Our summer camping season has come to a close. Last weekend Ruth and I wrapped up the
Christian Missionary Alliance Church teens camp after enjoying a great week of
fellowship, teaching, and activities together.
This is the second camp I helped direct this summer and once again I
was surrounded by a great team of leaders and campers. The camp was held in the pristine Qadisha
Valley of the north Lebanese, a mountain setting that has boasts some of the
oldest churches and monasteries in the world.
It is the kind of scenery that alone can minister to our hearts in
powerful ways. We’re blessed to have
such environments accessible.
Throughout the week of camp we explored the theme of “Selfie.” First we looked at God’s Selfie; how He is
beyond our knowing and comprehension, yet in Jesus we have a selfie of what God
‘looks’ like. (Col. 1:15) Secondly we discussed
our Old Selfie and New Selfie and the transformation we experience in Christ’s
redemption. (2 Cor. 5:17). Then we
thought about the Group Selfie, how God desires us to be part of His community
of believers and agents of love to a hurting world. (Mat. 5:13-16) The camp was wrapped up with a reflection of how
we can balance our Selfies by placing Christ in the center of all we are and
do. Hopefully the campers walked away
with a whole new concept of the Selfie as they pondered the living God and
experienced His love and grace. We pray
that the camp sustains the teens and the church youth ministry in their journeys
of faith.
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| The Camp Team |
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| The view of the campsite at the appropriately named Beit Monzer |
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| Holding meetings under the tent. |
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| Eggs breaking on heads...just has to be done in some way or form. I recommend every camp include devotions at a 1600+ year old monastery.  |
You cannot have a Selfie camp theme without having loads of Selfies!
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