The end of Camp 2!

I know it's a little late, but I figured everyone wanted to see these awesome pictures from camp 2 anyways! So here's what happened Thursday and Friday of Camp 2!

Morning chapel was spent talking about the ways that God is illuminated in other people- both in their gifts and the ways that we amplify those gifts in each other.We finished our time by washing each other's feet and serving each other in the manner that Christ said is the full extent of his love.

In the afternoon we continued this attitude as we went to St. Mary's to serve our community by helping them in their garden as well as tending to the lavender fields. We weeded, gardened and then gathered the lavender that was taken to Thistle Farms in Nashville to be used in their products!

Thursday evening was spent in the ever-so-famous CGM Coffee House (no real coffee was served in the making of this production.) All of our youth were able to share their talents with us with everything from drama to singing, piano and more!

Friday morning we woke up and after the daily breakfast and cleaning time, we went to chapel to talk about the light that shines in each of us. Often times it can be hard to see that light in each of us and it was also fun to have our friends help point out that light. We played a very fun game called "Holy One" where each camper has a candle and the counselors (mean ole things!) are trying to blow them out. Don't worry, we played outside as to not risk any buildings! 

Finally the afternoon brought a fan favorite- going to the Res at St. Andrews Sewanee! We can jump from the rock- literally taking a big leap of faith- hang out on the dock, swim around and have tons of fun!

 
Of course at night we had our closing Eucharist, banquet, dance and bonfire. Thank you Father Terry for celebrating a beautiful service!

Thank you to our Camp 2 families and youth for letting us have these amazing youth for a week! We had so much fun with them and they are all so full of light! It was a joy to watch them shine!

Camp 3 is here so we shall be posting about them soon!

Camp 3: Wednesday!

Whew! We are exhausted from a full day of fun! 

This morning we started with a great chapel time, starting with singing and morning prayer. We then got a wonderful presentation from our DuBose Executive Director, David Ramsey, about clean water crises in Haiti. It was really interesting to see how other people don't have the same access to a clean tap like we do. Next we went out to the field a played a relay game where we had to carry water in cups on top of our heads from the "well" (a kiddie pool) to our family groups. It was crazy to think if that was the only water we got to use today. How stressful that must be for other people! After family groups we presented skits about ways that we can keep our spiritual thirst quenched- they were really great!

After chapel, we hung out at the pool until lunch! Then during lunch, Cabin 6 claimed their first Golden Dustpan of the week!

We had a sleepy siesta and then went to the playground to start afternoon activities!

After the playground we started everyone's favorite- our Sewanee adventure! We stopped at the bookstore (bought a lot of books actually), adventured around the chapel, went up the stairs to the rooftop patio, and played in the Quad! 

Next we took everyone to the Memorial Cross for dinner and singing! It was such a joyful noise!

We finished our time in Sewanee with the most beautiful All Saint's service we could have dreamed of- thank you Lara and Father Terry for making it so special for everyone!

To finish the day we had a bonfire and s'mores! Everyone is tired, ready for bed and excited to wake up for another big day tomorrow!