Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Tues Night
The day started off again with the kids up and ready for another full day of adventures. After breakfast we went to chapel to see more of the continuing story of the Israelites.
After that the staff broke us up into smaller groups and took us on a short hike and where they shared more about the tabernacle and how the Israelites had limited access to God, but through Jesus we now have complete access to God.
Then came recreation. During rec chapel they told us the rankings of each team. Overall the OOOs are winning and all of the Saint Matthew teams are 4th or better in the subframe overall. Today each team played the two games they didn’t play the day before. The enthusiasm was high as each team tried to earn more points to become the champions of the week. After rec came lunch and free time. Today we had paintball and majority of our group went to participate. With it being so hot, a lot of people hung out at either the lake or pond to stay cool. Some went to the pond and went off the blob or Noah’s nightmare. Others went the stores or snack shop. Others just hung out and played cards. After free time we then went to dinner and then to evening competitions. Tonight’s competitions were the blob and Noah’s nightmare belly flop contest. Each rec team had a student and counselor participate in both. The blob competition was to send each student off the blob. Judging was based on height, charisma, and flips. Noah’s nightmare belly flop contest is pretty self-explanatory. It was fun hearing the audience groan or awe as participants smacked the water.
After the pond competitions we had evening chapel. Adam talked about how much God loves us, and thats why Jesus came to live and die among us. Students were given the opportunity for those who have never accepted Christ to make that decision for the first time tonight. We had a handful of our students decide to make that commitment. Praise Jesus! We had a neat moment with the girls. The girls who didn't stay back went back to our cabin and made signs saying "welcome" to the family" For the girls who chose to stay back and make a commitment to Jesus for the first time.
Because it was more of an emotional night some students hung back to talk to leaders, others went to night free time. After that we headed to our cabins for small groups and to head to bed. It was definitely a packed day but everyone had a great time.
After that the staff broke us up into smaller groups and took us on a short hike and where they shared more about the tabernacle and how the Israelites had limited access to God, but through Jesus we now have complete access to God.
Then came recreation. During rec chapel they told us the rankings of each team. Overall the OOOs are winning and all of the Saint Matthew teams are 4th or better in the subframe overall. Today each team played the two games they didn’t play the day before. The enthusiasm was high as each team tried to earn more points to become the champions of the week. After rec came lunch and free time. Today we had paintball and majority of our group went to participate. With it being so hot, a lot of people hung out at either the lake or pond to stay cool. Some went to the pond and went off the blob or Noah’s nightmare. Others went the stores or snack shop. Others just hung out and played cards. After free time we then went to dinner and then to evening competitions. Tonight’s competitions were the blob and Noah’s nightmare belly flop contest. Each rec team had a student and counselor participate in both. The blob competition was to send each student off the blob. Judging was based on height, charisma, and flips. Noah’s nightmare belly flop contest is pretty self-explanatory. It was fun hearing the audience groan or awe as participants smacked the water.
After the pond competitions we had evening chapel. Adam talked about how much God loves us, and thats why Jesus came to live and die among us. Students were given the opportunity for those who have never accepted Christ to make that decision for the first time tonight. We had a handful of our students decide to make that commitment. Praise Jesus! We had a neat moment with the girls. The girls who didn't stay back went back to our cabin and made signs saying "welcome" to the family" For the girls who chose to stay back and make a commitment to Jesus for the first time.
Because it was more of an emotional night some students hung back to talk to leaders, others went to night free time. After that we headed to our cabins for small groups and to head to bed. It was definitely a packed day but everyone had a great time.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Monday night
Today was a great first start to the week. Everyone woke up ready and excited to have their first full day at Hume. After breakfast came morning chapel, were we went more into the story of the Israelites and the golden calf.
After chapel came the excitement of recreation and “The Fab Four” games. All of the Saint Matthew cabins are on the "OOO" team and have different sue teams under that. So hopefully the OOO team will win the overall team for the week. Well see how the subteams do, but so far we are off to a good start!
After rec came lunch and then free time. Free time was filled with tons of activities. Some explored camp, others rode the zip line over the pond, others enjoyed the wonders of Noah’s Nightmare (a big trapeze from which to swing and drop into the pond), others did the new high ropes course built just for meadow ranch, and others just hung out. Many counselors and campers had one-on-ones, a time when we can get to know each other better and encourage the students to dig deeper into their relationships with God. After dinner a lot of the students watched the counselor vs staff kickball games. Others went to have some down time.
The evening chapel consisted of worship and our speaker, Adam, breaking down the play we saw of the Israelites earlier this morning. He helped show us how we are a lot like the Israelites in that it's easy to still mave idols in our lives.
After chapel we had a little bit more free time before we headed up to cabin time to talk about what we have been processing so far from our speaker Adam, our devotions, and memory verses. Afterwards we headed to bed. It was a packed but awesome first full day of camp.
After chapel came the excitement of recreation and “The Fab Four” games. All of the Saint Matthew cabins are on the "OOO" team and have different sue teams under that. So hopefully the OOO team will win the overall team for the week. Well see how the subteams do, but so far we are off to a good start!
After rec came lunch and then free time. Free time was filled with tons of activities. Some explored camp, others rode the zip line over the pond, others enjoyed the wonders of Noah’s Nightmare (a big trapeze from which to swing and drop into the pond), others did the new high ropes course built just for meadow ranch, and others just hung out. Many counselors and campers had one-on-ones, a time when we can get to know each other better and encourage the students to dig deeper into their relationships with God. After dinner a lot of the students watched the counselor vs staff kickball games. Others went to have some down time.
The evening chapel consisted of worship and our speaker, Adam, breaking down the play we saw of the Israelites earlier this morning. He helped show us how we are a lot like the Israelites in that it's easy to still mave idols in our lives.
After chapel we had a little bit more free time before we headed up to cabin time to talk about what we have been processing so far from our speaker Adam, our devotions, and memory verses. Afterwards we headed to bed. It was a packed but awesome first full day of camp.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Sunday Night
Well I’m late posing this because we had a busy, but great day getting settled into camp yesterday. We had a fun drive down watching movies and talking with each other. We made good time and got to camp and into our cabins. We had plenty of time to unpack, spend some time getting to know each other in our cabins, as well as just start exploring around camp. We then went to dinner and then to our first chapel. Chapel was a lot of fun as we got introduced to our band leading worship as well as our speaker. The opener introduced us to the story of the Israelites and the exodus out of Egypt.
Afterwards we had a bit of free time before we headed back to our cabins for small groups and then sleep. Overall a great start to the week. I’m excited to see the fun memories we create as well as what God does this week
Afterwards we had a bit of free time before we headed back to our cabins for small groups and then sleep. Overall a great start to the week. I’m excited to see the fun memories we create as well as what God does this week
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Christmas at Saint Matthew
December 24
2 & 4 pm—Family Friendly Communion Worship
7 pm—Saint Matthew Style Communion Worship-(Childcare will be provided at this service only).
9 pm—Traditional Style Communion Worship
December 25
10 am—Christmas Day Worship
January 1
10 am—New Year’s Day Worship.
Bring goodies to share in a time of fellowship following worship.
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