Today I ran a program for Youthtown that focused on Leadership Development. It was for a group of Year 9 and Year 11 students that are members of their student council. We had about 50 students, split into two groups. We took half the kids and did initiatives and team games with them, while the other half did a high ropes course with a company called Tree Adventures. Then we had a break for lunch and worked with the other half of the group.
The cool thing about this event was that I planned it and I was in charge. My bosses Brian and Fiona had to be in a training that day so I was able to step up and head things up. It was a bit stressful, but everything ended up working out perfectly. I was pleased that they trusted me to take charge. I planned out the games that we would play, suggested ideas for the leaders to use to debrief them, and went over my plan with all of the leaders for that day. I was happy that things went well and that I was able to be energetic even though I was in extreme pain from planting strawberries the day before. I think the kids had fun and maybe thought a bit about leadership, and we only had a few minor injuries (scraped knees from the gravel surface we were playing on.) I've led things similar to this before, both with camp and with Diakon, but for some reason it's hard for me to carry confidence into each new venture. It's as if I've never done it before and anything and everything could go wrong. I try to tell myself that it's not that different from work that I've done before, but it can still take a lot of talking up to feel confident. Something that I need to work on, I guess.
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