My summer job....which also just so happens to be at the beach

Yep, I was really blessed this summer. Believe it or not I got employment, which just happens to mean I have to live on the beach, but the best part is I GET TO PUT TO PRACTICAL USE MY M.DIV!

This means:

-  I learned how to preach, and now I have an opportunity to practice it. For six Sundays. (And before you get any ideas of this being a huge church, let me say I think I maxed out last Sunday at 15+ people, and will likely have less than 10 this week.) But I like that, because it allows me to start small.
- I get to put together an entire order of worship - from the call to worship, right until the benediction. This puts to use a bunch of skills I have learned in the classroom and outside, from leading worship, song selection, text selection, prayer, etc.
- I get to interact and visit with people here in the community. I LOVE this. Just getting to know people in a relaxing environment, because people come here on vacation.
- For July and August my priority is to plan and run a kid's club. Spent three years studying theology? Now's a good time to be reminded that the Gospel is very simple; we make it complex.
- Get to interact with guest speakers from different denominational background. Its a little of Tyndale, minus the study part;)

Oh, and I get a bit of R & R. I mean, I am after all, at the beach

\manda