Finding Camp away from Holy Ground...

...after closing circle every year, we hear conversations of many of you wanting camp in the world. You can't have camp in the world. Camp is a special place that has nature, as only central Iowa could. Camp is a special place that has people there for a specific reason, as only Camp 16 does. Camp is a special place that has sights, sounds, smells, surroundings, and connections that can't be duplicated outside of there for a similar experience.

BUT...camp does provide another place for you on your spiritual journey to learn and grow. You are afforded counselors and staff who share with you their own experiences and how they have grown in their faith.

At camp we learn and grow...in the world we share what it was that we learned.

In the clip below, a now famous young man, was not afraid to share what he had learned. He didn't learn the information in that setting, but yet he felt confident enough to share it.

That is what our hope for you during the school year is...an opportunity to share and practice your faith. Camp is just one place on your journey to grow in faith. How are you practicing it away from camp? Did you go to Sunday School this past week? Did you help with another Sunday School class? Are you sharing your gift of music in the choir? Are you sharing your gift of technology with the church webmaster? How are you practicing? How are you sharing your faith?

Darkness doesn't exist. It is just the absence of light. Don't let you church family, your community, your friends be without the gifts you bring. You are a light for Christ!