Summer Tour 2012: Summer Camp

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In the continuation of our Summer Tour 2012 discussion, I wanted to focus my attention to Summer Camp.  This one is personal for me.  When I was in Middle School, I was invited to a Christian Summer Camp that had a huge impact on my life.  I remember someone blessing me (financially) so that I could attend this camp.  I don’t remember the message, the theme or even the games we played. What I do remember is call of the Holy Spirit.  Although I did not accept Jesus into my heart that day, I noticed something working in my life that was way bigger than me.  This camp helped me to see that God did love me and it helped me remember the simple truth that Jesus died for me.

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Summer Tour 2012 and Relationship Building

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We have an incredible summer planned for the students.  We started our planning last August (of 2011) and are less than a month away from summer.  Summers are incredible…they help us decompress from the normal school cycle, they help us transition for academic growth and they help us in the area of relationship building.  I personally will be meeting with our impact students and a bunch of summer interns beginning this June.  My Wednesdays will be filled with meetings and times of listening. Why would I devote an entire day to meeting with students? Because relationships matter.

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Grace via a trash bag

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Last night I had to pull out the trash bag.  I did not need to replace the one in the kitchen trash can or even use it for trash, I had to use it to motivate the band of toy pirates residing with us (AKA our kids).  The kids have a growing list of responsibilities in our home…one of which includes the ‘cleaning’ of their play room.  I drew the line in the sand last night by giving them a choice…they could either complete the cleaning of their room or I could pick up what was left and deposit them into a trash bag.  Now I had no intentions of actually throwing the toys away, I simply wanted to put them in the garage  for a  short while.

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A Willing Heart

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Are you willing to give 8 hours this summer so that the Word of God can spread?…if so read on.

There seems to be a real problem in the church today.  People are afraid to share what they know with the Middle School students.  For the most part most middle school ministries across America have become a drop off and pick up weekend event.  The majority of the parents do not know their child’s small group leaders name and further complicating things, most have no idea what their children are even learning.  It’s quite sad really.

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3 Things You CAN Expect From The Student Ministry this Summer

Let’s be honest, everyone wants to know what’s going to happen this summer.  We all want to know the bottom line questins like “How long will take us to get there?” and “how much will it cost?” come to mind.  I wanted to provide you with the three things you can expect from the student ministry this summer.

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