Report #8

A. Time Spent This Week: 5 (SS= 1.5 Morning/Evening Service=3.5)

B. My Class This Week

1. Optimistic – This week I was hopeful that a leader would actually show up and teach the class. There hasn’t been a solid teacher in about 3 weeks and its starting to get ridiculous. I wish that I would have been made aware of the fact that no one was going to teach so that I could teach. This class doesn’t need someone it needs something or anything. So because I really wasn’t prepared, I wasn’t able to hop up on stage and take charge. Instead, I decided I was going to make it a goal to get to know some of the guys in the group really well and hang out with them.
   

2. New Friends – I decided I was going to become friends with those guys, and I did. It was really cool. I just sat down with them and they accepted me pretty quick. A lot quicker than I would have accepted someone in high school. So we got to sit down and talk about a few things. Overall I just wanted them to know that I was no one special, just another “kid” wanting to be their friend. We talked about movies, sports, and stupid stories. After absolutely no one showed up leadership wise, we decided to go to Handy Andy to get some drinks. We had about an hour before church started, so we sat down and talked a little bit. Still more of the usually nothing in our discussion, but it was good just to hang out with some students.
   

C. Questions

1. How have you guys connected with your students?
2. Random question, but important: “How do we as future pastors deal with friendships with girls? I always tend to hang out with the guys in Sunday school just to be above reproach. Its not that I’m tempted, I just don’t want to be in an uncomfortable situation. How do we handle relationships with the opposite sex?”