post camp reflections: 1

One of my most favorite places to be on the planet during the summer or anytime of the year is Camp Lu-Jo. Camp is one of those places that you either loved or hated as a kid. But, for the last six summers I have had the good privilege of being on staff for two weeks of camp. Week one is HS week, and has been moving each and every year. Week two is an all ages week and is fun to interact with kids of all ages.

As a kid, I didn’t grow up in the church, and definitely didn’t go to camp during the summer. The closest thing to camp for me was football two-a-days! So, now that camp has come and gone once again, I want to write about both weeks as two separate blog posts.

I wanted to ask a question about where you go to camp, or send your students, and what you/ they love about where they go.

For our congregation, we do two camps. Camp Lu-Jo, and Wildnerness Trek Christian Camp. There are other camps at other places, but for us our kids being stretched and seeing God move in meaningful ways in their lives. One of the beautiful things for me as a youth minister is watching the transformations in the lives of my students over the years. I got the honor this summer, and each year really, getting to be on staff with some of our former students. It is just neat to get to see them leading classes, or devotionals, or working one on one with students.

Camp is a special time.