Part of the requirements for my pastoral internship is that I complete some sort of project. Here it is. The Project The Church’s context: I noticed that the church is near a high school and many youth walk by the church on a daily basis. For several days I stood outside the church during the half hour or so youth were walking home and counted how many young people passed our building. So I put a Read More …
Sometimes church annual meetings can get long, dare I say boring, especially when the discussion descends into worry about finances/declining attendance etc. As a youth minister I would often make videos for the annual meeting, in addition to a written report, in order to break up the stream of talking heads. It was usually a much needed intermission. I wanted SHOW the congregation what the Youth and Family Ministry did during the year, not just Read More …
On fridays I stay at home with my youngest son who is 2 years old. He’s pretty activity. On this day he migrated from reading books to making me food in the play kitchen to assembling a puzzle. In fact, he worked on that puzzle for a while. At first, I didn’t want to intervene because I could see the wheels turning in his head. But, if I’m honest, I was also learning some Read More …