A week in the life

Some people have asked what I do all week, how I fill my time, so I figured I would tell you. This is this past week in a nut shell.

Monday: This was a volunteer training day.  We try to meet every two weeks with our volunteer leaders and do some trainings so they feel more equipped to do ministry. We met with out middle school leaders and did lunch and then about an hour of trainings. We focused on the need to reach middle schoolers and how it is such a transitional time in one's life.  Then I spent the afternoon preparing for the high school leaders meeting. We met for dinner and then did about an hour and a half worth of meeting.  We spent this time going over our talk series that we are starting, which is a sexuality series.  We are looking at how God created us and what that should look like. It is not a sex talk series, although that comes into play. It is a broader look at everything that sexuality/gender/God's creation entails.  In the morning on Monday I also worked on my club talk for Tuesday.

Tuesday: Went into Vilseck and started working on Club for the evening. Worked on the talk and planning games.  I went to HS lunch, which there are two of. It is very annoying to me that they don't have lunch back to back. The first lunch period ends at 12:05, and the second doesn't begin until 12:50. I usually go and eat lunch or work on the evening club during this time. On this Tuesday, I picked Aretta up from the auto shop where she had brought her car for some work. Then went back to the second lunch. During lunches, I do contact work. I try to go to both HS and MS once a week.  I just make my way around the tables and to different groups of students talking, saying hi, reminding them of Club, etc. It's a good way to connect with students, and to get seen by other students.  After lunch I went back to work on my club talk.  This weeks I did a power point talk, which I had not done all year. It was fun. I showed a bunch of little clips from shows or youtube to illustrate different points.  We had 60 students attend, which is the second highest we have had all year. 

Wednesday: I spent the morning and early afternoon working on staff training for Club Beyond. For the first two years I am on staff I have different assignments to do and turn in. It is sometimes hard to fit this nto the schedule, but the stuff we work on is valuable.  I went to the MS for lunch.  Going to MS lunch is fun, because the middle schoolers act a lot more excited to see you than high schoolers do.  They run up to you, give hugs, it's fun.  Then we had middle school club in the afternoon. We had...roughly 35 kids there. That is about average. I led some games and did some announcements and Aretta gave the club talk. That evening I went to the contemporary service just down the hall from my office. It is basically a church service with a small group feel to it. There were only about 10 of us there. I go to this service when I can, which lately has not been very often.  It is really nice though to go to something like this where I am not working, I can just learn about scripture and not be the one teaching it.

Thursday: Thursdays are my day off, which I always need.  After a busy last 3 days (each day was between 10 and 12 hours of work a day, which is pretty normal) I am exhausted.  I did not plan to, but I slept until after 11. I spent the day doing random things, a little cleaning, playing some video games, watched a movie, read a book, went to the px to buy some kitchen stuff (I just bought silverware. After using the same two utensils for a few months, I figured it was time). I spoke approximately 10 words to someone at the px, and that was it. That, to me, is the ideal day off.

Friday: Today is different than normal. Usually this is an ofice day, planning for next week. Today however I am taking a donor care day. Which means I am writing a newsletter, writing this blog, and coming up with a plan to stay in touch with people back home. This is something I have done a porr job with and it needs to change. So that's the plan. Tonight I will go to the hs basketball games and do some contact work and try to enjoy a little basketball (the teams are struggling). 

Saturday: We are doing a work day for a service project coming up. We are going to the Czech Republic to work at a mother-child center, and tomorrow is a day to build games that we are bringing.  There will be abour a dozen ms students there, so it should be fun. At night I will try to do something social, maybe a movie.

Sunday: I am planning on going to both a catholic and protestant service as of right now.  Then we have a prayer time with some students in the fternoon. After that Aretta and i will plan some things for next week (since I am not in the office today to do it). Then it will be dinner at a chaplains house, then tto the hospitality house to watch the Super Bowl. It'll mean a late night, but I have no problem staying up past 4 to watch a game like this. I'm cheering for the Packers, predicting a 24-10 victory.

And that is what this week was/will be. It is a pretty average week.  And this was a very long post. If you made it all the way through, pat yourself on the back.  And you get a prize. If you read this send me a message and you are entitled to a Club Beyond calendar, complete with a note from a student.

Ok, that's it.