Hello Friday!

It's hard to believe that today is the last full day of camp for the week. It has really rushed by! The end of the camp week is an interesting mix of being very tired from the constant activity and hot temperatures and trying to squeeze out every last bit of fun left to be had. I personally can't remember a year growing up when I didn't sleep on the way home from camp.

One of the great activities that we do on the last few days of camp is the high elements on the challenge course. One of our facilitators took a camera up with him this morning and got some great pictures of what it is like to experience the high course. Note: I may add a video later today depending on the video quality.




Tonight we have small group closing times, a talent show, and our last evening worship. I'll leave you with today's scripture: Luke 14:12-24. "

"12 He said also to the one who had invited him, ‘When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. ¹³But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. ¹⁴And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.’

The Parable of the Great Dinner

15 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, ‘Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!’ ¹⁶Then Jesus said to him, ‘Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. ¹⁷At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, “Come; for everything is ready now.” ¹⁸But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, “I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my apologies.” ¹⁹Another said, “I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please accept my apologies.” ²⁰Another said, “I have just been married, and therefore I cannot come.” ²¹So the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, “Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.” ²²And the slave said, “Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.” ²³Then the master said to the slave, “Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled. ²⁴For I tell you,none of those who were invited will taste my dinner.”