What I’ve Learned About Creative Arts Ministry By Being an Admin Assistant .3
Part One: Not pressing sort on the copy machine is kind of like coming to a rehearsal without having practiced before.
Part Two: Voicemail is outdated…each generation communicates in different ways.
3. Each administrative assistant does individual jobs differently; everyone has a different opinion about music in church.
This is by far the easier lesson to learn. I was given several weekly tasks to do throughout the summer. Certainly I do those things differently than the person before me and the person after me. We just see how to be most productive differently. This isn’t to say one person is better than the other (although I freely admit that I’m a terrible assistant), just that there are many ways to go about getting things done.
Ask anyone who has attended any church for any extended period of time…the hottest debate is always music. Hymns? Chris Tomlin? Gaither Family? How loud? Drums on stage? Choir?
All these questions just about everyone has an opinion on. It isn’t to say some of these things are bad and others are good. Certainly I have my opinions about what is most relevant and what is going to speak to certain age groups, but there are many ways to go about worshiping God through music. The tough part is navigating through all those opinions to come to some sort of consensus. The great part of being an admin assistant…you don’t have to do that part 
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My job has taught me that I don’t know it all. If I EVER thought I did, now I know better. I face situations all the time that stretch me to the absolute end of myself. It has also taught me to be grateful for the blessings in my life. I work with people all the time who go through such incredible difficulties.
My job has taught me that I really really need an admin that does stuff for me.
What I’ve learned er..I mean what I’ve heard:
Don’t get too passionate and burn myself out.
Keep low expectations on promises until you receive it in your hands.
People will say all the ‘right’ things to get the necessary info out of you.
You put in 150%, maybe you’ll get about 5% back.
What you know doesn’t matter, WHO you know does.
Belong to the right crowd- you’ll go places. Belong to the wrong crowd, you’ll get stuck in a rut.
Addendum: Not saying this about my current job obviously (and that’s the truth)
First… qualities I value in an assistant.
Dependability
Faithful attention to ongoing tasks
Emotional Maturity
Discipline aka Self Motivated/starter
You are all of these, and a really good dancer, and while being our admin wasn’t your dream summer job… you rocked it.
Here are a couple of things I’ve learned at my job
Heatlhy relationships require work and hard conversations
Silence rarely means yes
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