Pensees: Off to Camp

Off to Camp

A couple of years ago I was hanging around my friend Peter Hubbard who is the teaching pastor at North Hills Community Church in Greenville, SC and I was impressed that despite the fact that his church had grown to a couple thousand he still drove a bus for a bunch of soccer campers and worked in the evangelism of children. He told me that he did not want to get caught up in the business of church and lose touch with the very thing that kept him energized for ministry: ministry. So he served God by working with children as much as he could. His passion for real contact ministry with children was inspirational.

I think it’s a good idea. It’s too easy to get wrapped up in the theoretical, the “deep,” and the elite part of ministry that one loses the joy of serving in the place where one gets dirty, smelly from sweat, and deaf from the sound of camp chants sung incessantly for six hours by a gazillion giddy 8 to 12 year old girls. So, I made a promise to myself to drive campers to camp every year. I love it!

Jennie and I are packing into a couple of vans with no air conditioning and a bunch of juniors and young teens to go to one of the best camps in the land, Northland Camp. Can’t wait!

It’s not hard work. My part is driving. Northland does the rest. I hope to catch up on blogging, report on the FBFI week and experiences, and read, read, read! Oh, I’ll also enjoy my wife and two-year old son too!