My first meeting with my site supervisor at Identity Church, Pastor Byron, took place on January 11th at 3:30. We started off our meeting chatting and catching up, and then reviewed the document he created that outlines what my internship will entail for this semester and the expectations.

Our January meeting was considered Orientation and Introduction. We established goals for myself that I would like to achieve through this internship centered around what I would like to: 1. Learn, 2. Grow in, and 3. Do. After some thoughtful discussion, I shared that I would like to learn more about the technical aspects of the worship experience, grow in playing along with the music tracks, spiritual leadership, and directing, and try out songwriting and doing a worship night with the worship team. After this, Pastor Byron asked me to complete an Assessment of Worship Experience survey, as well as a Spiritual Gifts and Leadership Assessment.

I am looking forward to our next meeting where we will conversation emote in depth about the results of my assessments, specifically reviewing my spiritual gifts of mercy, service, and exhortation. We will also be taking the time in our next meeting to begin my familiarization with worship software and media tools.

Here is an overview of what the other weeks will look like:

Weeks 3-4 (February 8-21): Worship Leading Basics

Weeks 5-6 (February 22 – March 6): Audio Engineering Fundamentals

Weeks 7-8 (March 7-20): Creative Development in Worship

Weeks 9-10 (March 21 – April 3): Songwriting and Production Basics

Weeks 11-12 (April 4-17): Integration and Refinement

Weeks 13-14 (April 18 – May 1): Project Completion and Presentation