Report 1

Record of Ministry activities -morning worship - 1 hour
-Evening worship - 1 hour
-Met with Pastor to plan and pray - 1.5 hour
-lesson prep - 2 hours
-thursday night service - 2 hours
-dinner and Sunday afternoon with one of the teens - 5 hours
Total Hours: 12.5

Personal Reflection on your Ministry
This week I got a call from my pastor about the state of the youth room. Someone had left the window open and apparently 'ransacked' the entire area. I went to the church and realized that someone had rearraged all of the furniture without talking to me. Being a person who doesn't like confrontation, I struggled to talk to the teens responsible. My wife and I took the teen out to dinner on Sunday and it seems like everything was water under the bridge.

Through this experience I saw that even though teenagers sometimes feel like their style is being crimped on, they really need to know that boundaries are in place. To add to this, they also need to know that just because they have come up against a boundary, we still love them as people and want them to succeed. After lunch with the girl from my youth group, I sensed a greater trust being formed because I set a boundary and was still interested in investing in her life.

Spiritual Reflection
Needless to say, I was mad and confused when some of the teens re arranged the youth room without asking my permission first. I was surprised at myself because I had never dealt with a situation like this before and my first inclination was to ask God to calm my heart and guide me in my actions regarding this indicent. Praise God for working in my heart even when I am not conscious of it!