A Day In The Life
For those of you who are interested in what I’m ACTUALLY doing here…! The Discipleship Training School has a motto – “to know God and make Him known”. And that is the overall aim for this training, to release the students on the course into leadership and work on your character to produce integrity and passion for what you were created for.
The first 10 weeks are the “Lecture Phase” and during this time we have speakers visit the school for a week and take us through various topics. The day on the base (YWAM rent space at a local church) starts at 8.00 with worship or prayer, or outreach preparation time. Monday to Thursday we have lectures from 9.00 to 12.00 and then lunch together. The day is then “free” time until dinner at 6, but we are all assigned work duties at various times – I have to help out manual stuff at the church like cleaning and moving boxes. Wednesday afternoons we have small groups, and at some point during the week I will have a one on one with lovely Ashlee. Fridays are a bit different, we head out to a local spot of natural beauty (plenty to choose from around here) and get into small groups for a time of intercession, usually followed by messing around and silly games. Tuesday evenings we have lectures after dinner on “missional living” which is basically looking at what it means to live with a mission focused outlook. Wednesday evenings we have another worship session and Fridays a bunch of us go and hang out on the beach up the road in Mooloolaba.
In amongst all this we have to keep a journal of what we think about the lectures, do a study of a different character of God each week, and book reports, as well as all the time required to process and personally respond to what we are being taught in the lectures. It takes up a lot of headspace and despite it seeming like there’s a lot of free time during the week, I am actually exhausted by the time it gets to the weekend!! Just as well there’s a beach to lie on ;)
The first 10 weeks are the “Lecture Phase” and during this time we have speakers visit the school for a week and take us through various topics. The day on the base (YWAM rent space at a local church) starts at 8.00 with worship or prayer, or outreach preparation time. Monday to Thursday we have lectures from 9.00 to 12.00 and then lunch together. The day is then “free” time until dinner at 6, but we are all assigned work duties at various times – I have to help out manual stuff at the church like cleaning and moving boxes. Wednesday afternoons we have small groups, and at some point during the week I will have a one on one with lovely Ashlee. Fridays are a bit different, we head out to a local spot of natural beauty (plenty to choose from around here) and get into small groups for a time of intercession, usually followed by messing around and silly games. Tuesday evenings we have lectures after dinner on “missional living” which is basically looking at what it means to live with a mission focused outlook. Wednesday evenings we have another worship session and Fridays a bunch of us go and hang out on the beach up the road in Mooloolaba.
In amongst all this we have to keep a journal of what we think about the lectures, do a study of a different character of God each week, and book reports, as well as all the time required to process and personally respond to what we are being taught in the lectures. It takes up a lot of headspace and despite it seeming like there’s a lot of free time during the week, I am actually exhausted by the time it gets to the weekend!! Just as well there’s a beach to lie on ;)
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