Camp Video

Crossroads has uploaded some of their raw video from our week to youtube. You can check out the videos here and here. JM

Thursday Night Worship

Tonight was the last night of camp. It was an awesome message about generosity and giving. His main points were that we need to realize that we are blessed, use what God has blessed us with for His glory, and get rid of anything that will distract us from Him.
At the end of the night Clayton gave an invitation for anyone that felt called into ministry. We had about 12 of our students commit themselves to some type of vocational ministry.
During church group time, it was awesome to hear the students to explain what they felt like their individual callings were.
After our church group share time, Jim washed the graduating senior's feet. It's a tradition he's done on the last night of camp for many years, and is very emotional for the students as it represents their final step in our ministry.
It was a great week of camp for us. Thanks for your prayers. JM

Last Day

Today was my off-campus activity day, so I got to go to Day At The River. It's awesome. You float down the Broad River on an innertube. It's a nice relaxing way to end up the week. We had lots of students in our group out there, so that was nice, too. We also had two teams in the basketball tournament. One was the girls volleyball team from the other day, which, unfortunately, bowed out in the opening round losing 12 - 1. Our other team lost in the semifinals. Sorry, no pictures, but I was busy floating my lazy self down a river. JM

Wednesday Night Worship

Tonight Matt Orth spoke about how we have a tendency to be judgmental and self-righteous. His message was titled "Beware The Yeast" and was based in Matthew 16:5-12. His main points were:
The yeast is the danger of being judgmental and self-righteous.
We unintentionally isolate unbelievers by our behavior.
We all need God's grace and mercy - compassion for their condition and recognition of our condition. It was a powerful message delivered in a very relative and understandable way. JM

Volleyball Tournament

Today was the volleball tournament as well. While we didn't win, both of our teams had fun, and one did it all in high fashion. Check out the pictures. JM

Dodgeball Tournament

Wednesday is the 3V3 dodgeball tournament, and our team of Luke, Chip, and Matt brought home gold. Great action. Enjoy the pictures. JM

Night Time Fun

Once we finish share time we normally have about an hour or so in our rooms before lights out. I'm not sure what the girls do (giggle, I guess), but the guys usually do some form of wrestling. We have three basic rules to keep things under control:
1. Don't hit.
2. Don't kick.
3. Don't get mad.
It's a good time and great relationship building. I mean, how can you not like a guy you just spent 90 seconds with basically hugging? JM