Later in the summer we asked our campers to retell the story of Zacchaeus from Luke 19 to adults outside of camp. Pekin camp recorded these numbers:
14 campers participated
63 adults outside of camp heard the story
Monday, August 20, 2012
East Peoria Storytelling
When we asked EP campers to share the story of the Blind Man from John 9, these were the results:
12 campers participated
38 adults outside of camp heard the story
12 campers participated
38 adults outside of camp heard the story
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Bowl-a-thon!
It was crazy how God used our staff for this year's bowl-a-thon.
Our goal before the summer was $30000
We currently have awarded about $80000 in scholarships...
Our staff combine together to raise nearly $38000!
Way to go staff and way to go God!
Our goal before the summer was $30000
We currently have awarded about $80000 in scholarships...
Our staff combine together to raise nearly $38000!
Way to go staff and way to go God!
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Just a fun story
This week I had the opportunity to tell a Bible story at Morton camp. It was the story of Jesus feeding the 4000. Just the day before the kids had heard the story of Jesus feeding the 5000.
When we got to the part where the disciples ask "Where are we going to get enough food to feed all of these people?", I turned that question around to the kids and asked them to give me a response. How would they answer the disciples' question?
(I was hoping they would see the obvious connection that Jesus was with the disciples and had just fed 5000 people in the previous story.)
Most of them didn't get the connection... I got answers like "Buy some bread" or "Bake some bread" or "Harvest some wheat"
But one little boy said: "Well, if one of them was God, then he could just make bread for them."
Bingo! Jesus is God... so he made bread (taking 7 loaves and feeding 4000 men, plus women's and children.)
When we got to the part where the disciples ask "Where are we going to get enough food to feed all of these people?", I turned that question around to the kids and asked them to give me a response. How would they answer the disciples' question?
(I was hoping they would see the obvious connection that Jesus was with the disciples and had just fed 5000 people in the previous story.)
Most of them didn't get the connection... I got answers like "Buy some bread" or "Bake some bread" or "Harvest some wheat"
But one little boy said: "Well, if one of them was God, then he could just make bread for them."
Bingo! Jesus is God... so he made bread (taking 7 loaves and feeding 4000 men, plus women's and children.)
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Story Re-Telling Success
Last week at Camp we challenged the kids to retell the story of Jesus' temptation and first miracle.
At Pekin camp... 22 kids took the challenge and told adults away from camp the story.
Totaled up that means that 119 adults heard these Bible stories! What an awesome reach!
At Pekin camp... 22 kids took the challenge and told adults away from camp the story.
Totaled up that means that 119 adults heard these Bible stories! What an awesome reach!
Friday, June 15, 2012
Giving away Bibles
This week we were giving away Bibles like they were hotcakes! (I'm not sure where that saying came from, but I'm pretty sure it applies here.)
Between Morton and Pekin camps we gave almost 10 children a Bible of their own. At our Morton camp, a counselor had nearly every child in her group ask for a Bible.
Between Morton and Pekin camps we gave almost 10 children a Bible of their own. At our Morton camp, a counselor had nearly every child in her group ask for a Bible.
Friday, June 8, 2012
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