Science Camp 2007
This year we expanded science camp to be a whole week! This meant that we had the opportunity to show the many kids from other denominations and the non-Christian ones how to really celebrate Sabbath. It took some thought to come up with a Sabbath appropriate program that all the kids, even the ones who had never experienced Sabbath before, would enjoy. But it worked really well.
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| Water fight at Science Camp From Kid’s Ministry |
My theme for the whole week was the Ten Commandments. The kids loved “The Perfect Ten” our theme song! We talked about important things about all 10 commandments; such as guys not being rats and girls not being cheese (Commandment # 7), how Jesus said that hating your brother is like murdering (6th Commandment), and The Ignored Birthday Party (4th Commandment). Don’t let anyone tell you that kids and teens can’t personalize deep, challenging Biblical concepts. They did and loved it!
Of course there were awesome scientific activities and presentations throughout the week (I don’t know where they find all that top notch stuff!), a huge water fight, good food (the kids even liked it!), swimming in the lake, and just plain fun. This year we partnered with the Assembly of God Camp to expand the activities we could offer. They had someone offer to bring horses up for their camp but since their camp is right in the middle of town they didn’t have any place to house them so we offered our facility! We got to use their horses and go carts and they got to use our pastures, lake and barn!
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| Water fight at Science Camp From Kid’s Ministry |
All in all it was a great week! The best part for me, though, came later when the mom of one of the kids told me that her son had been thinking about some of my talks and had been seeking to apply them into his life with God’s help. She said she could see a change in him. In children’s ministry you don’t always hear these kinds of results right away (even though they happen all the time) so its encouraging when you do!
Have a great summer!
–Uncle Steve
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Uncle Steve about to be secretly ambushed during a water fight at Science Camp. Don’t worry, I got him back  From Kid’s Ministry |
