The Rock summer camp

This update is from GCI pastor Linda Rex. She reports on the recently held US Generations Ministries summer camp named The Rock.

My daughter and I recently returned home from spending more than a week at The Rock summer camp held in Westfield, North Carolina. The camp provided many opportunities to be challenged with something new and “out-of-the-box.” High ropes, giant swing, rock wall and an evening banquet all challenged the campers. God’s Spirit was actively at work throughout the camp, bringing healing, comfort and deliverance to many.

The highlight of each morning was the camp chapel service, where the campers met to share positive moments through shout-outs, singing praise songs and to hearing God’s word for the day. The theme for the camp was “Built on the Rock.” At the first chapel service, camp chaplain Rocky Ray talked about the way God knew and planned for each of us before the world began, giving his Son, Jesus Christ to be our Savior. At another chapel service, Jeff Broadnax, a regional coach for Generations Ministries, gave a message that looked at how Jesus is the foundation for our lives, including our relationships with God and with others. As co-chaplain, I gave a chapel message reviewing how God prepared the ground and Jesus is the foundation. I noted that we need to build our lives on this foundation using the quality building materials that God provides: faith, hope and love.

To illustrate these chapel messages, campers and staff built two small houses; one on a foundation of sand and the other on a foundation of concrete. Camp director Stephen Webb then gave a chapel message about the storms of life that God allows to come our way and how they show if our lives are built on sand or on the rock of Christ. Following his message the campers went outside where Rocky Ray blasted the two houses with a pressure washer. The one built on sand fell, but the one built on concrete stood firm.

On Friday, campers and staff shared moving testimonies about how God had worked in their lives during the week. The consensus was that God had shown his love and power throughout the week. Campers were encouraged to be positive influences in their world, building up their friends, families, communities and country. Built on the foundation of Jesus Christ and bound together in the Spirit, they are and will be transformers of their world.

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