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Typical Day at Camp
Objectives
To enhance a personal relationship to Jesus Christ
To practice living a Christian lifestyle in all that
we do
To teach decision making skills
To teach care and consideration of others
To teach accepting and practicing responsibility
To enhance self esteem
To have fun
How it plays out
The cabin wakes up gets dressed and goes out to participate
with other cabin groups in morning devotions and a flag
raising service.
Next item for the day is cleaning the cabin and breakfast.
The next item for the day is an all camp song time in
which all of the groups participate.
The remainder of the morning is spent in small group/cabin
activities. The campers choose the specific activities
the previous evening.
Following the noon meal the groups return to their cabin
for a quiet time which allows food to settle and some
needed rest and escape from the hot noon time sun.
The remainder of the afternoon is spent in more small
group/cabin activities. These, like the morning group
time, are also from the activities chosen by the campers
the previous evening.
Following the evening meal all of the groups gather
for mail call, announcements and song time. During this
time a representative of each of the groups gather and
make the selection of activities for their group for
the following day.
All of the campers then move into total group activities.
These may be large group games or theme day activities.
This is followed by Round Up. This is an activity where
each of the groups shares with the rest of the camp
what they learned that day.
This then is followed by evening devotions. These devotions
generally take place at a campfire location.
Finally it is time to settle down for the evening, take
showers and get some sleep in preparation for another
busy day tomorrow.
What are some of the options/activities for the campers
to schedule for their small group/cabin time?
To begin with there are a couple of required items
They must have three regular scheduled meal times
They must have a Bible study time
The group needs to discuss what they want their representative
to select for activities for the following day.
Each group is encouraged to spend at least one night
on a camp-out sometime during the week.
The group may elect to do a cookout on their camp-out
or
at some other time.
The group is encouraged to interact with at least one
other small group
The group is encouraged to practice what they will be
sharing with the whole camp during Roundup.
The remaining small group time is available for: swimming,
canoeing, fishing, archery, arts & crafts, basketball,
football, soccer, softball, challenge course, float
trips (if age appropriate), nature study activities,
playground time, Trading Post time, Frisbee golf, horseshoes,
croquet, camping skill development (campfire building,
shelter set up, outdoor cooking, etc) and between all
of this is also the time for simply exploring, talking
and asking questions. On any given day the group may
use their time to hike and explore the 100’s of
acres of hills, valley’s, plains and creeks of
the camp. All in all the campers have more options of
what to do than they can find time for, which helps
in developing decision making skills and consideration
of others.
"But
now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have
been brought near through the blood of Christ"
Ephesians 2:13
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