It's official

I've been to camp every year(except last year but we won't talk about that) for a long, long time. I've seen a lot of kids get saved, rededicate their lives to Christ, get called into the ministry and all other types of decisions.
This week I watched a group of young people change day to day. Not the way it usually happens, on the last night but day by day. I believe we have finally put together a group who wants to know Jesus, and wants to let everyone know what He has done for us.
I just want to share with you a few things that have happened this week. We went from the usual high-low. Which is something we do almost every time we are together. We go around the room and each person shares with the group what their high for the past week and their low for the last week were. We did that and it was nothing special.
Then, we spent time sharing with each other what our weaknesses are. If you know teenagers the last thing the ever do is show any weakness or vulnerability. Here we were sharing them openly.
A few days later we spent a signifigant amount of time in prayer together as a group. Then we sealed the week with a sunrise. We had the whole group(except for the usual ones) up and ready to hit the beach at 6:00 for prayer. We sang a few songs and then we took a shell, each of us picked one up. We took them and placed a problem or weakness that is keeping us from God on that shell. We walked out and threw the shells out into the ocean signifying our giving those things to God and letting them go. Putting them in GOd's hands and walking away. Then we took the time to just watch the sun come up.
I shared with them that our greatest fear is quiet and stillness some times and we need to start enjoying it more often. So we sat, no talking no moving just watching the sun come up and enjoying God's creation.
Have a great weekend! We will be having some inspiration shared by Ethan Gumble after worship this Sunday and then a youth led service the following Sunday! If you can make it don't miss what is going on in the lives of these young people!