Sunday
June 28, 2015
It’s the
second day of JV Camp and exciting things are happening at UPBC. As soon as campers arrived on Saturday, they
met their counselors, completed check-in, settled in to their cabins, and
completed the swim test. The weather was
sunny with a high temperature in the mid 80s and it made for a perfect first
day. After dinner, campers met their
teams (co-ed groups of 11 campers of all ages) and competed in a variety of
team building activities. The teams
picked their team names, played Minute to Win It Games, played Human Battleship
(like the board game but on a volleyball court), and JohnBall (a combination of
dodge ball, baseball, field hockey, and other sports). After a great evening of team building
activities, campers attended their first JV chapel session. Campers gathered around a campfire to more
formally meet all the counselors, counselors-in-training, speakers, and support
staff. Campers were challenged to grow in
their faith, step outside of their comfort zones, and to embrace the opportunity
to make new friendships and strengthen existing friendships. Campers were also encouraged to complete a
Bible reading challenge. To complete the
challenge, campers need to read their Bible for at least 5 minutes each day. Feel free to write your camper with
encouragement to complete all of those challenges.
Today (Sunday)
began as a pleasant Upper Peninsula morning.
After a nice breakfast, campers cleaned their cabins and helped pick up
the rest of the camp grounds after yesterday evening’s activities. Campers then headed to their first morning
chapel where Zach Mundy shared his first message and were led in worship by a
worship team from Spring Arbor University.
Zach is a youth pastor at Grace Community Church in Commerce, Michigan
and he is teaching out of the book of Romans.
After
morning devotions and discussion, campers competed in their first formal team
challenge. This week campers are playing
ultimate Frisbee, kickball, and soccer, as well as experiencing the Zip Line,
and preparing for skits and the Bible Trivia Challenge to be held this
weekend. Participating in each challenge
earns points for the teams and winning teams receive more points. The team with the most points at the end of
the 2 weeks earns an ice cream party and their picture on the JV Wall of Fame
in the Dining Hall.
After a
famous UPBC Sunday Dinner, campers completed their 2 elective skill activities
for the first week. This week campers
are water skiing and wake boarding, mountain biking, practicing at the rifle
and archery range, on the high ropes course and climbing tower, making extreme
art crafts, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding and playing group initiatives
and games. After the evening meal,
campers had some free time and enjoyed ice cream from the trading post before going
to evening chapel. In the evenings, Dean
Johnson, the senior pastor of Lake Pointe Bible Church in Plymouth, Michigan
will be speaking. This week Dean is
speaking on the topic of how to live the Christian life each day of the week.
It’s
been a great start to camp!
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