I'm finding more and more that the question, "...And what do you do with yourself, Joy" is becoming hard to answer with a simple statement. There are so many things that make up each week so I thought it would be fun to try and outline some of what I'm doing with myself this year.
1. Canterbury Presbyterian Church
Most of my work at Church is based around the Youth Ministry. I spend a lot of time with my Youth Ministry team training them and discipling them as they prepare different programs for the young people in our Church. I am at Youth Group on Friday night, seeking to build relationships with the teenagers. I also teach the Bible on Sunday mornings before the Service to the Year 7-9 kids.
I am responsible for the development of the youth service which is a specific focussed service we have once a month on Sunday evening. We have been working hard at getting the families back for the evening service and having specific focussed preaching from Scripture in these services. There is also a bit of training involved as we seek to get the younger people involved in the leading of the Service.
I spend a lot of time with the young adults in our Church, seeking to build them up and equip them so that they can serve. I catch up regularly with a couple of girls one on one. I also spend time with the whole group being available to them to equip them and encourage them as they seek to serve God.
One exciting new thing I started last year was English Teaching. Our Church holds English Classes Monday to Friday for international students. This year I have been taking two classes of my own, so much of my week is taken up with preparing lessons for students! I really do enjoy this ministry. It's great fun working with the students and spending time just chatting with them. I've really enjoyed the teaching as well and I'm praying that I always have good fresh ideas that keep the students engaged!
Of course, I am always at Church on Sundays (usually for most of the day). I arrive at 9:30 in the morning and usually leave around 9:30 in the evening. It proves to be a long day, but it is the best day to spend with our Church family!
2. Presbyterian Youth Victoria
I spend a fair bit of my time doing PYV ministry. I'm the Convenor of the PYV Council and am finding that to be quite a big responsibility. We are working hard to try to use statewide ministry to build youth ministry at the local church level. This means a lot of my time is spent building strategies and thinking through the way we operate so that we can be more effective at what we do. I also get to enjoy being part of many different camps and events during the year, as well as work with local Churches in training up their leaders!
3. Tutoring
I've just started tutoring twice a week. One student is a little boy - the son of one of my students from English School. This is a new and interesting experience, but it is great to be able to sit with him and listen to him as he practices his reading! The other student is one of my youth group girl's mothers. She wants help with her conversation, so that is a really good time to spend getting to know her.
3. Soccer
Over Summertime, I have been playing in a summer soccer team of 6. Our season is coming to a close but it has been a great way to spend a Wednesday night - kicking the ball around. The winter season has started up again with Pre-season training. I am looking forward to working hard at soccer this year as our women's team has moved up into the top division. I really enjoy playing so I'm looking forward to it!
4. CUOF
One day a week I work at Canterbury Used Office Furniture. I look after the accounts and usually watch the shop on Monday if the guys are all out on deliveries. I've been working here for almost 4 years now.
5. Miscellaneous
There's some other things that I do from time to time that I'd pool in the miscellaneous bucket. Things like baby sitting, and at the moment I'm doing some ESL training for English Teaching, and catching up with people from all over the place.
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