Since we shared a typical day at Training Week, I thought it would be of interest to share a day at Summer Camp. There are actually three schedules here at camp. The Chinese speaking sessions and the Children’s Camp have complimentary but different schedules. The English speaking sessions have their own schedule: Junior Camp (younger youth), Youth Camp (older youth including college) and Young Adults.
The basic schedule for the English speaking sessions is this:
9am Breakfast
10:15 Morning topic: This includes worship with Junior Camp, Youth Camp and Young Adult Camp then breaks off into three speaker sessions followed by small group discussion.
1pm Lunch
1:30 Free time, huddles, crafts and “fun areas”
3:30 Afternoon topic: Just like the morning one but in the afternoon
6pm Dinner
8:30 Evening activity: Either worship and prayer, small group activity or large group activity
11:30 Lights out
The kids have been going to Children’s Camp so I’ve been hopping between their schedule and the Young Adult one each day. The children’s program primarily supports the Chinese speaking sessions as they are the ones with younger kids. The children’s schedule is like this.
7:45am Morning gym: The kids go for active group games which sometimes begin with running laps.
8:15 Breakfast
9:40 Morning stations: crafts, group activities, lessons, music
12:30 Lunch
1pm Free time
3:30 Open house: This functions like a supervised free time so parents can attend workshops.
5:45 Dinner
7:00 Evening activities: So far the kids have either baked cinnamon rolls, learned a dance or did role play.
8:30 Snack time
9:00 Bedtime
It makes for a busy day that begins early and ends late. The kids have been excited to attend everything but after three days they all needed naps. Morning gym is optional but my kids want to go so they can get a sticker for their achievement chart.
You might also notice that the mealtimes in the two schedules are staggered. The camp is so large that not all the attendees can sit in the dining hall at the same time. So they break up the time for meals into two slots and try to move people in and out rather quickly. Not on these schedules are also the leaders’ meetings in the morning and after dinner as well as the BCEC team meeting at the end of the day.
It may sound like a full schedule but it’s manageable. We are grateful for the opportunity to be here. I’ve been really encouraged by the people who have shared with me between those scheduled slots. They have a great love for their churches or have been through situations that have shown them God’s power in their lives.
Today is day three of camp. Our last day at the campsite will be Sunday. But before then, on Saturday afternoon there will be a baptism service. If I remember correctly, this the only time baptisms are conducted for all of these churches. In the afternoons, a class has been held for those who wanted to be baptized. All the attendees will go to the small beach by the dock where the pastors will baptize people in the lake. It has been raining most of the week so far so we’ll see what happens on Saturday.
Well that’s all for now! Better get some rest.
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