Shown are Warsaw Area Career Center intern Evan Owens, left, and his Work-Based Learning supervisor, Tristan Spuller, of Community Grace Brethren Church. Photo provided.

News Release

WARSAW — Evan Owens is working as a worship ministry tech intern at Community Grace Brethren Church through the Warsaw Area Career Center’s Work-Based Learning program offered by Warsaw Community Schools.

Owens is the son of Amy Owens.

What are your job responsibilities? “Control all the cameras and audio equipment,” Owens said in a news release.

How has this position been helpful to you? “It has helped me to learn multi-tasking.”

What have you learned? “I learned how much effort it takes to have tech ready by a Sunday morning,” said Owens.

How is this job preparing you for the future? “I want to be a technical director/AV engineer and these skills will help me for this position.”

What do you like about this job? “I get to be able to have a feeling of what I want to be after high school.”

Your career and college plans: “I plan to continue to work as a Worship Ministry Tech
Intern.”

Tristan Spuller, worship director, is supervising Owens during the internship.

What duties does this student perform? “Shooting video, photo; editing video, photo; overseeing audio teams.”

How is this job preparing this student for the future? “Evan desires to get into live production; he is learning about the fundamentals of video and audio production week to week,” Spuller said.

What do you think of the WACC Work-Based Learning program? “I really appreciate the option for students to get hands-on experience in a way that also benefits community connections,” said Spuller. “This has been a positive experience for both Evan and our church.”

Why were you willing to partner with the WACC in this program? “An understanding of the mutual benefits of the internship. A desire to train and support one of our students in a concentrated way.”