Mommy dropped me off this morning and was AMAZED at all the cool stuff and how organized it was. The had a zip line, a HUGE slip in slide with water tubes and lots of other cool outdoor activities. Inside the walls were lined with hand painted clothe wall coverings and everyone was in neon yellow camp shirts...I even got one to wear!
I had class with Sydney, Hadley and Alyssa...I love playing with my friends and I Jackson from my school was even there! It was water day for our class so we got to wear our bathing suits and go down the HUGE slip and slide...I loved it so much that I went down 6 times! We also saw a performance, learned some songs, made a really cool chalk board craft and had dancers perform for us. We even got a cool snack of CHEETOS...they must have known they are my favorite treat!
Here is the update the church posted from today on their website:
Summer Breakout Jr Update:
Day one of SBOjr 2012 “There’s an App for That” is complete. We all got settled in our classes and began to know each other as well as our theme for the day: “iChoose God’s way.” Then all 180 of us went upstairs to praise with our amazing Youth Garage Band. We were introduced to the two songs we will sing for you at our performance during the 6:00 pm service this Saturday.In our story room we discovered that the Biblical characters of David, Jonathan, and Saul were presented with several choices. Some of them chose God’s way and some did not. Ask your child if they can tell you the story. Prompt them by asking, “What did you say when the actors said ‘I chooooose…’?” The kids learned that just as these characters had the choice to believe and follow God’s way, so each one of them have daily choices to make as well. Will they choose God’s way?
For the remaining time the kids rotated through three other activities. In our craft time they created a chalkboard where they could play the “Draw Something” app. At site they either slid down our Human Plinko water day, zipped along our zipline, or released an Angry Bird at one of our youth “pigs.” By Friday they will have participated in all three of these life-size apps. Thursday is a water day for Teams 1, 4, 7, 10. The kids also had 30 minutes of time in their class where they ate a snack, discussed questions related to the day, and played with more theme-related centers.
For both SBOjr and SBO we have a missions component that the kids can choose to participate in if they want to. This year we will be collecting donations from the kids in order to put this same SBO on for homeless and less fortunate kids at Hope Faith Ministries in Kansas City at the end of July.
We hope your kids had a blast and look forward to seeing them tomorrow. We’ve attached the James 1:22 memory verse we are working on these three days as well. Choosing God’s ways is all about being a doer of God’s Word and not just a “hearer.” For no matter what you are or will go through, “There’s and App for That” in the Bible.
View a summary of the week's memory verse, James 1:22!
I can't wait for tomorrow's camp!
Love,
Kate
xoxo
