March 2 and 5

This week was a little slow at The Hub.  Much of the time was spent getting things ready for Wednesday Night, picking the crowdbreaker, setting up the room, and making sure that the message was ready to go.  I spent a lot of time reading the selected books that my supervisor had given me to read.  On Wednesday I also took a lot of time to prepare for the leaders meeting that night.   My supervisor really wanted to motivate and inspire the leaders at this meeting, so I arranged for food to be brought to the meeting and I tried to find something motivational for the evening.  I ended up using a youtube video by Lifehouse called Everything.  It was a great way to break up the meeting and remind the leaders of why they are there doing ministry.  At 6:00 the leaders meeting began, the program started at 6:15 and then our leaders meeting for the month started at 8:15.   

March 9 and 12

The main goal this week was to plan, practice and perfect a skit for my supervisor's message on Wednesday night.  On Monday, my goal was to prepare the roles and plan out how we were going to perform the skit.  (It was a music video that we found on youtube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyheJ480LYA)   Since my supervisor was going to be speaking about being wrapped up with things of the world, I thought that this skit would be a perfect depiction of the idea that he was trying to get across. At 3:00 everyone showed up to start practicing.  (We practiced until the end of my workday at 5:00.)  It took awhile to figure out how to do things, and how we could best perform the skit based on the video that we had watched.  On Wednesday, I had to do a lot of work to prepare to perform the skit that night.  I had to edit the song to better fit it in the time slot that we had available, find costumes for a few of the parts, and break down the new song into timed intervals based on the lyrics.  At 5:00 everyone showed up and we started practicing from where we left off on Monday.  At 6:00 the leaders meeting began and then at 6:15 the program started. 

March 16 and 19

 This week was quite busy with preparations for the weekly program.  On Monday, I had to go shopping for materials needed for Dress for the Mess on Wednesday night.  This took quite a bit of time.  After speaking with my supervisor, we both agreed that we needed to revise "Overdrive" (the weekly program that occurs every Wednesday night for Middle Schoolers.)  We had discussed this a little bit last week at the end of the night on Wednesday, but this week I really wanted to put some new things into action.  The biggest focus right now is trying to build the relationships between the leaders and the students.  To do this, I wanted to give more time for small groups to connect, and also have some of that time be focused on team building games and mixers.  With this idea in mind, I created a "Community Builder Book" that would have many games and activities that small groups could do during their team time.  Each week they will be given 2 games that they can choose from to play with their students.  Monday was also a prep day for the message that I was going to be giving on Wednesday night.  I had to narrow down my ideas to one idea that would be conveyed to the students.  I also had to find pictures and graphics for the slide show that was accompanying my message.  Wednesday was an extremely busy day.  I had to finish my shopping for the Dress for the Mess night and get prizes for the crowdbreaker.  I then had to make jell-o cups for the crowdbreaker and make sure that the room was all set up for the night. After approving the set up, I had to speak with the Hub secretary to make sure that everything was set with the game guides for small group leaders and also to make sure that she was aware of the revised schedule for the evening.  After everything was ready for the evening, I took the time to practice my message on the stage.  I rehearsed my stories and really internalized what I was about to present.  At 6:00 the leaders meeting started and then at 6:20 the program began.  At that point I gave my message and then proceeded to take on a Small Group Leader position.