Key to A Camp Experience
04 May / by: CCCA / 0 comments / tags : Camp,camping,christian camp,get away,go to camp,summer camp,the power of campThis time of year Kyle Wassom’s students are swamped. Like a lot of other American teenagers, they have projects, exams, competitions and other activities that make carving out time for exploring their faith during the school year nearly impossible. Yet the student ministry team at First Baptist Church (Denton, Texas), prioritized a retreat to Pine […]
As it went, Stephen Snyder had planned to attend college to study business. He was good with numbers in high school and thought it would be a smart career move. Before he started his collegiate years, he spent time as a summer camp counselor. Summer days were filled with serving kids and making memories. He […]
Physical Location For Spiritual Mile-Markers
19 Apr / by: CCCA / 0 comments / tags : Camp,christian camp,experience God,mile-markersWhen Paul Turner looks back over his life, it’s clear camp has been the setting for many of his pivotal moments. The year was 1982 at Life for Youth Camp in Vero Beach, Fla. Turner was 14 years old when he received Christ that summer and was baptized by one of the counselors. Many summers […]
Time (And Money) Well Spent
14 Apr / by: CCCA / 0 comments / tags : Camp,christian camp,student resources,Youth PastorAt Lives Changed by Christ (LCBC) Church in Millersville, Pa., discipleship is a strong part of the youth ministry. Chad Herman, student ministries director, says building relationships and spiritually encouraging one another within a camp setting is a “relational microwave.” “[Camp] provides this huge chunk of time with students. We don’t get that time on […]
What is it about camp that leaves such distinct impressions on those who attend? Zach Crowley, youth minister at Taylorville Christian Church (Taylorville, Ill.), says he can’t imagine a year without it. “It’s the most important thing we’ll do all year.” He’s quite familiar with the distractions youth face, so venturing to a new place […]
Uninterrupted Conversations
07 Apr / by: CCCA / 0 comments / tags : Camp,camping,christian camp,summer camp,the power of camp,why campIn a recent phone call with my grandparents, we talked about how they spent Easter, family news, and even the latest on the local high school basketball team. Small-town life, you know. The conversation turned to my projects at work and technology. My grandparents don’t have a computer or Wi-Fi. Of the pair, my grandma […]
A Setting Unlike Any Other
24 Mar / by: CCCA / 0 comments / tags : ah-ha,Camp Janitor,change,Counselor,faith,Kids Camp,unique settingLuke Trouten stood in the back of the chapel waiting for the service to end. He wasn’t a camper or a counselor at Covenant Pines in Minnesota that summer. Instead, he served as a janitor. Broom in hand, he waited to clean the chapel once the campers were dismissed. It was one of those nights […]
A True Encounter with Jesus
21 Mar / by: CCCA / 0 comments / tags : Camp,encounter Jesus,impacted lives,life-changing experience,miracleTime and time again junior high youth pastor, Jimmy Orellana, has seen the amazing ways God has used camp to reach his students and impact lives. At one camp a couple years ago, as Orellana recalls, a sixth grade student came up to him and shared what was going on in his life. His parents […]
An Atheist at Camp
17 Mar / by: CCCA / 0 comments / tags : Camp,camping,elevate,intense,intensive,summer campThe fact that a high school student who claimed to be an atheist attended Hume Lake camp for a week was quite possibly the result of his mother forcing him to go. There was little doubt that the student did not want to be there, made clear by his negative attitude toward the activities or […]
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