Camp 2013 Blog

Friday 16th August

Posted by on August 17, 2013 at 8:24 am

  At 7:30am this morning, Brian Eccles blew the morning whistle for the last time at Compass Camp 2013. The campers are currently enjoying their final breakfast and saying their goodbyes to each other, while the leaders walk around half asleep, and try to prepare themselves for some serious clearing up action! The last night […]

Thursday 15th August

Posted by on August 16, 2013 at 8:29 am

Due to the busyness of yesterday evening the blog was not completed and so here’s yesterday’s entry… Our word for the day was RESPOND and we looked at what it looks like to respond to Jesus. We saw a woman who knew the size of her debt to God but also the cost of her […]

Wednesday 14th August

Posted by on August 14, 2013 at 7:17 pm

It has been another fantastic day at camp! Despite it being difficult for both camper and leader a like to crawl out of bed this morning the day has been fun-filled. Phil Arthur from Lancaster was our speaker this morning and he carried on our series on Jesus’ parables in Luke’s Gospel. We were in […]

Tuesday 13th August

Posted by on August 13, 2013 at 6:55 pm

Another day, same as the others. Talk…great. Walk…great. Food…great. Check back tomorrow for another exciting installment!     OK, say maybe a blog entry requires a little more, although that attempt certainly reflects the current state of tiredness in the camp. The key word for the morning was RETURN and we spent time looking at […]

Monday 12th August

Posted by on August 12, 2013 at 7:13 pm

What another fantastic day! The campers woke up to a lot of rain which could have been a disappointment to us but it only made the day more exciting as we ran inside when it started to pour. We started the day with our morning talk on Luke chapter 14 where we found that many […]

Sunday 11th August

Posted by on August 11, 2013 at 8:10 pm

We’ve almost reached the end of our first full day of Camp 2013! From various conversations with campers and leaders I’ve gleaned that most people are worn out by the full day of activities we’ve had- but what a day it has been! This morning we attended a church in Ulverston where Tom, one of […]