Saturday, August 16, 2008

Thursday

The kids were allowed to sleep in an extra hour, since we had woken them up for the midnight team competition. We met in the auditorium for a special breakfast. Here are some of the kids @ breakfast.




























Pastor Michael asked the kids to sign his camp t-shirt. He was so excited to read the notes and comments that the kids scribbled on his shirt!








Instead of field games this afternoon, the kids enjoyed some extra time, swimming at the lake. Here are some videos of some of our very brave campers!
























After Lake Swim, we cleaned up for dinner and then another great service! The kids were extra pumped up @ this evenings' worship time. Here they are...singing their hearts out to the Lord!



Tonight, Pastor Michael's message was entitled NEVER GIVE UP! He challenged the kids to keep living for the Lord and making right choices, even when it's difficult. Despite peer pressure, temptation, or difficult circumstances we go through, we need to determine in our hearts that we will never give up on trusting God and serving Him. He used the surprise midnight team competition as an example....because even when they were tired and crabby from being pulled out of bed in the middle of the night, they still played their hearts out for points for their team. In the same way, we never give up or slow down in life, as we strive for the reward Christ has promised us. And in doing that, we will affect the world around us for Christ! It was a very powerful message, and the kids definately soaked up every word!











Then it was back to team competitions!
The winner of this competition was promised the opportunity to SLIME Pastor Michael! The BLUE team and the YELLOW team tied for first place, and took turns dumping pails of slime over Michael's head!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's so exciting to see that the kids had a blast at camp. But it's also exciting to see that they were challenged spiritually. My son said this was the very best camp so far. Thank you team.