meeting in which I learned a ton. It made a lot of things that have happened to me spiritually while at school made a lot more sense.
Well I hope you all are having an awesome summer, I am praying for you all, and even though this is for a grade just remember Galatians 1:10! We are doing this for Christ, not to please the ministers above us, or for Dr. Baldwin. If getting a grade, or pleasing a minister becomes the most important thing to us (anyone doing internships) this summer, we are completely failing to do what we are called to do.
I will close with a couple quotes from the chapter on staying spiritually fresh:
When talking about the two commandments that Jesus said were the greatest Fields writes: "Faithfulness to the first command (loving God) results in obedience to the second (loving others)." (67)
"Failure to see the difference between loving God and loving others (doing ministry) can result in a ministry-focused life rather than a God-focused life." (67)
"God is much more concerned with your being than your doing." (66)
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