Wednesday Morning Activities

Following our pancake and sausage link breakfast and cabin cleanup this morning, Groups 1, 2, and 3 rotated between three activities: Bible class (Rita Newton taught the girls about “Women of Strength” while Eddie Paden’s topic was “Be Strong: Leader”), crafts (campers continued work on their decorated chalkboards and their team craft decorating a canvas tote), and disc golf…

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Wednesday Girls Bible Class — “Women of Strength”

Lip synch coordinator and canoeologist Rita Newton continued today’s theme of being a strong leader in the girls Bible class this morning: ———————————- Women of Strength Are you strong enough to be a leader within the church? There ARE restrictions on what women can do in the public worship service and what roles we can fill. I Timothy 3:1-10: …

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Wednesday Boys Bible Class — “Be Strong: Leader”

Gold team captain Eddie Paden led the boys Bible classes this morning, focusing on our daily theme of being a strong leader: ———————————- Daniel 1:1-8: Nebuchadnezzar wanted God’s people to act and speak as the Chaldeans – he wanted to change their identities. Strong leaders fight. Unfortunately Satan is a strong leader, therefore we must beware not to get…

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Wednesday’s Theme — “Be Strong: Leader”

This morning, we started learning about our theme of the day, “Be Strong: Leader,” as Purple team captain Lee McGaughey directed our thoughts at the flagpole. Historically, July 1-3, 1863, the battle at Gettysburg was fought. There were over 50,000 casualties as this was the largest cannon fight in United States history. We can learn great lessons from the…

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Good Tuesday Night from MSC

Well, we’ve come to the close of the second day here at MSC 2015 Sr. Week.  It was a beautifully sunny day at Shakamak with lower temperatures — a true blessing from God. Beginning with Silver team captain Eric Mizell’s flagpole devotion this morning, we focused on our daily theme, “Be Strong: Influence” throughout this morning’s and this evening’s Bible…

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Thank You, Parents

It’s about 11:00 PM here at Shakamak, and another day of MSC is almost history. I wish every one of you could be here to see and hear what I am privileged to be seeing and hearing right now as I sit outside my cabin. Our groups 1 and 2 campers have gone to bed, and our Group 3s…

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Tuesday Night Bible Study — “Be Strong: Influence”

Following supper tonight, we continued our daily theme of being a strong influence.  Blogger Michael Stout led the Bible study for Group 1 and Group 2 campers, while compadre Katie Hall led the Group 3 girls and Nick Paden led the Group 3 boys: ————————————————– Influence: noun: The capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling…

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