Interspersed between activity time, fishing and swimming are three sessions know as Breakfast Club, J-Zone and Chapel. In Breakfast Club, campers have singing, object lessons, encouraging scriptures, and a video that relates to the camp theme. This year the campers watched Nemo, a movie about a fish who is different than others that learns to overcome some of life’s challenges.
In J-Zone the campers heard the story of Noah, who wanted to serve God by building an ark. Neighbors and friends couldn’t understand why Noah would take on such a task and saw him as being ridiculous. But God had a plan for the ark and Noah, and that plan ultimately saved humankind.
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| Camper plays the part of Noah |
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| Campers play the animals in our story of Noah |
Each year the staff put on a play for the campers. This year’s play is The Pirates of Portsea. The crew is made up of Captain Hookinbak, Ma, Riffraff, Scum, and Bilge.
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| Captain Hookinbak and Ma |
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| Gull in the Crow's Nest |
This band of pirates is focused on a treasure of gold, silver and jewels, which they will seek at all costs. And then there’s Captain Smiley, an always smiling, friendly, making the best of everything well-dressed sea going sailor who have a treasure that cannot be seen with the eye. Captain Smiley has a treasure map to this treasure and the band of pirates found it and taken in from him. In order to get rid of Captain Smiley, Captain Hookinbak orders him to walk the plank, thinking Captain Smiley will sink into the mirky depths. But the ship is misaligned and Captain Smiley lands safely on the sand.
During Chapel, campers were treated to a concert by Kurtis Hoppie. Kurtis shared through music and his life story how important is for us to forgive those who have brought trauma into our lives. It’s through forgiveness that we are set free.
The campers enjoyed Kurtis’s music and had a lot of questions for Kurtis during his question-and-answer time. You can find out more about Kurtis’s music at…
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| Q&A with Kurtis |
With that, it’s time to get some shuteye.
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