It’s finally here! MSC Jr. Camp has begun. Campers have checked in, found out their bunk assignments and started meeting new friends. The staff is ready to make this the best year ever for our 150+ campers! After registration, we met in the mess hall for our evening worship service. Lime captain, Jason Dukes did a terrific job of leading our minds…
Air Raid 2016 had a brand new mud element today as the battle zone was moved to the volleyball court, which had turned into a mud volleyball court thanks to yesterday’s storms. Once all the “sodden balls” were launched and battles had ended, here are the final strikes for each team: Orange – 197 Red – 188 Green – 181…
Canoeologists Shannon & Dana Shaffer crafted an exciting canoe obstacle course for today’s canoe heats, along with 30 second penalties for crossing the center line or for not canoeing around the outer buoy. Each team could also get a 3 minute bonus deducted from their final run time — one team member from Group 1, 2, and 3 had the opportunity…
What would camp be without a good old fashioned game of kickball? Today, all teams got their chance at the batter’s plate and the results are: Orange (16) vs. Navy (9) Blue (13) vs. Lime (10) Green (12) vs. Gold (10) Hunter (11) vs. Silver (11) Red (10) vs. Purple (8)
Throughout the afternoon, each team got to enjoy a little relief from the sun as they headed into the air conditioned mess hall for a turn to play Deal or No Deal, hosted by blogger Michael Stout and Banker Jenny Stout. Based on the popular game show, the MSC version of DOND allows the teams to earn points just…
For those of you who have never experienced MSC’s Air Raid competition in person, and a camper has tried to explain it to you and you just didn’t quite understand it, here’s a video so you can witness it yourself to help you understand this popular event. It’s a physically tasking event, but campers love it!
Security staffers Ken & Janet Evans offered campers a real treat this morning as they instructed them on Tomahawk throwing, archery, and how to make arrowheads.
Since Derek Gould has been working with all the campers to learn new songs and to improve the singing of current songs, the campers’ interest in worshiping God in song has increased. Derek has been greatly encouraged by the progress of young men stepping up to improve their songleading abilities. Here is a clip from one of this morning’s…
Sports director Greg King led our morning Bible study today and continued with our daily theme, “Blessed: Family.” Here is his outline, followed by an audio recording of his lesson: Our Spiritual Family Introduction “I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will…
Compadre Nick Hall introduced our theme of the day, “Blessed: Family,” to the campers today during his flagpole devotion: We have a great support system at camp. A younger person finds it difficult, and virtually impossible to break a rubber wristband, but an older, stronger person can break the wristband much easier. We must realize that we can break…
