Junior Hi One Completed!
Hi Everyone,
What a great week we had with our Junior Hi One campers! The campers had fun, despite having really hot temperatures and smoke from the fires. Thank you so much for praying for this week of camp. God worked in the hearts of our campers, helping them grow in their faith. We had a blast getting to know these campers and having fun with all the activities and games we did. We did have some campers leave during the week because of sickness and homesickness.
Geoff did an amazing job speaking in chapel and sharing the Gospel. He spoke about setting your roots in Christ, seeing the difference between good soil and just dirt, and how God can help them grow their faith. God worked in the hearts of our campers and we had 15 campers make commitments this week, and many made re-commitments as well! Praise the Lord! Keep praying for these campers that God would place people in their lives to encourage them in their walk with Jesus.
Junior Two Is Under Way!
Sunday, July 18th was the start of our next week of camp. We have 112 campers ages 8-11 registered for camp. The schedule will look pretty much the same as this week, campers will get to enjoy three skills, free time/tuck, wide games, chapel and of course the great food!
Our support staff for the week are:
LITs: Ella McLean, Jocelyne Durand, Zara Young, Ben Francois, Jack Graham, Joshua Schmidt, Ryan Hoess
Cooks: Lindsay Zacharias, Shawna Reid, Billie-Jean Thompson, Jill Gendall, and our Head Cook: Val Moulton
Maintenance & Custodial: Russ & Marty Harris, Aaron Fox
Volunteers: Logan Seipp
Grandparents: John & Laurelyn Hoess
Our speaker this week is Marty Johnson. Marty has spoken at Stoney for many years, and we always enjoy hearing him speak about God's truths. Marty is a pastor and him and his wife have two boys. Marty has a great way of connecting with campers, sharing the Gospel message in unique ways using today's technology and media that campers are used to. Please pray for Marty as he seeks God's leading and speaks His words to the campers this week.
Corn Maze Family Days
We are planning to have our Corn Maze Family Days this year! Please stay tuned for more information about these days. We are hoping to have all the details for you by the end of next week, so you can plan! Typically we hold these days in September on Sundays.
We missed seeing you all last summer for the Corn Maze, we hope to see you this year!
Prayer Requests
There are several general but HUGE prayer requests that we have for the whole summer:
- Praise for the campers who made first time commitments! Pray for them that they would have opportunity to learn how to grow as they go home.
- Health and safety of the campers and staff. Pray that none of our campers would have problems with homesickness. The smoke the last couple of days have made many of our staff have soar throats. Pray for rain, for our crops and to help put our the fires.
- We still have room for more campers. Pray that God would fill the camp and we would have more opportunities to share the Gospel. We have lots of room in our Junior Hi Two , Work Crew Session 3, and Teen Camp. There are spots also available in Junior 3 and Squirt camp.
- Pray that God would work in our staff's lives as they work with the campers, that they would rely on God for everything they need especially as the weeks go on and they get tired. Pray that they would get the rest that they need each weekend.
Thank you so much for your prayers! We appreciate your commitment to upholding Stoney in prayer!
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Many Blessings!
Stephanie Schmidt