[Salty]

I swear I need a blog

Anyway, so I've had my first two days "On the Job" as a Pastoral Internship at the Church I'm interning at (no I'm not gona say the name, "David... we just got an e-mail from someone saying they go to a Mac Forum... something about you being gay... uhh, I'm, I'm OK with that but... well... why are people online sending us e-mails saying you're gay?") and it's been a really awesome experience though not entirely what I expected. I don't really have an office, or space of my own, because frankly, there's no room. Which I knew going into things, we have another part time pastor and he has no Office either. So ultimately the Youth Room's my Office Thankfully it just got finished being remodelled today. When I say remodelled though I mean, new paint, few things built, and everything rearranged, still has the furniture from the 70s that we don't have the cash to slip cover, it's not super up scale, just looks less like we're waiting for somewhere else to put the youth.
But anyway, so my office is the youth room... kinda, so if you take that at face value I have the biggest office If you realize that really... I can't put anything in there, and it's more the place that I'm gona take my PowerBook and Bible.. then it sounds less impressive... but we're going to say for ego's sake, that I have the biggest office... that anyone can kick me out of at any time...
Anyway, so... so far, my first day I had a meeting with our Senior and Associate Pastors, which went well, made sure things were clear on everything formalized things etc. Then did manual labour for about an hour, helped the Associate Pastor move a buncha heavy junk out of the Youth Room (in the remodelling we got rid of a crap load of stuff that was stored there). Then hopped on a Bus and went down town to get a Criminal Record check done. I need it to work with an org that works in the local high schools. Fast forward 4.5 hours, done all that junk and I go to the gym, get done that run back for prayer meeting at 6:30, do the hour of that, prayed in a small group with three of my youth group kids... I think we might have distracted some of the other groups when I had em laughing when I prayed... apparently most of them aren't used to people being funny in prayer... meh... then hang around and talk with people for another hour ish... all in all an 10 hour day.
Next day, (Thursday) woke up at noon (bad sleepy night) Got to the church for 2pm, (had to register for the "course" over the phone with my rent's VISA). Just in time to help a church member fix a shelf that had crumbled in the middle, we just jammed a board in under it so it's supported until we can bother to fix it good (think about in a year or so I'm guessing haha). And then fixed one of the rolling containers we use to bring everything over to the school gym for Sundays (we have to meet on Sundays in a local high school Gym cause at 270-300 people each Sunday we don't fit into the Sanctuary in the church building which fits about 170 tightly ). My job for both... lift
After that, I made sure to set up all my hours for the last day in iCal so that I don't loose track, I'm supposed to do at least 10 hours a week... ha... ha... ha... I said I'd officially set the requirement at 20... knowing I'd be over every week . After that I helped a fellow Youth Sponsor (Lisa) and her Grandpa (Not thinking a Christian) put a counter top into the youth room, (largely I lifted things and fount supplies in the church, and got a level from my parent's house). Did that for a few hours. We also built a L shaped counter unit for the Youth Group's Candy Store (they can buy junk food, we don't really make a profit or anything they're mainly five cent candies, some of the sponsors wanted to do it).
Went to the gym for an hour, then got back, to help paint... apparently I wasn't needed haha, instead I hung around for a bit chatted, then went back to my place, packed up my iMac, (Rev D 333Mhz running Panther) did a few software updates, then packed up everything including my audio Y Cable, then walked the block from my house to the church building carrying it (those things get heavy! Especially after doing some sets of Incline Chest press with 2 50 pound dumb bells!). Set that all up, deleted anything I didn't want on there, transfered all my music over from my PowerBook, and did all the set up stuff that's going to be required for the iMac to work as the music server for the youth room. Though I should add more RAM.
And then I got back at Mightnight, and spent half an hour making Jello for tomorrow's Youth Event... Slime night... which includes Jello Wrestling out on the front lawn...

I'm tired... it's tough being a Pastoral Intern...

[JoshuaZ]

Wow, who knew you`d be doing so much heavy lifting? Or so much Jello Wrestling... My church never did that.

[Face Ache]

Oh God!

[Salty]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Wow, who knew you`d be doing so much heavy lifting? Or so much Jello Wrestling... My church never did that.

Just figured you guys could use the info, I was actually a lil surprised, not that surprised though since I know sometimes as a Pastor if you're not careful you can get caught up as everyone's gofer... though really if you're doing work that keeps the church going you're doing your job. And besides this way I make sure none of our paid staff are taking care of that sorta thing . I think I'll have a bit more impacting lives and teaching as the semester goes on though

[Face Ache]

OH GOD NO!

[isao bered]

Originally Posted by Salty

I swear I need a blog

hmmmmm... yeah. this is gonna sound pissy.

don't you have adult friends you can share this with face-to-face? really. and i thought *i* really needed to get laid...

confused.

laeth

[wdlove]

Hello Salty.

It's impressive that you have accepted the call to serve as a Pastor. Just remember to be humble. You are working for Jesus Christ. Your responsibility is a heavy one. Wish you all the best, God Bless you in your profession.

[Warung]

Originally Posted by Salty

...Especially after doing some sets of Incline Chest press with 2 50 pound dumb bells!)

Glad to see you've found some girls from your youth group you can go and work out with. Those wouldn't happen to be the same "dumb bells" wich are going to participate in the Jello wrestling "event"?

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Salty

I swear I need a blog

Seconded.

-t

[Scandalous Ion Cannon]

Lets all chip in to get him a blog site and a hooker.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon

Lets all chip in to get him a blog site and a hooker.

Ok, I contributhe the blog site:

www.blogger.com

SWF, you do the hooker ! Don't nominate yourself. And pics, please !

-t

[Stradlater]

blogs.macnn.com/~salty
blogs.macnn.com/~codydawg

[Scandalous Ion Cannon]

Originally Posted by turtle777

Ok, I contributhe the blog site:


SWF, you do the hooker ! Don't nominate yourself. And pics, please !

-t

Oh ya, I bet you'd love pics.

[Kevin]

Lets hope the Pastor teaches you how to use paragraphs

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Lets hope the Pastor teaches you how to use paragraphs

Well, that, too. I have given up hope of the pastor teaching him to use a blog. *sigh*

-t

[RAILhead]

The most fun thing I ever did to torture the youth was to set a "relay race" thing where they'd start off eating 2 or 3 bananas and then run to the other end, chug a Sprite, and run back.

Little did they know that combining bananas and Sprite leads to a chemical reaction that give a person an incredible desire to vomit their guts out.



Oh, and the Alpo with Gravy wet slide thing was always fun during the summer.

[Scandalous Ion Cannon]

Anyone here actually read all that crap he wrote? Worth reading?

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon

Anyone here actually read all that crap he wrote? Worth reading?

Nah. Nothing beats uninformed comments.

-t

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon

Anyone here actually read all that crap he wrote? Worth reading?

I got as far as "Anyway, so" in the first line.

Salty, didn't Jesus warn about ministers spouting their mouths off about how much good they're doing?

[greenamp]

I confess that I skimmed through Salty's post, and all I retained was something about HS girls jello wrestling on someone's front lawn.

[greenamp]

PS: God hates ellipsis abuse...

[olePigeon]

Wha? Huh? Jello wrestling?!

[mdc]

Originally Posted by Salty

I swear I need a blog

. . . Set that all up, deleted anything I didn't want on there, transfered all my music over from my PowerBook. . .

i bet it was porn.

naaa, i'm just kidding. nice one that you found your calling. are you going to go all the way?

[ironknee]

salty are you getting laid...i mean paid?...when you get your blog, post pics of the girl with jello

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Doofy

I got as far as "Anyway, so" in the first line.

Salty, didn't Jesus warn about ministers spouting their mouths off about how much good they're doing?

Jesus condemned people who went to the temple and prayed loudly so they could be heard, not people who talk about building counters online... two different things, nice try though, you get a brown star.

By the way Day 3... haven't been in yet, I'll show up a few hours before YG and be there all night. Jello Wrestling tonight, prolly gona be a huge turn out. Made a nifty graphic last night for the iMac's screen.

[sek929]

I tried to read that, but my eyes crossed and I went into convulsions.

Got Paragraph?

[The Godfather]

Good clerical fun

[Salty]

Originally Posted by The Godfather

Good clerical fun

Well that's not our youth group... we have a ring,... the posts are made out of pool noodles

[Scandalous Ion Cannon]

They tell you what is in the Secret Sauce yet?

And nobody here say Choir boys.

[ghporter]

Salty, I see that you have immersed yourself in your calling. That is good-very good. But do note a couple of things. First, learn paragraphing, please? It's very hard to read your first post.

Second, without knowing what denomination you are (it may be burried in your post, but frankly my eyes hurt after trying to read through it), it's kind of hard to place the level of activity your church does in the spectrum of "not much" to "way too much!" How about some details on that?

A good basic sketch-just a sketch-of your church's overall community position and how it serves the community would be good too.

Congratulations on the internship. Where does this fit into the grand scheme of your studies?

[Salty]

No no no, don't worry we're not catholic, our pastors can have sex , no need for choir boys... actually we don't have a choir... though one of the youth does drum for one of the praise and worship bands. And we don't have secret sauce.

[ironknee]

Originally Posted by Salty

No no no, don't worry we're not catholic, our pastors can have sex , no need for choir boys... actually we don't have a choir... though one of the youth does drum for one of the praise and worship bands. And we don't have secret sauce.

do you have jesus juice?

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Salty

Jesus condemned people who went to the temple and prayed loudly so they could be heard

Bingo. That's exactly what you're doing here - "praying loudly" (note your thread title - doesn't say "My last two days building counters"). When a nice, laid back guy like WD Love tells you to remember to be humble, you should take a hint.

[ironknee]

Originally Posted by The Godfather

Good clerical fun

do i see fur?

[besson3c]

Hey Salty, if you changed your name to Jesus then you could tell everybody that you're Jesus. That would be a great prank for your youth group!

[ironknee]

^ or say you're spanish...

[jasonsRX7]

Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon

Anyone here actually read all that crap he wrote? Worth reading?

He actually wrote something? All I saw was:

Originally Posted by Salty

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Edit: added random smilies

[besson3c]

Another good prank would be to tell everybody that in order to be saved for their sins, they have to lick somebody's butt.

I could come up with more pranks. Youth group pranks are my specialty!

[zizban]

Next year I'll be going to Roman Catholic seminary school. I wonder if they have jello werstling there.

[besson3c]

here's another prank:

Put up a big sign that says "hurricane donations", and secretly put on a little sticker that says "hello, my name is _______", and fill in the blank with "hurricane". Then, when people give you money, laugh at them and tell them that you're hurricane, and you're going to keep their money.

Then, donate your earnings to the Red Cross, because you'd be a jerk if you kept their money.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by jasonsRX7

He actually wrote something? All I saw was:



Edit: added random smilies

Jason, that looks like REAL Latin there. Maybe not "proper" Latin, but real words just the same. Printer's Greek always looked different to me.

But you're right about how hard Salty's original post was to read...if it's not worth the time for the writer to take some care in crafting it, you gotta wonder if it's worth the time to read.

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by ghporter

But you're right about how hard Salty's original post was to read...if it's not worth the time for the writer to take some care in crafting it, you gotta wonder if it's worth the time to read.

That's another way of looking at what I've tried to tell him a couple of times. However, in my case I was blown off by him and criticized by a couple of others.

Good luck.

[jasonsRX7]

Originally Posted by ghporter

Jason, that looks like REAL Latin there. Maybe not "proper" Latin, but real words just the same. Printer's Greek always looked different to me.

I generated it off the Lorem Ipsum generator at www.lipsum.com

[Salty]

You know, if you guys don't like reading my posts... you actually aren't required to read them, and if you don't read them, you shouldn't reply. Cause otherwise you're just an ass.

Anyway, Jello Wrestling went well though... someone decided to put me up against our Associate Pastor... which kind of meant... I got slaughter... the man is fast! And I didn't have my glasses on could barely see and... accidentally jabbed him in the eye with my thumb... he was OK but I seriously felt absolutely awful...
The youth enjoyed it though, and they loved the new Youth Room, and several of the kids had fun with iTunes on my iMac up there

[waxcrash]

Originally Posted by Salty

You know, if you guys don't like reading my posts... you actually aren't required to read them, and if you don't read them, you shouldn't reply. Cause otherwise you're just an ass.

You know, nobody asked you to post your blog on MacNN… I hope you put some vodka in the jell-o.

[isao bered]

so...

two consenting adult males wrestling in jello while onlookers cheer. bad gay porn or the latest outreach to further the cause of christ in the free world? stay tuned, the answer is next on today's 500 club.

i *knew* there was a reason i shouldn't be going to church. ;-)

laeth

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by Salty

You know, if you guys don't like reading my posts... you actually aren't required to read them, and if you don't read them, you shouldn't reply. Cause otherwise you're just an ass.

I never said I didn't like reading your post, nor that I didn't read it. I did, however say that it was hard to do because it was all run together.

My statement about the time to craft writing was from a high school English teacher who didn't need to whack me upside my head to get things across-she just pointed out her basic rule that time spent crafting what you write pays off. Please don't be defensive about my comment; I AM trying to help, and having a LONG background as a teacher comes out in some "interesting" ways.

[zizban]

Post on, please. I find it interesting.

[invisibleX]

So, what church is this?

An I have to agree with ghporter. Reading all those "..." drives my head nuts. Particularly since they're used for no reason at all.

[James L]

Congrats on the new gig.

But, please don't post every day at your new job on here. Could you imagine how crowded these forums would be if we all did that?