MINISTRY ACTIVITIES
This week I have spent 6 hours in the church. I have been doing the same things that I have been doing throughout the semester, but now I feel like I am doing them from my heart and not because I have been told to do them. I spent time leading in a small group, leading in group prayer, leading in games and activities, and just more time building relationships with the students. It has been fantastic to experience in a healthy church where it actually makes a difference.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
Thinking back of the ministry that I did this week, I do not see it as work or something I have to but something I love to do. It has changed from school work to a passion and a desire I have to be with my students. I have begun to truly cherish the students and their relationships that they have with God. I am thankful for the opportunities that this practicum has given me these students.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
Spiritually this week I have done much better. I have not been reading through one book of the bible just searching through passages that I have read in previous sittings and rereading them and reflecting on what they mean and how they affect my life. I read through the end of Ecclesiastes because I have been experiencing some depression questions of life. So I think that God has been really teaching me and shaping me and helping me grow through this time of depression and trials so that I can be the man and the minister that he has been shaping me to be throughout my life.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Week 9
MINISTRY ACTIVITIES
This week was another long week at church. I spent 9 hours in the church week. I loved every minute of it. This week I was given the opportunity to help lead a fundraiser, which was something that I have never done before. I was also given the chance to prayer in front of the entire congregation which is kind of nervracking to be honest. On top of all that I also spent time leading in small groups, leading in group prayer, leading activities and being the captain of our Wiffle ball team. I feel as if God is starting to bless things through me, which is cool…I’ll explain more lately!
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
I loved this week. I was able to experience different parts of ministry this week, so it was really good. I think God is teaching me to be more obedient and flexible in my ministry that I am doing at the church right now. I got to help with a fundraiser, which was cool because I have done involved in something like that. I feel like I learned a bunch of stuff from it.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week spiritually speaking it has started to get better. I am feeling as if I am starting to learn from my devotions and I have started being intentional with being in the word of God. I feel like God is starting to teach me and that my relationship for the first time is growing and not just standing still or being regressing. I hope that this growth starts become a more regular thing and that I can continue to know my creator more.
This week was another long week at church. I spent 9 hours in the church week. I loved every minute of it. This week I was given the opportunity to help lead a fundraiser, which was something that I have never done before. I was also given the chance to prayer in front of the entire congregation which is kind of nervracking to be honest. On top of all that I also spent time leading in small groups, leading in group prayer, leading activities and being the captain of our Wiffle ball team. I feel as if God is starting to bless things through me, which is cool…I’ll explain more lately!
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
I loved this week. I was able to experience different parts of ministry this week, so it was really good. I think God is teaching me to be more obedient and flexible in my ministry that I am doing at the church right now. I got to help with a fundraiser, which was cool because I have done involved in something like that. I feel like I learned a bunch of stuff from it.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week spiritually speaking it has started to get better. I am feeling as if I am starting to learn from my devotions and I have started being intentional with being in the word of God. I feel like God is starting to teach me and that my relationship for the first time is growing and not just standing still or being regressing. I hope that this growth starts become a more regular thing and that I can continue to know my creator more.
Week 8
MINISTRY ACTIVITIES
This week was another long week, not due to ministry in the local church, but this week we had FUSION youth conference on campus. I was in charge of the activities, so I was tired by the time Sunday rolled around. However, that did not keep me from being at church like I am supposed to be. I was there doing the ministry that I have been doing. I spent 6 hours in the local church this week. I spent most of my leading small groups, leading in group prayer, leading in activities and games, and just spending time with the students furthering our relationships. It was a fantastic week of ministry.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
This week was long. I enjoyed being involved in FUSION youth conference, because I had never been involved in that kind of ministry before, so it was a good learning experience for me. I feel as if God is giving me so many different opportunities to learn and to serve him. Which leads me to a question if he is teaching me why am I not learning more about who he is? Is it because I have not been the word? Other than that the ministry side of this week has been great. I feel like the more ministries I am involved in the more I feel equipped to be a leader in ministry. Which is a good thing I think.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week has been good in doing ministry, but in learning and growing in my own relationship with Jesus Christ, I have failed to do so. Which is starting to make me upset because how can I teach others to learn and grow in Christ if I am not doing this myself? I can’t. So I desperately need to start growing in my relationship with Christ. I need to make it a point to spend time in the word, prayer, journaling, and fasting so that I can grow closer with Jesus Christ.
This week was another long week, not due to ministry in the local church, but this week we had FUSION youth conference on campus. I was in charge of the activities, so I was tired by the time Sunday rolled around. However, that did not keep me from being at church like I am supposed to be. I was there doing the ministry that I have been doing. I spent 6 hours in the local church this week. I spent most of my leading small groups, leading in group prayer, leading in activities and games, and just spending time with the students furthering our relationships. It was a fantastic week of ministry.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
This week was long. I enjoyed being involved in FUSION youth conference, because I had never been involved in that kind of ministry before, so it was a good learning experience for me. I feel as if God is giving me so many different opportunities to learn and to serve him. Which leads me to a question if he is teaching me why am I not learning more about who he is? Is it because I have not been the word? Other than that the ministry side of this week has been great. I feel like the more ministries I am involved in the more I feel equipped to be a leader in ministry. Which is a good thing I think.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week has been good in doing ministry, but in learning and growing in my own relationship with Jesus Christ, I have failed to do so. Which is starting to make me upset because how can I teach others to learn and grow in Christ if I am not doing this myself? I can’t. So I desperately need to start growing in my relationship with Christ. I need to make it a point to spend time in the word, prayer, journaling, and fasting so that I can grow closer with Jesus Christ.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Week 7
MINISTRY ACTIVITIES
This week was way less hectic and busy than last week. I would say that is a good thing, but to be honest i kind of miss that. This week was back to normal. I was at church doing ministry for around 6 hours this week. I was doing anything from leading small groups, leading in prayer, leading in games/activities, and talking with the students building relationships with them. This was a much more normal week, which was bad, but i kind of missed hanging out with the students a lot. But it was good to be back in the local church.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
This week was good to be back in the normal swing of ministry. Even though like i mentioned earlier, i did miss spending a lot of time with the students. It made me think that i need to take advantage of the time that i do get with the students and not take it for granted. The more i get involved and get into the lives of each of these students the more i miss them and want to graaduate so that i can be a part of ministry on a full time level every week. I feel as if i am ready to be in ministry now, so its hard to wait. But i know that i have too!
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week spiritually was neither good nor bad. It was one of those in the middle weeks. So therefore, i think that it was bad. Because if i am not growing i think it is bad. I continued to read through james, but i didn't particularly grow that much, so it was dumb. Please pray that this become easier for me to be more intentional with my own relationship with Jesus Christ. Thanks!
This week was way less hectic and busy than last week. I would say that is a good thing, but to be honest i kind of miss that. This week was back to normal. I was at church doing ministry for around 6 hours this week. I was doing anything from leading small groups, leading in prayer, leading in games/activities, and talking with the students building relationships with them. This was a much more normal week, which was bad, but i kind of missed hanging out with the students a lot. But it was good to be back in the local church.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
This week was good to be back in the normal swing of ministry. Even though like i mentioned earlier, i did miss spending a lot of time with the students. It made me think that i need to take advantage of the time that i do get with the students and not take it for granted. The more i get involved and get into the lives of each of these students the more i miss them and want to graaduate so that i can be a part of ministry on a full time level every week. I feel as if i am ready to be in ministry now, so its hard to wait. But i know that i have too!
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week spiritually was neither good nor bad. It was one of those in the middle weeks. So therefore, i think that it was bad. Because if i am not growing i think it is bad. I continued to read through james, but i didn't particularly grow that much, so it was dumb. Please pray that this become easier for me to be more intentional with my own relationship with Jesus Christ. Thanks!
Week 6
MINISTRY ACTIVITIES
Wow! This week was long. There were so many activities that took place throughout this whole weekend. This weekend was the Indiana Central District snow camp, so we were at that all weekend. It was a long weekend, but was probably the most beneficial ministry weekend i have had in a long time. This weekend i put in 29 hours (not including sleep time) face time with the students. This was anything from helping lead them where they needed to be to prayer to just spending time building those already solid relationships. This weekend was amazing, but i will talk more about that later.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
Ministry was amazing this weekend. I loved spending all of my time with the students. It was good because it showed them that i really care about them. We spent most of the weekend just hanging and building community amongst our group, so that was very cool. The coolest thing that i experienced this weekend was the car ride home. We had two vehicles (guys in one and girls in the other). We had a walkie talkie in each. So the whole 3.5 hour car ride home we spent asking personal questions from car to car. This was amazing. It helped build the group closer to each other. Since that time i have felt closer to the group than i ever have. I loved it.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week spiritually for me was better than the last few weeks. I spent time in bible reading through James, which has been very good and beneficial. I did a lot better with practicing the spiritual disciplines, which has been very good. I feel like being closer to the students in the youth group really affects how my spiritual journey is going in my life.
Wow! This week was long. There were so many activities that took place throughout this whole weekend. This weekend was the Indiana Central District snow camp, so we were at that all weekend. It was a long weekend, but was probably the most beneficial ministry weekend i have had in a long time. This weekend i put in 29 hours (not including sleep time) face time with the students. This was anything from helping lead them where they needed to be to prayer to just spending time building those already solid relationships. This weekend was amazing, but i will talk more about that later.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
Ministry was amazing this weekend. I loved spending all of my time with the students. It was good because it showed them that i really care about them. We spent most of the weekend just hanging and building community amongst our group, so that was very cool. The coolest thing that i experienced this weekend was the car ride home. We had two vehicles (guys in one and girls in the other). We had a walkie talkie in each. So the whole 3.5 hour car ride home we spent asking personal questions from car to car. This was amazing. It helped build the group closer to each other. Since that time i have felt closer to the group than i ever have. I loved it.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week spiritually for me was better than the last few weeks. I spent time in bible reading through James, which has been very good and beneficial. I did a lot better with practicing the spiritual disciplines, which has been very good. I feel like being closer to the students in the youth group really affects how my spiritual journey is going in my life.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Week 5
MINISTRY ACTIVITIES
This week was a weird week because i missed a week due to being gone a school function. So i spent most of my time getting back into the swing of ministry. This week we did a self evaluation of our spiritual lives. This was a cool thing because it gave us (students & staff) a chance to evaluate and see where we are at and what we need to work on. This week i spent a total of 5 hours in ministry. I did various activities such as lead in small group discussion, lead in prayer over the the whole youth group, and lead in the games and activities that happen before and after youth group. I must say it was good to be at church, when you are gone you realize how much it is a part of who you are and what you are all about as a person who is called to ministry.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
This week was great. I spent a majority of my time just building relationships with students. It was a little different transitioning back into my youth sponsor role out of my youth leader (since i had been speaking for 4 weeks) because i felt like i was not doing all that i could or needed to do. However, i know that is not the case. I count it a blessing that i had the oppurtunity to speak to a group for such a period of time because it really helped me grow in my abilities as a speaker and a leader. I feel like God is really using this experience to help mold me and shape me into the minister and man that he has called me to be. Thank You jesus!
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week spiritually was awful. I failed when it came to the disciplines. I did not read (maybe once or twice), i did not really spend meaningful time in prayer, i did not spend time journaling or fasting, and i certainly did not spend anytime in silence or meditation. I don't know if being away from the church made me or helped me fall from practicing these disciplines or if it was busyness or possibly sheer laziness. But i pray that i can get back into them becuase i feel disconnected from God when i do not practice them on a regular basis.
This week was a weird week because i missed a week due to being gone a school function. So i spent most of my time getting back into the swing of ministry. This week we did a self evaluation of our spiritual lives. This was a cool thing because it gave us (students & staff) a chance to evaluate and see where we are at and what we need to work on. This week i spent a total of 5 hours in ministry. I did various activities such as lead in small group discussion, lead in prayer over the the whole youth group, and lead in the games and activities that happen before and after youth group. I must say it was good to be at church, when you are gone you realize how much it is a part of who you are and what you are all about as a person who is called to ministry.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
This week was great. I spent a majority of my time just building relationships with students. It was a little different transitioning back into my youth sponsor role out of my youth leader (since i had been speaking for 4 weeks) because i felt like i was not doing all that i could or needed to do. However, i know that is not the case. I count it a blessing that i had the oppurtunity to speak to a group for such a period of time because it really helped me grow in my abilities as a speaker and a leader. I feel like God is really using this experience to help mold me and shape me into the minister and man that he has called me to be. Thank You jesus!
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week spiritually was awful. I failed when it came to the disciplines. I did not read (maybe once or twice), i did not really spend meaningful time in prayer, i did not spend time journaling or fasting, and i certainly did not spend anytime in silence or meditation. I don't know if being away from the church made me or helped me fall from practicing these disciplines or if it was busyness or possibly sheer laziness. But i pray that i can get back into them becuase i feel disconnected from God when i do not practice them on a regular basis.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Week 4
MINISTRY ACTIVITIES
This week in ministry i did not spend as much time in ministry, but i feel as if it was possibly equally as beneficial. I spoke again this week, which was another blessing. I finished my four week series on LIFE. Along with preaching to the students this week, i spent time preparing for youth in setup of the room, leading a small group discussion and prayer, and continuing to grow in build relationships with the students in just hanging out with them. This week of total ministry i have spent a total of 7 hours. Which was preparation for youth (not all prep was included in that) and actual ministry in being with students.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
Ministry has been so awesome. I love that i am actually getting to use what i am learning in the classroom with real students and it put it into practice. I feel like by doing this that it is all coming alive. When i get to hang out with the students and tease them and talk to them and build those relationships with them, i know that it is all worth it. I know that God has prepared me for this because of the expereinces i am having in practicum. When i was speaking this week, i could see the differnece in their faces. They were into what i was saying and cared and respected it because i have proved myself to them. They trust me and because of that i can teach them and they will listen and learn....Praise God!
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week spiritually has been another blessing. I have been able to spend time reading, praying, journaling, and even solitude this week. I feel like God has really been teaching me the importance of my own relationship with him. I have been reading through ephesians, since that is what i have been teaching the students for the past few weeks. I have realized that there is so much truth in that book, which is why i have been reading it through and through many times. I just pray that this spiritual journey i'm on can continue so that i can grow closer to God and closer to what he has for me in life, because i know it is going to be something great.
This week in ministry i did not spend as much time in ministry, but i feel as if it was possibly equally as beneficial. I spoke again this week, which was another blessing. I finished my four week series on LIFE. Along with preaching to the students this week, i spent time preparing for youth in setup of the room, leading a small group discussion and prayer, and continuing to grow in build relationships with the students in just hanging out with them. This week of total ministry i have spent a total of 7 hours. Which was preparation for youth (not all prep was included in that) and actual ministry in being with students.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
Ministry has been so awesome. I love that i am actually getting to use what i am learning in the classroom with real students and it put it into practice. I feel like by doing this that it is all coming alive. When i get to hang out with the students and tease them and talk to them and build those relationships with them, i know that it is all worth it. I know that God has prepared me for this because of the expereinces i am having in practicum. When i was speaking this week, i could see the differnece in their faces. They were into what i was saying and cared and respected it because i have proved myself to them. They trust me and because of that i can teach them and they will listen and learn....Praise God!
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
This week spiritually has been another blessing. I have been able to spend time reading, praying, journaling, and even solitude this week. I feel like God has really been teaching me the importance of my own relationship with him. I have been reading through ephesians, since that is what i have been teaching the students for the past few weeks. I have realized that there is so much truth in that book, which is why i have been reading it through and through many times. I just pray that this spiritual journey i'm on can continue so that i can grow closer to God and closer to what he has for me in life, because i know it is going to be something great.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Week 3
MINISTRY ACTIVITIES
This week in ministry was much like the last two, where i spend much time preparing and much time with the students. This week we had a youth outing on saturday where we went to play laser tag. This was very good. I was in charge of planning the event and running it from beginning to end. This week in total of ministry hours i spent a total time of 15 hours. This was anything from making phone calls, to writing a message, to helping students be where they were supposed to be when they were supposed to be there. I have been blessed by the oppurtunites that God has given me to speak to teenager, i feel like God has really helped me grow in prepartation for ministry by allowing me speak.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
This week was such an amazing week in ministry. God has blessed me and all of the time that i have spend in preparation for ministry this week. Not only did i spend a great amount of time preparing ministry God allowed me the time to do eveyrhting else that i need to do. I was able to spend a great amount of time just building relationships with the students. I feel as if they are beginning to respect me and trust me and listen to me and my advice. Without a dobut through this expereince i have come to the understanding that this is for sure what God has called me to do with my life.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
Spiritually this week, i was able to spend much more time in the word. I was able to have that relationship with God that we teach teenagers about having. Even though it was busy and hectic with prepartion and school work alike i knew that it was through that relationship with God that i would be able to accomplish eveyrhting i needed to get done. i spend a great deal of time in prayer and in journaling and i think that is why God blessed all of the efforts i had this week!
This week in ministry was much like the last two, where i spend much time preparing and much time with the students. This week we had a youth outing on saturday where we went to play laser tag. This was very good. I was in charge of planning the event and running it from beginning to end. This week in total of ministry hours i spent a total time of 15 hours. This was anything from making phone calls, to writing a message, to helping students be where they were supposed to be when they were supposed to be there. I have been blessed by the oppurtunites that God has given me to speak to teenager, i feel like God has really helped me grow in prepartation for ministry by allowing me speak.
REFLECTION ON MINISTRY
This week was such an amazing week in ministry. God has blessed me and all of the time that i have spend in preparation for ministry this week. Not only did i spend a great amount of time preparing ministry God allowed me the time to do eveyrhting else that i need to do. I was able to spend a great amount of time just building relationships with the students. I feel as if they are beginning to respect me and trust me and listen to me and my advice. Without a dobut through this expereince i have come to the understanding that this is for sure what God has called me to do with my life.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
Spiritually this week, i was able to spend much more time in the word. I was able to have that relationship with God that we teach teenagers about having. Even though it was busy and hectic with prepartion and school work alike i knew that it was through that relationship with God that i would be able to accomplish eveyrhting i needed to get done. i spend a great deal of time in prayer and in journaling and i think that is why God blessed all of the efforts i had this week!
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