Saint Matthew HSM
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Friday Night
Friday morning began “Dawn Patrol” in Memorial Chapel. After breakfast, morning chapel in Ponderosa, was a time of worship through music and then each church met together for “church time.” Saint Matthew was in Ponderosa Chapel and we spent our time sharing how we encountered God this week and shared communion together.
Friday’s rec. was the “Great Race” which was a series of challenges all around Ponderosa Camp. A cabin of guys from Saint Matthew, General Lee-1, on the Lone Range team, ended up taking first place.
During free time a group of Saint Matthew’s juniors and seniors when on a tour of Hume’s Joshua Wilderness Institute (a learning school/program for students who don’t know what they want to do after high school), a hike up to the Little Brown church, boating on the lake, swimming at the cove, volleyball and a few rousing games of gams & hearts on the deck.
After dinner was the annual Seniors vs. Staff Wiffle Ball game on the Ponderosa Lawn. Friday’s chapel was our last chance to worship together with this year’s band, Love Lite, the awards for rec . and the coveted first place team T-shirt. We also heard Brad Bell’s last challenging message and went up the hill to Victory Circle. At Victory Circle, students shared three words to describe the victories they’ve experienced this week. It’s a powerful and rewarding experience hearing students share how they’ve come to faith, been challenged by God and how they hope to be different people when they head down the mountain tomorrow morning.
Well it’s off to cabins and our last cabin group, tomorrow morning, it’s up early, packing, breakfast and loading the buses for our journey back to the Creek.
~PD et al.
Friday’s rec. was the “Great Race” which was a series of challenges all around Ponderosa Camp. A cabin of guys from Saint Matthew, General Lee-1, on the Lone Range team, ended up taking first place.
During free time a group of Saint Matthew’s juniors and seniors when on a tour of Hume’s Joshua Wilderness Institute (a learning school/program for students who don’t know what they want to do after high school), a hike up to the Little Brown church, boating on the lake, swimming at the cove, volleyball and a few rousing games of gams & hearts on the deck.
After dinner was the annual Seniors vs. Staff Wiffle Ball game on the Ponderosa Lawn. Friday’s chapel was our last chance to worship together with this year’s band, Love Lite, the awards for rec . and the coveted first place team T-shirt. We also heard Brad Bell’s last challenging message and went up the hill to Victory Circle. At Victory Circle, students shared three words to describe the victories they’ve experienced this week. It’s a powerful and rewarding experience hearing students share how they’ve come to faith, been challenged by God and how they hope to be different people when they head down the mountain tomorrow morning.
Well it’s off to cabins and our last cabin group, tomorrow morning, it’s up early, packing, breakfast and loading the buses for our journey back to the Creek.
~PD et al.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Thursday Night
This morning began with early morning worship through music in Ponderosa Chapel then our morning speakers shared about mission opportunities: locally, nationally and globally.
Thursday's recreation was "Super Spirit Day" where students were encouraged to dress up like rhinestone cowboys with bedazzling bling. The rec. games were a series of crazy relay races on the upper lawn.
During afternoon free time, there was an "Evangelism 101" seminar, a basketball tournament in the Ark, the Art Kart on the lawn, along with the boating on the lake, swimming in the pool and card games on the "Hume-N-Beans" deck.
After dinner was the counselor gauntlet (a competition that’s a mixture of American Gladiators & Wipeout) where Saint Matthew was ably represented by Drew Eldred & Daniel Fitterer.
Thursday evening, our speaker, Brad Bell, shared how David was a man after God’s own heart. When David messed up, he was quick to repent; there’s a biblical difference between salvation and sanctification (which means to be set apart…make holy…which is a daily struggle); and we can’t control temptation but we can control what we do with it. At the end of the evening Brad challenged students (who where Christian) to pause and reflect where they’re at and if they needed to reconnect with God to stay behind and spend some time in prayer.
~PD, et al.
Thursday's recreation was "Super Spirit Day" where students were encouraged to dress up like rhinestone cowboys with bedazzling bling. The rec. games were a series of crazy relay races on the upper lawn.
During afternoon free time, there was an "Evangelism 101" seminar, a basketball tournament in the Ark, the Art Kart on the lawn, along with the boating on the lake, swimming in the pool and card games on the "Hume-N-Beans" deck.
After dinner was the counselor gauntlet (a competition that’s a mixture of American Gladiators & Wipeout) where Saint Matthew was ably represented by Drew Eldred & Daniel Fitterer.
Thursday evening, our speaker, Brad Bell, shared how David was a man after God’s own heart. When David messed up, he was quick to repent; there’s a biblical difference between salvation and sanctification (which means to be set apart…make holy…which is a daily struggle); and we can’t control temptation but we can control what we do with it. At the end of the evening Brad challenged students (who where Christian) to pause and reflect where they’re at and if they needed to reconnect with God to stay behind and spend some time in prayer.
~PD, et al.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Wednesday Night
Wednesday morning began with the Hume Lake biathlon, a swim in the lake (~10 laps) and a run around the lake (~3.2 miles). Chris Chequer from Saint Matthew won the swim leg and Ryan Niese also from Saint Matthew won the running leg.
After the biathalon was a time of worship through music and the Wednesday seminars. Students were able to pick from ~6 seminars over 2 different sessions. Some of the seminars were, "Is God #5 in Your Life?", "The Mission Field in the Home", Mission Communities", "Overcoming the Distractions in Life" to name a few.
After lunch we went to the pond and ark for church free time. While there we spent time on the blob, Noah's nightmare, playing basketball, foosball & ping-pong in the ark, and just chilling on the lawn with friends.
Wednesday dinner was split into a Guys Dinner-no shirts, no silverware and lots of manly eating. The Girls Dinner-a time singing and dancing with Carly Cannata from Saint Matthew winning the dance contest.
Wednesday night chapel was on "Submitting to Leadership and Authority" and the evening concluded with the Kajabe finals on the upper lawn and free time around Ponderosa camp.
~PD, et al.
After the biathalon was a time of worship through music and the Wednesday seminars. Students were able to pick from ~6 seminars over 2 different sessions. Some of the seminars were, "Is God #5 in Your Life?", "The Mission Field in the Home", Mission Communities", "Overcoming the Distractions in Life" to name a few.
After lunch we went to the pond and ark for church free time. While there we spent time on the blob, Noah's nightmare, playing basketball, foosball & ping-pong in the ark, and just chilling on the lawn with friends.
Wednesday dinner was split into a Guys Dinner-no shirts, no silverware and lots of manly eating. The Girls Dinner-a time singing and dancing with Carly Cannata from Saint Matthew winning the dance contest.
Wednesday night chapel was on "Submitting to Leadership and Authority" and the evening concluded with the Kajabe finals on the upper lawn and free time around Ponderosa camp.
~PD, et al.
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