Week 4 – S'mores & More – Wed & Thurs

Pre-Teen 2 is nearly at an end. As usual, it’s been a combination of spiritual growth and physical activities – for campers and for staff.

Each day, the campers go to chapel twice, where this year they are hearing about the parable of the prodigal son. Matt Wenger is drawing on Tim Keller’s book The Prodigal God for his teaching. In that book, Keller calls out the fact that the story at its root is about the father’s love for both his sons, and the fact that both sons have heart problems, not just the younger one. This has led to many good conversations with campers in devotions concering God’s love for them and the fact that we all need His grace.

The rest of the days are filled with lots of different activities. On Wednesday, the boys went to the camp lake in the afternoon, and the girls did the same on Thursday. At the lake they went boating, jumped on a trampoline where they were launched into the lake; and play on the “battle barge”, where they can play a floating version of “king (or queen) of the hill.” Other activities include archery, basketball, field games, fishing, swimming in the pool, making s’mores around a fire, cooking in the camp kitchen, scavenger hunts and overnight camp outs at the lake.

They also have crafts in the afternoon. This year they are making pinewood derby cars, which they will race at the carnival Friday afternoon. They are also framing cabin group pictures.