Camp 2 is rockin and rollin on the mountain!

Hello all! We can't believe that Camp 2 is already here and movin and shakin! We've had a blast in our first 48 hours! Here's a summary of what we've done!

We started with a big ole game of Do You Love Your Neighbor- it includes a lot of running and laughing, perfect for this big and fun crew! 

After dinner (lasagna- yum!) we got to know our family groups and play some games together, which was awesome. Next up on the docket was a game of Capture the Flag in the field- always a fan favorite!

The yesterday morning (Monday) we had breakfast and cabin clean up before Father Terry Street led us in a beautiful opening Eucharist. It was so fun to hear a little bit more about our theme and worship and sing together! There is so much joyful noise with this group!

We spent the rest of the morning swimming and playing kickball- quite the combo for our youth!

Once we had lunch and a nice long rest for siesta we went to afternoon activities- both on campus and off! Several campers went to Foster Falls where they got to swim or go rock climbing with the South Cumberland State Park Rangers- thanks Ranger Jason for taking us!

On campus we spent time at the art barn, playing soccer, doing a little bit of experimenting with science and baking just to name a few!

After dinner we spent time talking about how God is illuminated in creation for us. Since we are in such a beautiful area it is easy to see all the ways God reveals himself in nature to us. Each youth also contributed a pebble to the stone altar- funny how every little stone makes a difference!

After chapel we had the famous cabin olympics! With events like a Raisin relay, 4 legged race and name that tune (name that tune waved to the blog last night!)

Finally we ended with the Camp Gailor-Maxon prayer and a big thank you to Brown Myers for leading us all in that special prayer!

Camp 1: Monday!

We had an action packed first full day of camp- starting with our first cabin clean up and chapel! We talked about our theme- Living Waters- and made some awesome skits about various stories in the bible pertaining to water!

In the afternoon we had several activities- both on and off campus! We took a group off campus to Foster Falls to go on a water hike and to go rock climbing.

Those who stayed on campus played some soccer, tye-dyed at arts & crafts, & played at the pool! After activities we had a little free time- so our girls utilized their Eno!

Last night was full of excitement as we had Cabin Olympics- Messy Style! Thanks to Sutton and Nayla for making last night AWESOME- we played games like Dodge Sponge (instead of dodgeball), frozen tshirt swimming relay, a dance competition, and several other messy things. We had so much messy fun and were so grateful for our showers!

Wrapping Up Pre-Camp!

We had so much fun at CGM wrapping up Pre-Camp! Yesterday started with chapel where we talked about how to fill our own and other people's "buckets"- basically how we should build people up and by doing so we will fill up the invisible bucket on top of their head! We went into arts and crafts, playground time and playing kickball. We finished the morning with some time in the pool, always a fan favorite!

After a big lunch and a nice siesta, we had chapel where we blessed water that we used to remind us of our baptism. 

After chapel we went off campus to either the Fiery Gizzard hike and swimming hole or to Sewanee to adventure around campus. It was a long, fun afternoon that ended with a slip n slide with lots of soap!

Our banquet was a blast as always and we are so grateful for the kitchen lovelies who made a scrumptious dinner of chicken finger, mashed potatoes, green beans and- the best part- a ice cream cone cupcake! Dinner was followed by Eucharist at the Stone Altar which was beautiful! Thank you Lissa Smith for spending time and so much love with CGM this weekend!

 Finally, of course we ended with our carnival! Complete with a candy walk, photo booth, and balloon man we had so much fun celebrating the end of our time together!

Camp Three: Update on the Cross Project

As I've mentioned before, we took on an art project for the summer. When we met with the Dubose board, they wanted us to think about a piece of "kid-like" art that we could create and put up in Dubose to represent camp's presence. 


Charles Houston got creative right away and came up with our Cross Project idea. He took two metal rods, connected them with a piece of wood, and cut wooden blocks for us to decorate for the crosses. It has been an ongoing project this summer and we're almost done (just in time for the end of camp!). 


We've got one cross complete (Lincoln is our size reference model here):

Yesterday the kids worked on the blocks for the second cross. Here we are in the art barn:

Painting our blocks - 

 Blocks drying:

Writing our name on the finished work:

Counselors observe controlled chaos:

And then we were off to our day-trip to Sewanee!