Over the course of this year (so far), I think I see the church in a whole new way. I've been a member and attended Lakewood regularly for a while, but now that I've been behind the scenes for a few months, I know it's much more work than it may seem. There are people I've met at my internship at Lakewood that I didn't even know (which I think is rare at a church). For example, I'd never thought of custodians at Lakewood, even though it seems like an obvious necessity. Also the financial staff at Lakewood does so much that I wasn't aware of until this year. When I think about a church like Lakewood, I think of church on 2 out of the 7 days of the week and assume not much work is put in to organize these services. However, Lakewood does much, much more than host two church services a week. We have a missions team that works on yearly mission trips, an adult ministry alone with the student ministry, and there's also a kids ministry. Lakewood even has a preschool program every weekday morning that I didn't even know about. Speaking of, as you know (if you regularly read my blog), my mentor just moved this past week. That means that I need a new mentor. I decided to stay at Lakewood and I will now be working in the Kids Ministry with the preschoolers every morning. I am extremely excited to work with these kids, and it fits perfectly because after recently applying to colleges and researching majors, I've realized I want to major in Human Development (or something of the sort). I will start working with the kids on Monday and I can't wait!
I am going to make sure that at this new internship in Kids Cove at Lakewood I will work on improving my all- around behavior and responsibility level. This is not to imply that my new mentorship is any more important than my last one, but I know that my new one will require much more responsibility since I will be trusted with young children, and I will be a role-model/example to the kids.
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