Camp Time

It's almost time for Youth Camp and I'm so excited. We will leave next Sunday, Father's Day, to head to PASSways in Wingate, NC. Last year was our first year at this camp and we really enjoyed it.

Now, it's not like camps of the past. I remember going to youth camp at Caswell and we had to take our own food, plan our own program, lead our own program, and NO AIR CONDITIONING. Then the camp scene became a little more organized and we would go to camps where the camp itself would provide the staff and the meals and all we had to do was get there. But, still NO AIR CONDITIONING.

Then as I got older and out of the youth program, there came along camps such as Centrifuge where all you had to do was show up. Everything was taken care of and the adults weren't responsible for much at all. I never went, because I had aged out and was not yet old enough to be a chaperon but the ones that did go, had a great time.

Now we have found Passport. What a great camp. We introduced our youth to it several years ago via videotape but they didn't seem too interested at the time. Last year, we were made aware of changes that had been made in the curriculum and in the entire make up of the camp. PASSways is now made up of choices the young people make in sync with their interest levels. Last year there were 5 and this year there are 7. You choose to spend the week doing some kind of mission work or learning about your call to ministry or how to see ministry through the arts. It's great. Here we are ALL part of God's plan to work for him.

Not to mention we stay in apartments on campus with AIR CONDITIONING!!!

While some of you will be at the CBF Convention in Memphis, we will be involved in teaching young people as we countdown God's blessings in their lives and ours.

Peace.