Tonight I went with Hannah and Toni to Crave, which is a college youth group at 1st Wesleyan.
I haven't really been to a youth group in about a year, since Aaron moved to Texas, so I was a little apprehensive about going, but it was an enjoyable experience.
The campus for this church is huge. There is the main building, but there is also a school (or 2? I'm not quite sure), a youth building, and some other buildings that I'm not sure what they are for.
Because it was the first meeting, it started out with more of a hang out session, then at about 10 we moved into the chapel area. It started out with a quick song of worship, then an introduction speaking session, and finished with more music. What was really cool was that they have these 'prayer books' out on some tables on the side. There are little cards on the tables and people can write their prayer requests/praises on them, put them in the book, then the youth leader (whose name I can't remember. I really need to find a way to remember names better) goes through and prays individually for each card and posts the praises on a board in the back. It's a really cool idea.
I would like to go back, and hopefully Hannah and I and whoever else can make it a regular thing :)
My account of my adventures in my first year of school at Oklahoma Wesleyan University
8/31/11
8/29/11
Altar
Altar is a student led worship that is held every Sunday night in the chapel.
Last night, just before altar started, the fire alarms went off. After waiting a few minutes for them to turn off, everyone decided to move to the front lawn of the chapel and hold altar there.
The band played acoustically and when Kyle spoke everyone sat around in the grass.
Everything felt so raw that it made the whole things really cool
Last night, just before altar started, the fire alarms went off. After waiting a few minutes for them to turn off, everyone decided to move to the front lawn of the chapel and hold altar there.
The band played acoustically and when Kyle spoke everyone sat around in the grass.
Everything felt so raw that it made the whole things really cool
8/28/11
This week I pretty much established my general routine. I know what each class needs and how much I time I need to dedicate to each one.
Marketing and Comp are my hardest classes homework wise because of the amount of work, but if I focus I am able to get them both done relatively quickly. I've started to work in the library so that I can get done what needs to get done without being distracted by anything in my room.
I also started my work study this week. I'm working in the General Office which is the university switchboard. I redirect calls, sort mail, and sell supplies to departments. I work M/W/F afternoons and T/H mornings for a total of 10 hours a week.
Friday night I was able to watch the Colts game :D even though they ended up losing :(
Saturday I went to the volleyball game, and then worked on getting my room more organized. With how small this room is, it is hard to find a system of where everything goes so that it isn't in the way.
My sea monkeys are starting to repopulate which makes me happy. Lazarus is the biggest because he has been alive for about 4 days, but a few more have started swimming around in the last day.
In my free time I've been crocheting and watching movies. I made a new hat and am almost finished with a monkey. He just needs his arms/legs/tail and details sewn on and he will be done. :)
I think I'm going to try to update more often than weekly just so each post can be a little more meaningful than just recounting events.
:)
Marketing and Comp are my hardest classes homework wise because of the amount of work, but if I focus I am able to get them both done relatively quickly. I've started to work in the library so that I can get done what needs to get done without being distracted by anything in my room.
I also started my work study this week. I'm working in the General Office which is the university switchboard. I redirect calls, sort mail, and sell supplies to departments. I work M/W/F afternoons and T/H mornings for a total of 10 hours a week.
Friday night I was able to watch the Colts game :D even though they ended up losing :(
Saturday I went to the volleyball game, and then worked on getting my room more organized. With how small this room is, it is hard to find a system of where everything goes so that it isn't in the way.
My sea monkeys are starting to repopulate which makes me happy. Lazarus is the biggest because he has been alive for about 4 days, but a few more have started swimming around in the last day.
In my free time I've been crocheting and watching movies. I made a new hat and am almost finished with a monkey. He just needs his arms/legs/tail and details sewn on and he will be done. :)
I think I'm going to try to update more often than weekly just so each post can be a little more meaningful than just recounting events.
:)
8/22/11
My First Week here
Saturday: Official Move In Day
All of my stuff was moved into my room, and I found out I have way too much stuff, especially clothes. My dresser is completely full, half of the closet is full of my jackets, and I have a suitcase in the top of the closet with more clothes in it. I should probably consider getting rid of some of them, but I don't really feel like it.
Toni is my roommate. She is from some place in Oklahoma that starts with a 'S', but I have no clue how to pronounce it. She got here the week before I did for volleyball.
We did a bunch of freshman things like group pictures and dinner and a welcome rally thing.
We also met with our core groups. A core group is basically a group of 10ish other freshman/new students and 2 returning students who are the leaders. We have a class that we meet together in for the rest of the semester that basically is supposed to help us get used to being in college.
My leaders are Jeff and Mysti, and they are both pretty cool. We did a bunch of group getting-to-know-each-other activities like the name game, and the human knot and cheesy things like that just to get comfortable with everyone.
Sunday:
I started the day by almost sleeping through Chapel. If Toni hadn't woken me up, I would have slept through it. But I did discover that I can make it from the room to the Chapel in 4 minutes, which I find pretty impressive.
We did some more freshman things that all blend together at this point.
Monday:
The rest of the students started moving in on Monday, so campus was a lot busier. We went bowling with our core groups and I got an amazingly low score of 33 the first game and 48 the second. I forgot how bad I was at real bowling.
(my lovely bowling score of 33 at the end of the first game)
There is this thing called 'Freshman Follies' where each core group is given a song (ours was Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid) and we have to come up with some sort of routine and perform it for the rest of the school. It was really fun to watch what everyone else came up with for their songs, and even kind of fun to perform (not that I actually did anything on stage, I was a sign holder :) )
Tuesday-now (classes):
Classes officially started. The first few days were just syllabus reading/explaining how the classes worked.
Homework so far has be a lot of reading. I know I will probably miss it later in the semester, but I get really bored with reading 5 different textbooks.
Friday Night:
We went on a photo scavenger hunt around town. The things we had to do included awkward family photos at the Kiddie Park, a group picture with a pink buffalo, and a group picture at the 66 sign (bonus if someone planked it). Our group ended up with 13 points by the end of the hour (I think the winning score was 20) but then we got root beer floats :)
This was kind of a condensed post, but hopefully I will be able to make more frequent, in-depth posts for everyone. And I'll be sure to take a lot of pictures so that everyone can see how thing are going :)
All of my stuff was moved into my room, and I found out I have way too much stuff, especially clothes. My dresser is completely full, half of the closet is full of my jackets, and I have a suitcase in the top of the closet with more clothes in it. I should probably consider getting rid of some of them, but I don't really feel like it.
Toni is my roommate. She is from some place in Oklahoma that starts with a 'S', but I have no clue how to pronounce it. She got here the week before I did for volleyball.
We did a bunch of freshman things like group pictures and dinner and a welcome rally thing.
We also met with our core groups. A core group is basically a group of 10ish other freshman/new students and 2 returning students who are the leaders. We have a class that we meet together in for the rest of the semester that basically is supposed to help us get used to being in college.
My leaders are Jeff and Mysti, and they are both pretty cool. We did a bunch of group getting-to-know-each-other activities like the name game, and the human knot and cheesy things like that just to get comfortable with everyone.
Sunday:
I started the day by almost sleeping through Chapel. If Toni hadn't woken me up, I would have slept through it. But I did discover that I can make it from the room to the Chapel in 4 minutes, which I find pretty impressive.
We did some more freshman things that all blend together at this point.
Monday:
The rest of the students started moving in on Monday, so campus was a lot busier. We went bowling with our core groups and I got an amazingly low score of 33 the first game and 48 the second. I forgot how bad I was at real bowling.
There is this thing called 'Freshman Follies' where each core group is given a song (ours was Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid) and we have to come up with some sort of routine and perform it for the rest of the school. It was really fun to watch what everyone else came up with for their songs, and even kind of fun to perform (not that I actually did anything on stage, I was a sign holder :) )
Tuesday-now (classes):
Classes officially started. The first few days were just syllabus reading/explaining how the classes worked.
Homework so far has be a lot of reading. I know I will probably miss it later in the semester, but I get really bored with reading 5 different textbooks.
Friday Night:
We went on a photo scavenger hunt around town. The things we had to do included awkward family photos at the Kiddie Park, a group picture with a pink buffalo, and a group picture at the 66 sign (bonus if someone planked it). Our group ended up with 13 points by the end of the hour (I think the winning score was 20) but then we got root beer floats :)
This was kind of a condensed post, but hopefully I will be able to make more frequent, in-depth posts for everyone. And I'll be sure to take a lot of pictures so that everyone can see how thing are going :)
8/18/11
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