Josh Basil
Weekly Report # 10
17 April 2007
I helped with planning a church-wide trip to the Great Smokey Mountains.
This week Pastor was telling me about this church-wide trip they take every year to the Great Smokey Mountains. He said they use vans and other personal vehicles to get there. The trip is about $175 per person. He was working on planning the trip, but also the services and whatever else goes on. We talked a little about the order of events and times/schedules, etc. I learned a lot because I have never heard of an entire church being invited to do something like this. I asked how else I could help and he said t-shirt design. I was confused, so he explained that they need team shirts so people can remember what a awesome weekend it was and how God changed their lives. I don’t know anything about that stuff, but I know some guys who do. Some of you know him, Ben Keffer, lives on my floor and is great when it comes to stuff like that. I told him what definitely needs to go on it and the style/age range we are looking for in a design. He came through and I needed to design a bill and take care of the money for him from the church. As a result of this practicum experience I learned more about planning; not just trips, but church events in general.

Josh Basil
Weekly Report # 8
22 March 2007
I rewired the lights on the trees in the sanctuary.
Thursday when I went into church I had a talk with Pastor Jerry and I told him that I needed to find stuff to do for my practicum. He came up with some good ideas; rewire the lights on the trees, make a power point, or read scripture for the service. The last two ideas were a little late notice, so I chose the first idea, rewire the lights on the trees. It took forever! I went to the kitchen to find the new lights and then to the sanctuary. I don’t know who wrapped the lights onto the tree, but I want to punch them in the face… not really. It took about an hour to just take the lights off of the tree because they were wrapped between every branch! I finally got them off and by then Nancy came in and said she had to leave, which means I had to leave too. I guess this is only half of the project, but I’m going back this weekend to finish putting them on so it won’t look dumb. The old lights only worked about half way. The new ones work great! As a result of this practicum, I learned the importance of detail in the way the sanctuary is set up.