PYV Summer Camp 2017 – Day One

Summer Camp has finally begun, and it feels like a summer camp today. It’s hot and it’s sunny at Rawson Village today, and as the campers are arriving, you can sense the excitement that is building as the numbers slowly increase.

Like all camps, this one begins with a group of leaders getting here early to make sure everything is set up and ready before it’s time to begin. I value the commitment of these leaders who give some extra time to ensure our campers have a camp that is at the highest standard we can provide.

Not all campers arrived on time, which sometimes happens, but today it was certainly not a planned late arrival. The long journey from the west of the state was made longer by some mechanical trouble. So, we want to give a big shout out and thanks to the leaders who kept everything together, and to those who gave up their cars to get the campers here. It’s good to have everyone here.

The afternoon was busy with some introduction activities on the oval, and then an introductory session. This is an important session where we get to introduce the leaders of the camp, to hear our own camp rules, and then to hear from the campsite manager about their own rules. Keep away from the koala! Having a session like this – which is full of stuff that needs to happen – means that when we do meet together for a later session, it is a time for worship and we can focus on that.

From this introductory session we spent some time in our dorm groups. We are aiming to foster solid relationships between the campers, and this was a good way to begin. Some played games, some talked, and all seemed to get involved. Then we went to dinner, which was wonderfully noisy. It is always great to hear people talking together, even if it is hard to hear what someone is saying to you.

Tonight we had our first session of worship and teaching. Listening to Pete Sorrenson talk about relationships is always good and tonight we learned why it is that we love ‘love’. If we have been created by a God who loves, then it makes sense that we would also want love. If we have been created by a God who lives in relationship, then it makes sense that we would also want relationship.

We are off to a good start at PYV Summer Camp 2017. Please continue to pray for us here at Rawson.

Fun on the oval

More oval fun

Let's meet Pete

Worship together