SMBC
Have you ever been to a bible camp before? SMBC (Spring Mill Bible Camp) is a Christian bible camp in Mitchell, Indiana. This year was the first year I had gone to SMBC. I wanted to go to camp so badly, and had been looking forward to it since the second we decided I’d go. I’m already close with God, but I wanted to know more and more. I wanted to go to meet new people and make new friends. My mom and my sister took me to camp. They helped me setup my bed, and shortly after they dropped me off, they had to leave. We said our goodbyes, and they were gone. I didn’t know one person there, so after they left, I walked over to the carpet ball table. There were probably about 4-5 kids at the carpet ball table. Lucky for me, two girls, LIzzy
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During freetime, you can play carpet ball, tetherball, basketball, wiffle ball, play on the playground, talk, sleep, whatever you wanted pretty much. It was during freetime that I made even more friends, Ivan and Clayton. Julia, LIzzy, Clayton, Ivan, and I usually played carpetball or tetherball together at freetime. Next, the camp director, Larry, would call us over the intercom to meet at a certain spot for a short bible lesson. After the short lesson, we had quiet time. During quiet time, you go anywhere you want on the camp and have about 15 minutes alone with God. You could pray, study the bible, whatever you wanted. I prayed the full 15 minutes of quiet time. Once quiet time was over, we would have breakfast. Almost all of the food there was really good, all except for the macaroni and …show more content…
As you already know, we had freetime/KP, followed with more singing and a bible lesson. After the third bible lesson, we would divide the boys and girls up and separately, we’d talk about the lesson. As soon as our lesson talk was over, we’d have family time. Family time is where you’re put into a group of about 10 people to be your “family.” With your family, you would pray, talk about your day, and get to know each other. The people’s age in your family varied. My family came up with this thing called “High Low HIgh.” “High Low High” was where you say a high point of your day (something good) and then a low point (something bad) and then back to a high point. After family time came a night activity. Night activities included zombie tag, a campfire, capture the counselor, etc. After the night activity, you would go back to your cabin to get ready for bed. Lights out was at midnight. After lights out, you go to sleep and do the same routine the next
The night before we left, Joe talked to us about how it was essential that we continued our walk with Christ. We couldn’t obtain the spiritual “camp high”, and then go back home and fall back into the worldly way of living that we were accustomed to. Many of the kids who go to camp are
When you go to this camp they have cabins for about eight people to stay in each home. The cabins have multiple bunks two on the left and two on the right. They also have cubbies for your luggage and other extra supplies. While in the cabins ten o'clock Pm is lights out that means the main light is turned off but they have night lights for
“The King James Bible was 400 years old in 2011, and it remains one of the most favored translation used today” (“At 400, King James Bible still No. 1”). “Some statistics from a newspaper said, that out of the people polled thirty-one percent said the King James language was beautiful, and twenty-three percent said it was easy to remember” (“At 400, King James Bible still No. 1”). When the King James Bible was published in 1611 there were many ways it could have been improved. The King James Bible has had a huge impact on the world of today. The King James Bible was published by scholars that King James I gathered from 1604 to 1611. King James did this in order to create a
In the documentary of Jesus Camp there were many things that were unbelievable. One thing that stood out to me was the amount of the brutal preaching. The pastors ways of preaching seemed very brutal, it wasn’t inviting. For me a church should be more of a “feel at home” place, the Pastor Becky Fischer the leader of the Pentecostal Christian Church was very demanding when it came to preaching “the word of God”, or at least that 's what she said. Pastor Fischer, throughout the documentary made it seem as if they church, but in all reality it looked and sounded more like a cult for younger children. Another shocking part of the video was that for the most part they as the parents did not let them act as kids, even the church didn’t let them act like kids. Throughout the beginning of the documentary most it was filmed in the church and in every part, they made it seem as if they were all sinners and they were all going to die in hell if they didn’t listen or obey to the word of the Lord.
Camp Barnabas is a program that enables children with mental disabilities to enjoy camping activities that they would not have the chance to
As a small group leader at the Crossing, the church I attend, I am a member of the leadership team that serves over early childhood. Being a member of this team has given me experience working with children both individually and in a group situation. Each week kids expand their knowledge of the bible through conversation, crafts, singing, dancing, and storytelling. It is my responsibility to arrive prepared to oversee all of these activities as well as answer questions to ensure that every child learns and enjoys themselves during our time together. In addition, I also
Vacation Bible School is an amazing program that gets kids invested in their faith. I was gifted the opportunity to guide preschoolers through their Vacation Bible School experience and watch them grow in their faith. Vacation Bible School takes place at Hales Corners Lutheran Church, where I am a member. I helped with the set-up of the camp as well as be a leader for two days of the camp. The theme this year was “Cave Quest” and it focused on using God to find your way through life. Everyday of camp we started with devotion and songs. This part of the day always had a powerful impact because you could see the excitement in the kids eyes just coming to camp to learn about God. Next, we would go do a craft. The first day we made crosses out
Some of Berlin went to a separate complex with Spring Arbor and the rest of us went to…………………… with Kika’s son Allen. Other churches had already been to ……….. so several of the Nepalese children already knew what we were there to do. As soon as we arrived, children of all ages were swarming us shouting “play” “play” and even a few adults were interested. There still weren’t enough kids to have a bible class, so we had to walk around and ask if there were any children who wanted to come to “summer camp”. We were not allowed to call it Bible school. The responses where either “No we don’t have any kids, what is it for?” or “yes! They can come; here take your brother with you. When will you be back?” It was very strange to me because in our culture today we would never send our kids off with strangers, but these Nepalese people were so kind and trusting. There was one mom who even let us care for her one year old
I arrived at the Bethany Center quite early in the morning. I remember feeling incredibly excited about the day ahead but also slightly anxious, because I had no idea what to expect from the day. However, all of my nervousness faded away once we got off the buses and stood in a huge circle together with the senior leaders in between us. They led us in a variety of fun activities, including songs and ice breakers that immediately brightened our spirits, and created enthusiasm for the rest of the day’s activities. Then, we broke up into small groups. My retreat leader was Caroline Lamoutte, and her friendly demeanor and bubbly personality brought everyone out of their shells and encouraged us to ask questions we had been too embarrassed to ask
It was the last Saturday in December of 1997. My brother, sister, and I were chasing after each other throughout the house. As we were running, our parents told us to come and sit down in the living room. They had to tell us something. So, we all went down stairs wondering what was going on. Once we all got down stairs, the three of us got onto the couch. Then, my mom said, “ Well…”
My counselors built our schedule based on a list of girl-planned ideas--even accommodating outlandish ones like hosting a medieval jousting tournament. During our session, we developed courage as we shook our way across the monkey bridge. We developed confidence as we shot bows and arrows. We developed character as we sat in magic circles to share compliments and discuss interpersonal challenges. We were gently encouraged to try new things--including snacks like boob fudge--thanks to our counselors’ challenge-by-choice style. At night, the entire camp came together for all-camp theme nights and traditional campfires. On my last night at camp, I hugged my friends around a community campfire as we reflected on the experiences we had just
On that fateful day in March, I was a couple months shy of my third birthday. My family and I lived in New Mexico at the time and were renting a house with an outdoor in-ground pool. The day was beautiful. I was outside with my oldest sister Rachel and my father. Rachel was diligently reading curled up on a bench that sat against the house, and my father was mowing the backyard. My mother and my other sister were in the house. Off to one side of the house there was a group of large bushes. I was playing over there with one of her large cooking pots, off in my own little world. At one point while amusing and en...
Having spent the better part of six summers hiking, cooking, orienteering, and practicing archery on the trails of Huddart Park, California, summer camp became a very precious time of my life. When I entered high school, I began working as a Unit Aide at my camp which meant I had the privilege to now teach young girls a whole slew of tasks such as survival skills, first aid, and knife skills. While attending Woodside Priory High School, I heard about similar activities such as archery and overnights that Mountain Camp counselors hosted. Chris Gregory encouraged me to look into the camp and see if it was something I might take interest in, and I soon discovered that it definitely captured my attention. I adore working with kids and would especially
From breakfast everyone goes to the chapel for worship and a devotional lesson. Next your cabin individually will have a mini devotion about what happened in the chapel. While at Miracle camp each girl cabin had a boy cabin as “bros” and vise versa. So after your devotions with your group you would play a bro-sis game, and see who could rack up the most points. Soon after the bro-sis game is over you will head back to the dining hall and scarf down some lunch. Now the next part of the day is obviously the best part. IT WAS NAP TIME!!! Even as 8th graders, we all deserve a little bit of a nap sometime. After nap time you would have free
During our little stroll down the hill toward the lake to God Is Here,' my campers were chatting and giggling. "What is God Is Here?" asked Megan. "It's a spot just down a ways overlooking the lake. There is a huge wooden cross behind a place for a campfire. Printed evenly in yellow paint across is the phrase God Is Here.' This is the place where 4 people prayed Lutherdale into being." We joined the 75 plus campers on the ten foot 2x4s. During Alpha, it is a time to motivate all the campers for the day and introduce the theme.