Ministry Expressions and Effectiveness

Christian camping is not the same as it was in 1958, or 1965, or 1975.  The Gospel of Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever… but Christian camping has changed.  Ministry to, as well as parenting today’s youth, has changed.

It is often a difficult task to understand and to be able to communicate with our campers.  In years past, one week was spent in our summer Bible Camp counselor training.   Last summer our training was a week and a half.  And this coming summer, in 2011, we will spend two full weeks in our counselor training for the summer Bible camp.  We will be covering topics relevant to today’s youth. We will be creating and developing life changing messages.  We practice sharing scripture, presenting the Gospel, and counselors practice together the sharing of their own individual testimonies.  During orientation and training, our summer camp staff continuously work toward the development of a “culture of innovation,” even as the Gospel message is always the same.

What are some of the issues that today’s counselors are confronted with? To be quite frank they are many: alienation to authority, anti-social behavior, poor peer interactions, verbal aggression, physical aggression, and an inability to delay gratification, to name a few. Indeed to be a summer camp counselor for Christ in 2011 will be a unique and challenging task.

    Our gifted camp counselors increasingly work towards innovative and creative camp settings that set a friendly and loving environment wherein our counselors can clearly present the Gospel of Christ.  Praise God!  You are invited to join us.

Some of our “FAITHPRINTS” for this year…

Summer Camp 2010 had:
    25 first time decisions to accept Christ –and-
    25 rededications to receive and walk with Jesus Christ
         out of a total of 97 campers