Camp is over now, the field empty, all the tents and equipment are packed away, campers and leaders have, hopefully, made it safely home and I know my bed is calling. Sorry that we haven’t had a chance to write the normal daily blog, it’s been a very busy couple of days. In the next […]
Another day, another adventure at camp combined with great teaching and even a hint of sunshine! Thankfully we’ve had little rainfall today and so most of the field has drained too, enabling campers to complete their trio of outdoor activities – ghyll scrambling, rock climbing and raft building – the results of which can be […]
Well don’t you wish you were here at Camp! Fun in the floods and games in the gym! This morning we missed the pleasure of Brians daily “Morning campers!” because he was drowned out by the rain. There was a bit of flooding on the campsite as you can see from the photos on our […]
Tuesday morning camp woke up to a beautiful sunny morning! The morning, as usual, was breakfast followed by the talks. Today, Phil gave the talk on obedience to the younger group, whilst Tom taught the older group about disciple-making. The afternoons activity was a walk starting from Torver common and then up alongside Lake Coniston. We started […]
Monday started with breakfast, followed by two talks – one for each age group. Phil Heaps gave the talk to the older group, looking at our theme for the week from Matthew 28 verses 18 to 20. The theme he looked at today was Obedience, explaining that we are saved by grace, not through obedience. It was […]
Today saw us waking up the campers for the first time. The morning whistles are usually greeted with enthusiastic groans! After breakfast we travelled to Ulverston and packed out the church. The children’s presence every year is, I believe, a great encouragement to the congregation. Then the beach. This is always a great day out […]