Virtually Paul

Junior Camp Ahoy!

December 1, 2006 on 8:11 pm | In Ministry, The Life of Paul, Youth Ministry |

Seeing as Carris put in such a top research effort for her pirate post, I thought I’d use my new found burst of energy as I recover from being sick, to give my blog design a bit more of a pirate feel.

I’m leading on a kids camp this summer. The theme is “The Quest for Treasure Island”… What’s in the box with the locks? I’m co-directing the camp with two good friends, in Warren and Tash. There’s also Janelle, Carris, Bec and a bunch of other people that we’ve roped in from church and other places to be leaders.

The point of the camp is basically to form relationships with the kids, aged from Grade 4 to Year 7 and invest in them. We spend a bit of time on the camp talking about Bible stories and how those things can apply to our lives today… at the end of the day though, it’s up to the kids to make up their own minds about what they want to think and believe. I think that’s an incredibly healthy attitude… and it’s one of the reasons why in my high school days I got so much out of the teen camps that the same organisation runs. Mostly though, it’s fun, games and quality time.

I really enjoy spending time with kids. They have such an uncomplicated view of the world. I wish I’d gone on camps like this one when I was their age. I think I would have really liked them… so I’m really glad I can offer the privilege to my slightly smaller friends. I don’t think they’d appreciate being called ‘little’.

The blog theme will probably stay around until after camp, unless I get sick of it.
Camp runs from January 6-11, 2007, although I’ll be getting there a bit later because of my groomsman responsibilities in Nathan’s wedding.