The very first time I went to Bible Camp I was a speaker. That is pretty crazy. I would guess good number of youth pastor would not be able to say that.
Last night my friend Nick, who is the program guy at Covenant Pines Bible Camp came I got our junior high students excited about going to camp. He did a great job. He didn’t get up there and give short little prep talk and leave. He gave our students a great taste of what camp is like. He led our game, put on a sweet promo video, and then gave away some prizes. I sort of figured that he was doing this special for our group because our church is his home church. He let me know that he goes personally to every church that the camp supports and does the same thing. I was impressed. Nice work Nick!
With never going to camp before I used to be a bit skeptical about how influential camp is in the lives of students. However, I would say that countless numbers of our students have given their life to Jesus at camp and grow closer in their walk with Him.
I hadn’t been to a youth camp for around 20 years until January this year when my wife and I were ‘Camp Parents’ at the Baptist Youth Camps I used to attend.
It’s amazing to see lives being touched by God through those camps. I’m hoping we’ll make it a regular thing each year.