Fall Practicum Week 6
Week 6 (10/12/08)Record of Ministry Activities
Plan and Coordinate Youth Events on Tuesday (1 ½ Hours)
Worship Night Including Singing (2 ½ Hours)
Total Ministry Hours: 4 Hours
Personal Reflection on Ministry
Tonight was special in for a couple of reasons. The first reason is the fact that for my job with admissions, I had a visiting guest staying with me overnight. So, I took him along with me to youth group so that he could experience what a youth group was like here in Marion. I'm pretty sure he really enjoyed it. He told me that it was a lot different than his youth group at home, but it definitely had some awesome features to it. So that was encouraging to hear an outside opinion as to the happenings and appearance of our youth group. As far as the actual service tonight, it was a special worship only service. The thing I liked about tonight was the fact that I was able to have a more hands-on role in the youth group. Sometimes, I sing in the worship band, and this youth group night happened to be one of those nights. I was able to get to know the worship band a little more as we planned out what we would like to do as far as music goes in the worship service. I realized that relationships are built by doing things together, not just by talking about becoming closer. I felt really close to the people in the worship band because I was able to work with them closely and hand to hand. When you are able to discuss some theological issues in a worship song to a high schooler, that creates an important relationship that can't be built any other way. So, my eyes were opened to the importance of working together with the students in order to grow closer with them and build relationships.
Spiritual Reflection
I was wondering about the theological issues pertaining to having just a purely musical service. I know that in theology class, we discuss the importance of having three things be apart of the church service: the preaching of God's Word, the community meets, and the sacraments are administered. So, when we have a service that is purely music in nature, what does that do to our theological assumptions about what a church service should be? Does the fact that many of our worship songs contain pieces of God's Word mean that the preaching of God's Word is covered? If that is true, what about the sacraments? Does worship count as a sacrament? I don't think so, personally. But it certainly is a means of grace. These were just some of the theological questions that I had while performing a service that was just purely worship. I would be interested to hear the opinions of some of the theology professors on campus. I know many of the churches around here have held services like this. While attending a service like this, I personally have found myself become bored and worn out with just singing. I'm not sure if any of the students felt this way tonight. But I know I have felt that before.
posted by Tyler Murphy @ 10:48 PM
1 Comments:
Tyler, i liked your idea of bringing your guest along it sounds like you are proud of your youth group, which you should be, and you are reaching out, good job. As for the theological question on all song service i feel that i cannot answer becuase of my fascination with the church and the progress of worship i think i would be bias and not give you a direct theological stance. but i agree sometimes when its just song after song you do get bored i feel that in a post-modern culture we have so much offered to us via the arts we can make a fully interactive service that is once in a while focused on the element of praise but also incorporating the other aspects of a church service, talk to Bounds.
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