October 12, 2020, Jacqueline Curtis. Florida Region, Young Adult Commission

Love letter to camp...
Week Four: Longing to Celebrate

This year many of our summer camping programs faced creative, spiritual and financial challenges. For many young people, camp is a significant part of their faith journey and relationships. Ministries Across Generations wanted to share importance of camp and support (financially and spiritually) the places where many people feel God's presence most.

Dear Camp,

Oh, how I miss you so!! You have been a safe space for me for as long as I can remember. You are the place where I learned to be a Christian. You are the place where I fell in love with nature. You are the place that has wrecked me in all of the best and most needed ways and the place that brought me some of the very best and long lasting relationships that have helped me grow into the woman I am. You are the place that gave me the opportunity to be a camper, a counselor, a keynote speaker, a director, and for the last 4 years (that’s right 4!) the mom of a camper. You are the place that I have not only been able to share with my family but the place where I have become part of a whole new family. Here are a few of my favorite camp moments and memories.

Jacqueline

P.S. Thank you to Mary Beth Harper and all of the wonderful people Landen and I have met from camp. Without you it wouldn’t even camp.

P.S.S. What’s your camp lover letter?

Scripture Week Four: (From InsideOut, This is Our Prayer)

Philippians 1:3–11

Every time I think of you, I thank my God. And whenever I mention you in my prayers, it makes me happy.  This is because you have taken part with me in spreading the good news from the first day you heard about it.  God is the one who began this good work in you, and I am certain that he won’t stop before it is complete on the day that Christ Jesus returns.

You have a special place in my heart. So it is only natural for me to feel the way I do. All of you have helped in the work that God has given me, as I defend the good news and tell about it here in jail. God himself knows how much I want to see you. He knows that I care for you in the same way that Christ Jesus does.

I pray that your love will keep on growing and that you will fully know and understand how to make the right choices. Then you will still be pure and innocent when Christ returns. And until that day, Jesus Christ will keep you busy doing good deeds that bring glory and praise to God.

SOMETHING FUN

Weekly Scriptures
Read the weekly scripture each day. Find a phrase or word that speaks to you. Share your reflections with others over dinner, social media, and in prayer. Share the scripture with a child you know in the car, through a text, or in a children's Bible.