Thanks again to Daniel Turcato, Convener of East Camp, for writing this report.
Day 2 at East Camp ’18 began bright and early with a prayer
meeting at 7:30am. We focused our
prayers on the persecuted church. It was
great to have a time of prayer specifically aimed out needs other than our
own.
Our second session today was centred around God’s wisdom
when it comes to money. Nick led us
through many of the passages in Proverbs that teach us about money. He explained that money is good and can be
used for our blessing but that it is also dangerous. The main phrase that stood out to me was when
he explained that the problem with money is when it moves from being a good
thing to an “ultimate thing” – taking the place of God as most important in our
lives.
Our sessions also include worship in the form of singing
praise to God. These have been blessed
times and we have been well led by our musicians in focusing our thoughts and
attention on God during these times.
Following the sessions, we had a second study group times
and leaders were encouraged by the understanding of and response to some of the
questions. Then came time for the epic
Sunday afternoon activities. Covering
the huge campsite, teams raced the clock to complete tasks, piece together
clues and reach the next checkpoint.
Great fun was had by all but fair to say great exhaustion was felt by
all.
Our themed costume dinner centred around Gold certainly made
everything seem bright and cheerful – almost everyone was dressed in some form
of shiny, bright gold. Others took a
slightly more cryptic path – Gold-ilocks and the three bears!
Our final act of the day were activities. These were slightly more chilled than the
previous night with a bonfire, marshmellows and the pronouncement that team
Ruby won the camp competition – congratulations team!
Our final day is tomorrow and we will be focusing on being
wise with our words. I can’t think of a better topic for all of us to be
challenged on!
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