Junior Camp

Run John, Run the Law demands

But gives us neither feet nor hands

Far better news the Gospel brings

It bids us fly & gives us wings

-John Bunyon-

We spent a busy & fun week with 120 folks at Junior camp last week. I taught on "Law & Grace". Really I taught 90% on the Commandments & 10% on Grace which is a good rule of thumb when you think about it. Below is the hand motions to commandment #2 - no graven images. I taught these hand motions 2 years ago & some of the children still remembered them. Amazing! One of the 'Great Finds' before camp was a DVD by a group called the Go Fish Guys. I was searching for a great 10 commandments song. I found some real hinky songs but one called "The Ten Commandment Boogie" was a hit with my son Sam. Below is a pic of my girls & Emily doing the motions to it. I encourage you to check their music out at http://www.gofishguys.com/

Here's Sam doing the motions as well - This is to the line..."...the 10 commandment boogie, gonna dance it till I die..."

The material was from John Piper's church & it was excellent. http://www.childrendesiringgod.org/ I had to combine the commandment teachings as each commandment was a stand alone lesson. Due to only having 10 chapel services, I had to combine 2 commandments per lesson. As a result, I couldn't go near as deep as the material did. I had to carve a lot of good stuff out.

The lesson on commandment #7 had me in knots. How do you teach 3rd - 5th grade kids about adultery & why its a bad idea. How do you even define it? God was gracious. Camp Definition: Adultery is treating another person who isn't your husband/wife like they were your husband/wife.

Would you believe it was that lesson that broke the hearts of many of the kids?! They are living with the fruit of unfaithfulness & I never really gave that a thought. I took an egg & dropped it on the floor to illustrate how being unfaithful destroys a family. When I looked back up from that, many children & even some of the teen counsellors were wiping away tears.

Several children came under the conviction of the Holy Spirit & confessed Christ as Savior. My little cousin Becky being one of them.

Some of the most dear & lovely Christians I know are Camp Eunice regulars. I praise God for the opportunity to invest a week in the lives of those young people.

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Colin Campbell

Food & Fellowship

Miss Memory & Benjamin

Post Camp Post

Well, Its 6:13 pm & I'm finally sitting in my comfy chair in the living room. Ahhhhhhhhhh.


Camp was phenomenal! So much encouragement!!! Here's some things that I found personally encouraging:


1: The unity of our Church body. Everyone pulled their weight & then some. The evidence of the gifts of the Spirit were very clear. Administration, mercy, encouragement, prophecy, shepherding, & most of all...serving & helps


2: The profound privilege to BE a blessing to so many fellow saints. It isn't every day that you get the joy of encouraging so many in such a vital area.
3: Working along side my children. I have to confess that I have taken this way too much for granted. I was very proud of my four eldest children as they joyfully labored to bless others. I like my children & I enjoyed working along side of them
4: The Campbell's ministry. What a blessing to hear from a godly man who has done it & is doing it all over again with his adopted children & grandchildren. The above Cd is a MUST for every Father. Excellent quality & variety. Father's day is coming & your dad/husband will appreciate this Cd.

5: God's provision:

• When the Cd duplicator froze up, God literally opened a 'door' to allow us to finish
• The only sunny window of the weekend was several hours during recreation on Saturday. Amazing
• The love offering was double my hope & triple my expectation
• The food was excellent & the food order was nearly perfect! Amazing!!!

Thank you Father God for new friends & the fellowship of our Lord Jesus Christ!