Hello everyone! Can you believe July is here? I ended June with my Preteen Summer Camp session, and boy did we have a blast! With a great staff and one of the best group of campers I've had a chance to work with, we had an incredible week. We focused on the life of some ordinary men that God used to do some extraordinary things with...the apostles.
This year, we made trading cards of all our camp counselors, and on the back we had an apostles or other Bible character. Each day, campers had a chance to collect three or four of the cards. Each counselor required the camper to do something to get their card, like encourage someone, carry someone's tray at dinner or name four of the apostles we had been studying. Kids loved it and it was a great way to continue their learning once they got home and they had momentos of the counselors they had spent a week with. You will soon be able to find templates for the cards on this site.
Okay, if you haven't already, check out a new place online for children's ministers. It's called CM Connect and it's great! Think Myspace or Facebook for children's ministers and you'll get an idea of what it's like...only better. You can check it out at www.cmconnect.org or hit the CMConnect badge on the right side of Kidminister webpage. If you join up, be sure to request me as a friend. I'd love to get to know you and share ideas.
Well, guess I'll sign off! I pray the Lord's blessing on the remainder of your summer.
Greg
