WEEK 6 REPORT: GAME DAY

Ministry Activities

5:00-6:00--> Hang out with staff and staff meeting
6:00-6:45--> Monitor kids in the main room. Keep order
6:45-7:15--> Keep kids listening to announcements and directions
7:15-8:15--> Lead a group of kids through the activities of the night
8:15-Close--> Keep order in the main room.

Personal Reflection

This week seemed like a filler. The kids hung out and had fun, but we did not have any teaching or worship. It is good to have time for the kids just to have fun, but they can have fun anywhere. It is our place to present Christ. People might tell me "preach Christ at all times and if necessary use words", but I believe that youth group is a place Christ ought to be exemplified and taught. Granted, they almost alway bring it up, but this week it was just a club. I hope it had a better impact than I saw. My group was pretty cooperative and we came in second place after all the games were said and done. We had a couple issues, but that is to be expected when dealing with middle school kids. Overall they tried to work together and have fun. I don't like having to monitor the main room. I relate best to kids through events. Doing things with them or presenting things to them work best for me. I need to work on getting to know the kids through just talking and hanging out.

Spiritual Life

Devos have been going pretty well and I have been working hard on beating temptation. I have come to a realization about prayer. When asking God for action or strength I need to keep in mind His plan. From here on out I intend to make sure that I recognize the limited scope of my knowledge and that what I think would be best might not be. It helps me keep perspective when I pray that God would work out His plan. I still ask Him to do what I think would help, but I make sure to recognize in my prayer that God's plan is higher than I can understand a lot of the time.