COMMENCE

So this week we commenced on the first of  proper Message Academy! We started working at our placements and teaching continued!

Monday we started with Chris Lane, who gave us a complete overview of the Old Testament, which was a crazy amount of information but did open up the bible a bit more for me, which is ace. We also continued with our tuition, I learnt the picking pattern for Bones by Hillsong and did more vocal things! In the evening me and Matt shot straight to 'Thirst', a youth event in Didsbury, just up the road from the message, I played drums hahaha, I loved it, the youth are brilliant, they literally run the whole thing, lead it, speak at it, do the worship, good tings.

Tuesday was sick, we did a group challenge, which we will do every Tuesday, to get started we had a random task of presenting about cheese, it was a laugh, getting out presenting skills to improve! In the afternoon, I'll be on placement in the creative department, doing video work!!! Yessssss, it felt so good to be back on a computer!! At the moment I'm doing visuals for Twelve 24's (Mission Band) live shows, can't wait to get stuck in! Loveeeee ittttt! In the evening me and Andy went to the hub, which is a sixthform hangout/ study, it is brilliant!

Wednesday we had the second but of teaching from Chris, on the second half of the bible, this was a little less heavy but I not gonna lie I was so tired from the two previous days, so I struggled a bit but it was brill! We then started on our Social Justice section of the course. I flipiinnn love this! If you know me, I hate injustice, so this fires me up fammmm!! Cmoonnn! We then moved onto Wednesday Fitness, I loved it, keeping fit for Jesus. C'mon no one wants to see a sweaty youth leader out of breath #JUMPONIT #NoPainNoGain hahah. Wednesday night, NIGHT OFF YEA.

Thursday we started off with a youth work workshop, WE DID SEX. Well we  actually got taught about the biblical view on it/ Gods proper plan about it/ how to respond to kids questions on it, during youthwork/ outreach. Awkward but necessary. Thursday I had my placement with Light/  LZ. Worked on a lyrics vid, flipping loved it fammm!! So good to be in the office, it's a nice office. NIGHT OFF MARK 2! I went to the gym and nearly chucked up, ahahaa!

Friday we reflect on various things throughout the week. We did that, good times. In the afternoon, we had our drama workshop! again flipping sick, we created and performed "Thundercats: The musical", to all the other staff, don't ask, it's a message thing. We then went onto the evening, where we staff on the eden Bus on our estate, it was brilliant, some of them came to church yeaaaaaa! C'mon!!

Saturday I chilled and then we had a load of people from academy/ message, we watched Iron Man and played some random games, great evening!! Sunday I played bass in church which rocked, haven't played it for ages but went really well.

Prayerr - Please pray for the whole academy team, were getting tired and that can lead to miscommunications and a few fall outs - so pray we get nit together even stronger and that when were off (which isn't a lot) that we would get some great downtime!! Its going great, will post again soooooon, reppppppp!