Posts Tagged ‘summer camp’
Summer Camp Stories
Posted by katie | Filed under citywildlife, hillswildlife, mcarthur
“Summercamp as a whole was an amazing experience. It was totally life-altering, spiritually provoking and insanely fun at the same time.
Prior to this, I was still hanging on to many pains of losing my Dad about a year and a half-ish back, amongst other emotional losses. I was happy on the outside, but essentially it was merely skin-deep, not a happiness that really reached my heart.
I thought I was a good Christian all this time, going to church, attending youth and all. But I still felt held back by my burdens, which then led to me gradually drifting further from God without my knowing. On the first day of summer camp, after the message was preached and everyone had their heads bowed and eyes closed, I could tell the alter call was coming. In what seemed like an hour, waiting for the call, I was still battling in my head whether or not answer it. Questions of doubt entered my mind, wondering what my CG girls (they’re such beautiful people, I love them to bits ) would think of me, or “would it really change anything?” But I felt I needed to, like as if this, could determine the rest of my year. I battled with my worldly mind and my thirst for something more.
I answered the alter call. The most nerve wrecking thing I’ve done, but the most worthwhile, satisfying, freeing act I’ve experienced. I felt like as if I had literally dropped a 10 thousand ton weight off my heart. Since then I have never been happier, never been more convicted in my life. I am so overjoyed with everything, with my friends, my family, and with life as a whole. There’s a new flame, no a new erupting volcano in my life, and nothing, NOTHING, will make it go out. Although I know that I will face a multitude of hardships to come, but now I don’t have to rely on my own strength. I have someone greater, stronger to carry me.”
Joyce
“On Wednesday – Louie had fallen asleep in the tent and he had actually said to me that he was finding Summer camp boring and he really didn’t want to be there – so I woke him up & prayed for Him saying “If you want your life different – If you want your family changed – then you have to WAKE UP & call out to GOD!” He kinda just went into crazy mode and starting lifting his hands & crying and I love that he encountered God even though he slept throughout the WHOLE service.
Sometimes we think if we don’t have the momentum at the beginning then we have to wait for another day - & I say I love that we serve a God that is willing to still touch us even when we didn’t intend to minutes prior. (I took Louie out for lunch yesterday and got to talk to Him about so much stuff and how God has spoken to him) He said “Hey Toosh, you know that song `I’m found in the arms of Love?”
He said that he was standing in the tent at summer camp and just thought about what his life was found in. He said that he was thinking & realised his life without Christ was found in drugs, alcohol etc & he said it was like he had to choose which one he’d rather be found in? And immediately he jumped to want to be “FOUND IN THE ARMS OF LOVE.”
I was blown away & nearly in tears…
He was also telling me that he has always wanted to become a electrician and his dad promised him that one day they both will search for courses but he said for the last year he has held on that HOPE that his dad was actually serious & he realises that his dad won’t ever time to search with Him. Then I said well you can do it – we can search through TAFE because he needs his Year 10 pass – then he cut me off and said “No I don’t want to be an electrician – I WANT TO BE A YOUTH PASTOR - & I WANT TO GO TO DIFFERENT CITIES/STATES/COUNTRIES & TELL PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN MY LIFE – FROM MY POINT OF VIEW!!!”
Toosh
“My younger brother died last year in a fire. During camp my leader prayed for me and I just felt an overwhelming peace that my brother was in heaven and that I’ll see him again someday. I had never really done much with my belief in God before camp but while there I got filled with the Holy Spirit and started praying in tongues! And I’m excited about living out his year what I learnt at camp.”
Harley
“I’ve been coming to Wildlife St Marys for a while now and I’ve always loved it but more because my friends were there and we have lots of fun. At camp I really encountered God and got such a hunger burning in me for my school. Every day at camp me and the others from my school got together and prayed for our school. I loved the messages; I took lots of notes (for the first time ever). I’ve never encountered God as intensely as I did during worship. My favourite part about camp was worship and that we got to have youth 2 times a day!”
Karlee
Summer Camp pics // part 1 of many
Posted by nick | Filed under citywildlife, hillswildlife
Summercamp went beyond any our expectations…here’s a sneakpeek….much much more to come….much much more
Parents Holiday Update
Posted by raj | Filed under citywildlife
Well it’s been 5 months since we stepped into the leadership of Wildlife in the City. We are loving getting to know everyone and we are really believing to see great things in Wildlife over this summer season!
Summer Camp is only weeks away- it keeps getting better and better every year and we are praying this year will set each young person up to really make an impact in their schools and in their worlds!
Wildlife is also looking forward to welcoming our new year 9 students and excited for our year 12 students as they head into Powerhouse.
Love lots,
Katie and Dave Kobler
Wildlife Pastors - City
City Important Dates
Make sure you note these down in your diary
5th Dec - Parents night // click for more info
UNITED Nights
5 Dec: United Night + Robert Fergusson + After Party
12 Dec: United Night + Sanga + Midnight Massive
19 Dec: United Celebration [Dress Up Night!]
26 Dec - Boxing day: no program on tonight, just chill with your family.
2 Jan 2009 - Movie night at Randwick:
9 Jan 2009- Taste of Summer Camp
Wildlife SummerCamp
For anyone in years 10-12 at High School.
DATES: 13 – 17 Jan 2009
LOCATION: Castle Mountain, Wiseman’s Ferry