Blog: June 13-18

Day 4

Thursday, 17 June 2010 21:02 user Blog: June 13-18
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This is the last full day of camp here at the Creek. This morning we woke up to some pretty thick rain. It cleared up during bible study but rolled back in pretty heavily during POI's. We had rainy day rec for the first two POI rotations. There we came together as a big group and prayed some break thru games, and sang silly songs. We also watch some of the Disney movie Cars. The sun came out for the last rotation of POI's. We had dinner tonight at the Pavilon and the B B B BOAT RACE followed. Buena Vista Baptist Church took home the gold. Tonight during worship we took up our missions offering for India where a child will recieve the change to learn about Jesus Christ and also be provided some of their basic needs such as food and clothing. All in all this has been a wonderful week of camp. Until next time!
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Day 3

Wednesday, 16 June 2010 21:03 user Blog: June 13-18
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Day 3 at JCreek and the students are still going strong. Today was another beautiful day. Tonight our camp pastor spoke about the three things that Moses gave up for God. The message came from Hebrews 11:23-29. It was only by faith that Moses was able to overcome being in slavery and bondage and lead the people of God through the Red Sea. Worship was really wonderful as well. It was our acoustic set, which is always an aid for setting the mood. Tonight during "Shack Time" we are having our traditional Stage Night! This is where anyone who wants to can perform a talent of theirs for all of camp to see. It is truely a night for fun and laughter. Good Night All.
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Day 2

Tuesday, 15 June 2010 20:52 user Blog: June 13-18
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Today was another good day at camp. The weather was very very warm and humid, but it was nice for lake sports and POI's. Tonight right after dinner a storm rolled in. The Power went out in some buildings but just for a few minutes. Crossings is always prepared, so we had a generator and lights set up just in case. Tonight at worship our camp pastor preached from Colossians 1. We were asked to drop all of our conflicts with others, and our wall we have build up before the lord and give in to his will. It was a really wonderful and spirit filled service. The storm is blowing in and out but in all things we can see the power of the Lord.
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Day 1

Monday, 14 June 2010 21:18 user Blog: June 13-18
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Today was truely an amazing first full day of camp. Here at J Creek we like to start our mornings off with soemthing called Morning Celebration. Morning Celebration is a time where the energy is really high and all of the students get pumped up and excited for the day. The band plays and we have a funny skit to get the students excited. During the skit we have a weather segment, a game segment, a highlight segment, and an announcements segment. This is a fun way to get needed information for the day out there and to get the kids energized and excited. After Morning Celebration we break up into small group and large group bible studies. From bible study and break thru time we transition to lunch. After lunch the students then broke up into checkpoint, POI's, and lake sports. Checkpoint is where church groups get to meet together and spend sometime hanging out, bonging, and learning more about the word. POI's stand for Point of Interest; this is the different activities the students signed up for such as mountain biking, kayaking, climbing, arts and crafts, etc... From there we went to dinner.

After dinner is we have a little bit of free time until worship. This was the night that the gospel was preached and Jesus was given as the solution to our sins. We opened the altar for those who wanted to make decisions to surrender their life to Christ. It was amazing to see all of the students who felt the Lord's calling and made a decision to follow him. After worship the church groups met together and we ended the day with some "shack time." The Lord's presence is truely in this place.

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Opening Day

Sunday, 13 June 2010 20:35 user Blog: June 13-18
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Today is the day that students arrive! We had a wonderful first week and are excited to see how the Lord moves once again. We started out by greeting the churches with a group picture. Next there was FREE TIME. This is when the Staffers and Students get a real chance to hang out and get to know one another by face painting, corn hole, hillbilly golf, basketball, swimming, and much more. The first dinner is always served outside as a Crossings tradition. Worship was a great time and start for the week. We kicked off with some praise and worship, then the students moved into their small groups. The students then recieved their POI's for the week and got to know some faces they will be seeing all week. After worship there is a checkpoint time where youth groups get together and discuss their day and have a chance to encourage and pray for one another. We always go out with a bang at "Shack Time." Food, Fun, and Dancing the night away (or until curfew atleast) gets us pumped and ready for our full day tomorrow. Signing off, over and out!
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