Hello, class!
For my interview process, one of my first thoughts was to interview one of my pastors at church. After I considered the thought, I started looking at church events to see what was coming up. With a great stroke of luck, I discovered that the week rough cuts were due, the church was hosting a rather large pastor/teacher conference! So I consider myself really lucky that I was able to capitalize on the opportunity!
I would say probably the biggest challenge is figuring out travel. The biggest challenge is that, while the church and conference IS local, it is also across the river in Portland, Oregon. I was able to get a ride down since my mom was going to help out with the conference, getting back up across the river was the difficult part. Thankfully bus transit exists, and with careful planning I was able to make it work.
I also had to check and double check that it would be ok for me to stop by the conference. It’s a limited event and it’s usually reserved for staff and registered pastors. But knowing this would be the best possible option to grab visual evidence of the pastor learning and supporting his fellow conference goers, and thankfully I got the opportunity to visit for a couple hours the first day. It allowed me to get some really good footage, even if the time was brief.
Overall, the experience was smooth and I had a really good time gathering everything I needed to make the interview work!
-Jeremy Sauter