camp

you know summer has arrived when it is time for sc district camp. camps start as early as possible around here. the last of the schools finished the 04-05 school year just this past wednesday. and this monday approximately 100 jr highers will be at table rock wesleyan campground to enjoy everything there is at camp.

i personally love camp. everything about it. when i was younger it was something different, get out of the house and be able to hang out with friends for a full week. and all that stuff about God was good too.

now that i am older. i still love camp. it is the thing that i look forward to the full year of youth ministry. what really is youth ministry without camp? the teens do not get the much needed mountain top experience. not to take away from the weekly youth meeting but there is something that brings out the teens emotion, spirit and joy with spending a week in a different place, with different people, hearing a different speaker.

did i mention i love camp. it is obviously for different reasons then when i was younger but not to far off. i love seeing teens excited. i still love the games, in fact one thing we do at sc camp is counselors vs campers basketball. in a way i feel bad for the campers (especially the jr high, they are to young) but i love to beat them so much. in the many years that they have had these basketball games the counselors are unbeaten. i want to say 48-0 but i am not positive. i love being a counselor. it is actually part of my job description with the church that i pastor at. i get paid to go to camp. what an awesome thing. when some of the counselors actually use their vacation to go to camp, i get paid to go to camp. three weeks of it.

camp is fun for other reasons like the poker games that start at midnight, the idea of not having to cook or do dishes for a full week, climbing the mountain, swimming, playing sports, oh and did i mention that our camp has a water slide! i leave sunday after the pm service for camp.

the only downside to camp is that this is my first year being married so i will have to spend a week away from jenny as she will have to work. someone has to bring home the bacon. i will see her on wednesday night of camp as she and some other sponsors will bring teens to the service. but it will be ok, why because i love camp.