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…
1st Place – Hot Pink Won addition group 1, subtraction group 2, basketball, kickball, volleyball, the sponge relay, had 1 craft winner and came in 2nd in the obstacle course. 2nd Place – Orange Won the through the legs shuffle, spelling group 1&2, addition group 2, division group 1&2, bible trivia group 1&2, the team broad jump, bombs away,…
The pillow fight championship of the world was Wednesday night at Shakamak. This year there was both full girls and boys brackets for those 10 and 11 years old. The winner for the boys was James Evans. The winner for the girls was Erin Mitchell. Here are the championship fights on video. Girls Boys
Today, the flash card awards were announced. Here were the winners adding points to their team’s totals. Spelling Group 1 – Corenne Benson (Hot Pink) Group 2 – Sarah Carroll (Orange) Addition Group 1 – Carter Elkins (Orange) Group 2 – Elza Niemeier (Light Blue) Subtraction Group 1 – Evelyn Maudlin (Orange) Group 2 – Jacob Swift (Hot Pink)…
One of the favorites of MSC Jr. Camp is carnival day. Campers enjoyed carnival games and inflatable slides. At the carnival, kids played for tickets to use for carnival prizes, cotton candy, snow cones and face painting. Here are some pictures from the day.
Today’s Bible Study what focused on how to be strong – even when it’s hard. The boy’s lesson was led by Lance Wenck who helped the boys learn how to identify when challenges happen to them. He used the Disney movie, Inside Out and the emotion characters of Fear, Disgust, Sadness and Anger to know when you are having…
Our Jr. Olympics day has begun and the teams are all excited to compete for the final team points available. Kids were assigned roles in the 50 / 80-yard dash, the team relay race and the obstacle course. The obstacle course consisted of the wheel barrel, caterpillar, a rebus puzzle, the chicken race, frisbee throw tic-tac-toe, the spittoon race,…
Today is team day and we started the morning with team pictures, cabin pictures, and a camp picture. Do you wonder how we coordinate 220 people for one big photo in the rain? You do it quickly!
Wednesday morning, our flagpole devotion was led by Justin Hall. His topic was Being Strong When It Gets Hard. He talked about good examples we have in the Bible like Job who, regardless of his troubles, still praises God throughout. He also talked about bad examples we have in the Bible, like Peter when he denied Jesus 3 times….
Here are the team standings after Tuesday’s events: 1st Place – Hunter 2nd Place – Hot Pink 3rd Place – Orange 4th Place – Light Blue 5th Place – Royal Blue 6th Place – Lime 7th Place – Green / Purple (tie) 9th Place – Red 10th Place – Navy Today is our big Jr. Olympics with many team…
