Camp Fire Fun
Before we ended last semester, we spent a whole day with the youth group in Kansas and had fun, worked, cleaned, had a scavenger hunt, and did a team project. We even watched a movie and watched it “critically” to see if it lined up with God’s Word, always checking to see how everything lines up with Scripture. The guys started with doing some brush clean up and garbage gathering, and the ladies started with vacuuming and wiping things down. The focus for this activity was two-fold: 1. So that everyone plays a part in being stewards with what God has given us, and 2., to promote teamwork and unity among the youth. In this day-and-age, one of the greatest struggles for a local church is for everyone to get involved and for everyone to get along. Jesus’ life was one that worked and exemplified true unity, we hope and pray the kids saw this as the focus and had fun as well. The scavenger hunt was fun; Seth loves making riddles so most of them took the whole team to work together to figure out where the next clue was.
It was awesome to see how each member contributed, and age did not matter, in fact, one of the youngest kids there was among the best scavengers! This is just a small glimpse in God’s cosmic story that everyone is needed in His Master Plan, that all have the ability to get involved, and all are needed to accomplish the task!
After we started a small brush fire and the sun started to set, we roasted some marshmallows and had some good ole s’mores. Yum! Way to finish the year, and with no injuries “to-boot”!
Stoking The Fires 