Tonight was the first of a month of Wednesday night lessons that my intern taught. I was so proud of him. He did great. Of course it was a little short, everyone’s first real sermon thing is short (it is a law or something) but it was good. Last night when we were going over his outline I remember thinking that he would actually run over time if we added a game in the middle. What I forgot was that I would run over time because I would add bits and pieces to the outline, but he is still figuring the adding bits part out.
This whole teaching someone to do what I do thing is pretty cool. It is neat to try to think about how I do some of the things that just come naturally. There are so many aspects of my job and dealing with teenagers that come from my 10 years as a youth minister. From time to time I forget that everyone doesn’t see what I see, and think what I think when I come to a situation or a sermon.
That reminds me of another thing. I am trying so hard to let my intern find his own voice. I don’t want to put my words in his mouth (although he has been learning from me for 5 years now so there is a good chance that he will sound a lot like). But like I have said a million times this whole experience has been very, very cool. I am having way to much fun.
(and just so my friends can make fun of me about it. We played Dart Wars at church tonight.)
Good job Darren!
GO DARREN! SO PROUD!