February 16 and 18

On Monday, in preparation for the "Record Breaking Night" that was going to occur on Wednesday night's program, I had a lot of shopping to do for the materials needed for the evening.  When the shopping was completed, I had to make the final arrangements for the program, including picking a possible crowdbreaker, making sure the everything was in place for the actual record breaking night events and then making sure that the speaker had their plans in place for their message. After that, I spent the rest of the time that I had reading the assigned books for the internship. Wednesday was filled with preparation for the following week, I was going to be giving my first message ever to middle schoolers on the issue of dating.  My supervisor really wanted to add a discussion into the evening, so I had to find a way to incorporate a group (guys vs. girls) discussion with a follow up message based on what we had talked about.  I came up with a few ideas, and then had to get the materials organized for the events of the evening.   By the time I had gotten everything ready, it was time for the team meeting and the program for the night.  I worked several different record breaking stations and helped lead a small group in discussion about the message that was given.  

 

February 23 and 25

 This week was quite busy.  I was giving my first message ever on Wednesday, and so my primary concern on Monday was preparation for Wednesday.  I spent much time revising my message layout and making sure that I had everything perfect.  Throughout the editing process I focusing on trying to figure out exactly what God wanted me to say and how I was going to say it. Therefore, much of the editing process involved a lot of reflection and prayer.  When I was "done" with my message layout, I then got to work on the crowdbreaker and competition for the program.  At that time, I had decided to do a game called "Bucket Ball" for the crowdbreaker and I left it up to the competition team leader to pick the main games for the night.  Wednesday was extremely busy with preparation for the night.  We were switching things up quite a bit, and it took a lot of time trying to get ready for it.  We ended up changing the crowdbreaker, so we had to set up the props for that, we had to rearrange all of the chairs for the message, and get the white board set for the discussion that was going to occur before the message.  After that was all set, I met with my supervisor to go over my message one final time, and then I spent awhile practicing on the stage what I was going to say.  At this point, I had to go to the store to get a couple of things for the new crowdbreaker, and when I got back it was time for the team meeting and then time for the program.  In the program I led the discussion and then gave a follow up message on dating.

 

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