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.
3 comments:
You are right, detail is very important and it's something that most people don't think about. I'm glad that putting up the lights turned out alright for you! It's little things like that that make a difference.
That's cool that you were able to do that. I think that my first response would have been something like... "lights? don't you know I'm training to be a pastor?" But those are the kinds of experiences that keep us humble, that help us remember that we are only who we are because of GOd's grace, and that we need to follow Christ's example of serving. Sweet Action.
wow! this sounds like an interesting practicum. did you even know how to rewire lights?
I think it is really cool that you did this. I might have been less inclined to do so...maybe thinking that I needed to do something more ministry focused...
But that is so wrong. Because a Pastor can, and will do anything in the church. We need to allow ourselves to go wherever, and to whatever kind of need there is. So, you did a good job!
Jess Manglos
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