July 29th (Day 76)

Well today was my last full day as a resident of Cleveland and a Creative Arts intern at Momentum. It was really strange to think about all day. Today I got to the office around 7:35 am. Talk about crazy, haha. After arriving, I hooked up my external hard drive and began transferring files from my hard drive to the Creative Team's Mac Pro and vise versa. I then read a little bit in 1 Corinthians and then some of the book that I'm currently on, "Organic Community". After the guys got there and we spent a few minutes of quiet time, we put on a song and sang a worship song and then said a prayer at the end to start the day off right. For the rest of the day, I pretty much finished the rest of the things on my to-do list for the week. I compiled a beginning sound schedule list for the next two months. After I did that I worked on getting a clock fixed that had broken. I ran to Walmart and picked up some super glue and some AA batteries for the office. While I was there I found 2 Indians jerseys that were pretty awesome too, so I got those as souvenirs I guess you could say. Haha. I stopped by Arby's to grab some lunch and then headed back to the office. Rachel came in and she got started on the next worship video, this time doing it on her own. I helped take off the front door of the office to get in a chair that we bought so that we could use for interviews. For the rest of the afternoon I worked a little bit on figuring out a few more things on the 3D generation software and helped out the other guys with a few things that they are working on. Mo Group tonight was a lot of fun! James, a guy whom I met at the new-comers meeting 2 weeks ago on a Sunday was there to check it out. He's an awesome guy and it was a lot of fun to be able to hang out with him and chat with him. After our lesson/conversation, we headed over to the Big Dipper where I we got ice cream. I said goodbye to people and then headed home to pack up my car. After packing up my car, I took a shower and then went and hung out with Dave in the den while he worked on songs for the worship set this week. Tomorrow is my last day in Cleveland. I have to meet James at 7 am for breakfast, so that means I have to treat tomorrow as I would a Sunday and get up at 6 am, haha, but whatever. I'm going to be heading to Grayson tomorrow afternoon. I'll probably update this thing at least one more time before it's all done and over. Thanks for reading and for sharing in my internship experience! =)

Pat

July 28th (Day 75)

Today was a very productive/busy day. I got up on time and then got into work around 7:55 am and read a chapter from Philippians. After I finished that, I began work on my list of things to get done. Overall today, I was able to complete all but 2 or so of my tasks to have done by the time I leave. My main goal is to be done with everything that I have on my list, and be able to leave after lunch on Thursday so that I can beat traffic in Canton and Charleston, WV. I worked on a new click-track video well into lunch time and completed it. Then I went over to the theater to work on some stuff there, labeling monitor bags and such and then looking for other items that may have been there. After doing that, I headed back to the office and ate a cold slice of pizza that was left over from Saturday for lunch. Then I got right back to work. Michael and I began setting up to do an interview shoot for the three of us interns who are leaving sometime this week. After setting up, we had our interview and got that out of the way. Once the interview was completed, I got back on the computer and contacted Gator Cases in Florida to setup another case repair order for two broken cases that we found. After sending that email, I wrote up a manual for volunteers and staff to read to assist in the creation of a worship click-track video. When 4 o'clock hit, I headed home and worked on fixing a few things in the new click-track video. I ate a little bit of something for dinner then headed downstairs and worked out for a little bit. When I got done there, I took a shower. After my shower, I headed into the dining room where Dave ate some stuff for dinner and I worked on one of the other remaining tasks in creating a sound tech rotation for the months of August and September. We talked about our days and about various other things while he ate and I worked. After doing as much as I could in the calendar rotation, I went and replaced the strings on my acoustic and electric guitars in preparation for this coming weekend. After replacing strings, I worked with Dave on some of the upcoming worship songs that he is learning. As the evening progressed, Dave's girlfriend came over and they went and hung out while I decided to start cleaning up some and packing my stuff so that I don't have as much to do tomorrow night after Mo-Group. It was a busy day, but a good one nonetheless. I'm hoping tomorrow is just as productive and I hope that I'll be able to achieve my goal of leaving and avoiding all of the rush hour traffic in either/both of the two bigger areas that I'll have to drive through on Thursday. I'm really going to miss people up here, yet at the same time I'm ready to meet and help out some of my friends with this youth retreat this weekend and then be home. It's been a long summer that has seemed short at the same time, haha. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat though. (= That's all I have for you today. Until tomorrow!

Pat

July 27th (Day 74)

Today was a blast. I had to get up and get to work a little earlier than normal, because we were going to meet Joyce at L.A. Petes for breakfast. I had strawberry french toast and it was amazing. At the breakfast the rest of the staff went around and said something about each of the three summer interns that are leaving this week. It was an awesome time, even though at times accepting compliments was hard for me to do, haha. After breakfast we headed back to the office where we worked on a few things, and then had a Creative Arts team meeting. During the meeting, tasks for the week were handed out and we figured out how we could make the transition from 6 C.A. staff member to 3 easier for the guys who are staying. After the meeting we heated up some of the leftover food from the cookout that was yesterday. Then Micah and I went to drop off the Mediashout computer at a place to get it serviced/repaired and then stopped by the movie theater to do a few things and pick some things up. Then 3:30 pm finally came. Today was the day that James Fruits had scheduled to face off against me in a wrestling match. However James wanted our match to be saved for the main event. So Tyler and Micah went at it. It was a pretty good match, but Tyler ended up pulling out a very close victory against Micah. However tomorrow, Micah has already stated that he would like a rematch because he doesn't think he was pinned. Then the main event started. James and I went at it. Our match lasted the longest of any previous match between any of the Creative Arts team. It lasted approximately 10 min with neither of us pinning the other or causing the other to tap out. We had 3 rounds and we restarted at a standing grapple at the beginning of each round. Takedown wise, I landed a very nice one on James, and possibly dented the air vent grate, while he landed two on me. The thing about his take downs however, is that I was able to reverse them and as soon as I hit the ground and he got on me, I reversed it and he ended up on the bottom. We both had a few escapes as well. The match continued and we both were exhausted, but the match was finally called when James and I were battling between a couch and a door, and I ended up hitting the door pretty hard with my head. I powered out of his grapple and stood up, CRAZY dizzy. I almost fell a couple of times. We took a few minutes to see if I'd be ok, but eventually just called the match a draw since I wasn't getting any better. After the match, we had a Creative Arts meeting where be began to discuss creative ideas and new videos that we would like to get done soon. After work, I came home and folded the last of my laundry. Then Dave got home and Tyler came over, and we all grilled outside and chilled. We ran to the store and picked up some ice cream treats for desert and then watched "Frost/Nixon" downstairs. Micah showed up about 1/2 way or so through it and joined us. It was a wonderful day. I'm going to be working my butt off for the next 2 days, maybe even working in the evening so that I can hopefully get everything done and be able to leave after lunch on Thursday so I can beat rush hour in Cleveland, Canton, and Charleston, WV areas along my trip. Well I guess that's all that I have for you today. Until tomorrow!

Pat

July 26th (Day 73)

Well today was my final Sunday at Momentum. It was strange, but certainly A LOT of fun. It's weird to think that I don't have to get up at 6 am and drive across Cleveland to get to the movie theater early and set up for service. Kind of refreshing/relaxing to realize that, haha. The service went well today. Matt Caton filled in for the guest speaker that was supposed to be speaking but had an emergency arise. The music side of things sounded good as far as I could tell too. After service was over, Andrew and Michael helped me tear down stuff and then joined us for the prayer outside of the theater. We went to eat at Red Robin since Michael had to leave by a certain time. After lunch, Andrew and I headed to the Creative Arts appreciation cookout to hangout for a little bit. Once that was done, Andrew and I came back to my house and we watched a movie. After the movie, Andrew took off and I started working on some prep stuff for my final sermon/lesson/devo evaluation that I'm doing tomorrow. Matt Caton is actually the one that is going to fill out the form this time, so that I'll have someone different from the other two that I've done. I took a break from that and went downstairs to train/work out some. Tomorrow is also a big day, in that James Fruits has challenged me to a wrestling match. The other interns are especially excited for it and are looking forward to seeing if I can beat him, especially since he has beaten the other two summer interns already. Nothing like pressure huh? Haha. Tomorrow morning there is an appreciation breakfast for us summer interns so I'm actually going to make sure I'm at the office earlier than usual. I'm currently reading of my lesson and doing laundry and relaxing. It was a great last Sunday for this internship. Well I guess that's all I have for you today. Until tomorrow!

Pat

July 25th (Day 72)

Sorry this is up a little late, again, haha. Today was a productive and wonderful day. It started up with me meeting James at his house to work on guitar with him. After about an hour I went into the office to help troubleshoot some of the things that we needed to get fixed. For lunch, I went out and bought 3 pizzas for the guys and we all had some pizza for lunch as we worked. After lunch, I got the opportunity to talk with Jake Miller. We chatted for a long while, catching up and sharing stories and experiences with each other. It was very enjoyable. After doing a few more things around the office, I headed home and helped Dave get last minute things done/together. Once guests started arriving we sat outside, chatted, and waited for others to get there so we could start grilling. After hanging out outside for a little bit, I went inside and put away a few of my things that I remembered was out and about in the house. As I was cleaning up, Andrew arrived along with Michael Johnson. I was shocked to see him and extremely glad. For the rest of the evening we hung out, ate food, and chatted. Around 9 pm or so we headed over to The Harp to get one of the guinness ice cream sundaes and see/hear live Irish music. It was a lot of fun. When we got back we ended up watching a movie until I fell asleep around 2 or so. It was a great day and was definitely one to remember. Well until tomorrow's post!

Pat

July 24th (Day 71)

Today was a pretty busy day and I'm exhausted, haha. I got into the office just before 8 am and started the day off with a devo by reading some passages and then reading from "The Jesus Creed". Once James and the other guys got in, we had a short time of worship, prayed, and then got busy on the day's agenda. For the most of the morning, I got the video for this week's worship song put together and ready to export. I had to wait to finalize and export it because Rachel was coming in so I could finish teaching her how to do this. I fixed a few things in other videos and did some research on in-ear monitors for James. After lunch I worked a little more on getting some things done and then Rachel came in and I worked with her for a little while. I wrote out all of the settings and general steps to creating a video so that she could have a reference manual incase something became a blur to her. I also helped Jeff with the videos, while he got started on next week's song. James and I were actually set to wrestle today (we have interns/staff wrestling matches), however it got pushed back because they were filming a video well past our scheduled time. I left the office around 5 to go grab some dinner and then I headed over to James house for practice. It was a great practice! Lots of fun and lots of people were passing by, observing, because a carnival had just started down the street. After practice I headed home and watched episodes of Alf and finished "The Jesus Creed". It was a very good book actually and it helped me think about a lot of things that I had been taking for granted. The next book on my list is "Organic Community". I'm hoping that this will help me as a leader for Evensong at KCU and in future ministries. It was weird to think that today was my last Friday at Momentum. Well I guess that's all I have for you today. Until tomorrow!

Pat

July 23rd (Day 70)

Today was my day off. I got to sleep in and it was great! Haha. I got up at 11:30 am and then started cleaning the house and stuff for Dave's party this Saturday. I got a lot of reading done today as well. I'm only one chapter away from completing "The Jesus Creed". I switched my next book to be "Organic Community" because I've been feeling lately a passion to continue to help grow Evensong and begin a type of small groups that meet together aside from the Wednesday night service. I talked about it the other night with a friend, and she loved the idea. I honestly think that if we allow God to move and use this on our campus, then KCU could explode. Anyway, I'm hoping that as I develop and write out the proposal for the rest of the team, this book will give me further insight in addition the large amount of stuff I have learned from working here at Momentum the summer. Later in the evening I went with Dave to get groceries and then helped him cut up some veggies for some of the side dishes that he is making for the cookout. We had great conversations, as we always do. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. I'm meeting with Rachel again so I have to finish most of the video so it'll be ready for her, then I have band practice tomorrow night, which I still need to learn 2 songs, haha. Oh well, it'll all get done. =) Until tomorrow!

Pat