The Past:

Like the saying “Time flies when you are having fun”… Week 3 flew by and boy did we have fun. Our theme for the week was “Epic Week”, where each night revolved around an “epic” movie. From Toy Story to Star Wars to Pirates of the Caribbean, campers dove into the theme and even came up with some creative costumes themselves! Our overall theme for the summer is of course Revolution, and campers started each day with a prayer service and ended each night with a spiritual night activity that revolved a “Revolution of…” theme. Through friendships, prayer, and worship, campers of all ages began to understand their faith more.

The Present:

We are in our second full day of camp for Week 4. The theme for Week 4 is “I heart the 1400′s” or medieval week. Last night, there were knights, squires, and more running around camp chasing each other during the “Animal game”. From all the action yesterday it will be interesting to see what these counselors come up with for costumes for the dance! We have quite an exciting week as our first guests, Ennie Hickman and Ike Ndolo, arrived as part of our “summer worship series”. They will be joining us this week and helping us with not only some praise and worship but they will also be a part of our “Power Club” team. (Power Club= spiritual development session based on the Bible). Also this week we have about 25 rising high school juniors that are taking part in our first Lead 10/11 program. This group of teens will focus on Christian leadership and faith development through special activities and programming this week. Week 4 ends early on Friday, for the Holiday weekend, but it will not end without a delicious cookout and spectacular fireworks celebration on Thursday in honor of Fourth of July.

The Future:

Even as we are in the middle of a camp week, we always have to look ahead to the upcoming weeks of the summer. Our next week of camp is out TEEN WEEK! Teen Week is an indescribable time for counselors and campers. As a camper you get the luxury of having only other people at camp that are your age! This means fiercer competition in activities, deeper discussions of faith, and of course an exponential amount of more fun. Teens do walk away from this week with strong friendships and more wisdom thanks to the Holy Spirit working within us all. Steve Angrisano, a teen week “regular”, will perform a concert during the week as part of our Summer Worship Series. Teen Week starts Sunday July 4th and will include a Fourth of July firework celebration! We still have availability for Teen Week and registration is still open! Register now at www.thepines.org/register.

The lunch bell is ringing, until next time…

Peace.Love.Pines.

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