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The Staff Handbook: Finishing Well
“Now you should finish what you started. Let the eagerness you showed in the beginning be matched now by your giving. Give in proportion to what you have.”– 2 Corinthians 8:11 Life at Camp, Part 9. Quote of the Week “In running and in life, we should focus less on… (Keep Reading)
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The Staff Handbook: Going Above and Beyond
One of my favourite games at camp is “How many chores can I check off the whiteboard before breakfast ends?” (I think four is the record.) While I have grown in balancing chores, delegation, and building friendships, the heart of my “game” is straightforward: How can I do more than… (Keep Reading)
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The Staff Handbook: Managing Time
I’ve been at camp for over a month now. It’s funny, because in some ways, I have more energy and enthusiasm than when I started, but in other ways, I’m getting tired and run down. When we’re exhausted, it’s easy to return to the “default” state, where we revert to… (Keep Reading)
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The Staff Handbook: Setting an Example
Community hinges on the example we set. Last week, I shared my highlights about the camp community. I think we all realize that the people around us are important, yet moreover, you need to find the mission driving each person. If you have great people and a solid vision, great… (Keep Reading)
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The Staff Handbook: Community
These past four weeks, I’ve written about the ‘nurture’ side of life at camp, focusing on our development as servants of Christ and godly leaders. This week, we need to do camp justice by looking at it from the ‘nature’ lens. Some things are present at camp whether you ask… (Keep Reading)
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The Staff Handbook: Servant-Hearted Leadership
This summer at camp, I’m in a unique position. My pastor once called it “leading from the middle”. Although this is my third year of Lifeguarding, I don’t have any “fancy titles” among the Staff. The devil wants to get at me with lies like you don’t have anything without… (Keep Reading)
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The Staff Handbook: Devotion
The camp season is well underway, with both High School camps finished. God did amazing work in the lives of over two hundred campers. They learned about Jesus’ habits, prayer life, and why devotions and the Holy Spirit are crucial in a Christian’s life. We also studied John the Baptist,… (Keep Reading)
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The Staff Handbook: Focus and Priorities
A week ago, we started a camp-focused series on WLF. We began by inspecting the concept of submitting to authority. We looked at why it matters in our relationship with God, in our friendships, and at camp. Last week was Staff Training. For six days, we did everything we could… (Keep Reading)
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The Staff Handbook: Submitting to Authority
Last summer, on the second-to-last day of camp, God met me. For weeks, I had been asking Him a ton of questions. I was worried. I didn’t know what the future held. I had no idea what His plan was for the following year. I had grown anxious. (Keep Reading)
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Fruit at Camp #9: Self-Control
Upon reading this verse in full, I immediately thought, Hold up, isn’t self-control resisting temptation and sin, not a fruit? Turns out I was wrong. While the other fruits refer to virtues God wants us to live out, the final one is even better. We can live out the other… (Keep Reading)
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Fruit at Camp #8: Gentleness
For all of us who love tackling each other in football and lifting heavy objects (don’t ask me how many fridges I moved at camp last year), this one may be hard to fathom. Jesus wants us to be gentle? The Greek word for gentleness is Prautus, and it often… (Keep Reading)
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Fruit at Camp #7: Faithfulness
The Greek word we often translate as faithfulness is Pistis, and it also refers to belief, faith, or trust. By calling the Galatians to embody the “fruit” of faithfulness, Paul wanted them to trust God fully. When I say I’m faithful to a person or loyal to a deadline, that… (Keep Reading)
