Friday

Sadly, our week together has come to a close. But not before enjoying one more service together, complete with worship, another message from Pastor Michael, and of course, another team competition! The game was an obstacle course. Each team was timed. The winner earned enough points to put them in first place! The winning team was the GREEN team! Yay!



The message today was one final challenge to the kids: to TRANSFORM their world! By putting into practice all the other lessons they had learned this week, they would be ready to be used by God to affect the world around them. That includes friends, family, neighbors, etc...who don't know Christ. We had a final alter call, where the kids were invited to come forward for prayer with the counselors. What a powerful moment!



Then we took time to pray for the leaders in the room, that they too would press on in their walk with the Lord. We also prayed for 2 of our leaders, Kyle and Francesca, who are heading off to college this week. We will greatly miss them!

Finally, Pastor Michael laid out two large paintings of the continents. He asked the kids who are committing to 'Paint' their world, to come forward, dip their hand in paint, and place a handprint on the continents. That was their confession before the Lord that they desire to be used by Him, as a tool in His hand, to change their world.



Pastor Michael reminded all the kids that they would be receiving a DVD in the mail with the highlight video from the entire week. And with that dvd he will include an invitation for a 'camp reunion' where we will have more fun and games and watch the highlight video together as a group. So, please be checking the mail for your invite! Until then, thank you for checking out our blog updates! We had an incredible week at camp! And we appreciate each counselor, staff member, child, and family that made this week possible. Feel free to fill this blog up with comments! We LOVE your feedback!