Nashira WIlliams
Week 6
March 24


This Tuesday Danielle and I attended the worship meeting. I've noticed that the church struggles in this ministry so I was thrilled to see what new ideas they had. The worship team consisted of all women, who had such positive and willing attitudes toward incorporating new ways of worship. In the beginning of the meeting they established who would be volunteering this month in the following areas: acolytes, ushers, special song, children's moment.
Furthermore, being at the meeting aloud me to look at worship with a pastor's perspective. I am extremely adamant toward all means of worship and I take it very seriously. I believe that it is such a powerful source that allows people to enter the realm of God whether its greeting someone at the door or singing a song. We, as in worshipppers set the tone. In addition, I realize how important it is to began my church be developing a diverse congregation, meaning ethnically, culturally, talent wise, etc. All of these components contribute to the elements of worhship. As a pastor I am a connector. It is my job to discover and place people in a position where they can worship God, grow in Christ, discover their talents, and enhance their skills. Worships is not just about the volunteers, it includes everyone and not just the commitee members. So I encourage you to maybe pray for someone whom you believe has a great talent and ask that the Lord provides oppurtunities for them to worship. OR possibly recommend them to someone you know who will provide them with that oppurtunity. GOd bless

Nashira Williams
Week 5
March 16,2006


I am absolutely grateful for the meeting I went to this week. A man came in to talk about investments. As of now they have made several investments and have done fairly well. He also introduced some others ways of investments for instance mutual funds and cds. Although they weren't interested, I certainly was; my sister and I plan to start a mutual fund and my parents are also going to give us one to pay for housing when we get married. Once we get out of schooling, my sister and I want to sell real estate and start a family business so the funds from those investments will be useful. However, the church wasn't interested in those type of investments due to their building plan. They pray to begin very soon, once they find the right land.

Furthermore, the pastors husband, Don Spence, was very knowledgable about finance in general. He aknowledge that it is very helpful to have people in the church who are very versitile and can contribute to the church growth. I think sometime we think of church we think that we need a worship leader, a childrens leader, etc, but we forget about the business matters which has to be one of the most difficult and strenuous aspects of being a pastor.

I must say that the meeting was quite long because there were so many different things to dicipher. Pastor Spence was so gracious to let me take some information so that I can learn and prosper as well. That is what I call building a community. I can't remember the exact words nor the scripture but it refers to, build them up in the way in which they should go.
Well God Bless and may your praticums be just as prosperous!

Nashira Williams
Week 4
March 2, 2004


First I must say that I am overjoyed to see my family tomorrow. I am flying which is so much better than a 10hr drive. But to get back on subject I went to a nursing home today along with Pastor Spence. Actually half of the vacinity was a nursing home and the other was an apartment building for the elderly. I really enjoyed just listening to the conversations. My cheeks were sore from smiling so much. One of the visits was quite interesting because a woman thought I was one of the nurses. (Apparently all black people look alike.lol) In either case Pastor Spence brought up conversation by asking how they were doing emotionally and health wise. She also prepared a scripture to read to everyone she visited and then we ended our visitations with prayer.

Its hard to see how these people are struggling and they can't do for themselves. Some of them had alzeimers, couldn't walk, or was slightly losing language skills . I could tell for some it was hurtful. Pastor Spence made sure that they didnt feel as if they were helpless or that they were wrong for, instance the woman thinking I was her helper. She talked to each person with such a great joy and I appreciated that. Going to the nursing home made me think of myself at that age. I would love to live till I'm 100 but in actuality do I really. If I have to be dependant on others all day everyday,lose my sight, lose my hearing, or even lose my mind I don't really want to live to be that age unless God wants me too. But I really enjoyed the visitation; I ddint feel uncomfortable at all. I would consider going back on my own and incorporatiing it into a continous communtiy service for my floor next year.

In conclusion, what I enjoyed most about the visit was the oppurtunity to give back The elderly have contributed their lives to so many people. It feels good to dedicate just a bit of my time to make sure they are not alone, bring joy or bring the word.