One of the greatest opportunities for
Spiritual Growth in a students life is Summer Camp. It has been said that 1
week of summer camp is worth up to 3 years of Sunday morning teaching. Summer
after summer we have seen students surrender their lives to Christ, ministry
and various other types of Kingdom service.
This summer our students will
travel to Wheaton College July 15-19 for Student Life's Mission Camp experience (http://www.studentlife.com/events/mission) where our students will participate in corporate worship services with 2500+
students from all across the mid-west as well as participating in Mission
projects across the city of Chicago. It is sure to be a great time of Spiritual
Growth.
It is with that Spiritual Growth in mind that I would like to
bring your attention to another opportunity for your student(s) this summer.
Kerry and Tami White have been working very hard behind the scenes (and have
been very patient with me) with an organization known as Worldview Academy (http://www.worldview.org/). Our Associate
Pastor and current Interim Pastor Ed Kuriscak has a great history with
Worldview and has taken several of our former students of Edgewood to their
summer camps. Worldview Academy's mission statement is as follows; Worldview
Academy is a non-denominational organization dedicated to helping Christians to
think and to live in accord with a biblical worldview so that they will serve
Christ and lead the culture.
Worldview Academy hosts several camps
throughout the summer months and they will be hosting a camp near us June
9th-14th in Minnesota at Northwestern College in St. Paul. The
White's son Austin will be attending and we want to make the camp available to
you as well. This camp provides an excellent opportunity for students to grow
and take their faith further. This camp is available for 9-12 grade students
however space is limited and on a first come first served basis. If you are at
all interested please contact Kerry or Tammy White immediately so that you can
get all of the information you need to make an educated decision.
I also want you to know that we are committed to you and your student(s) and if your student is unable to attend Worldview Academy this year that next year(2014) we will be taking all of
our students to Worldview Academy as our Summer Camp so that every student will have the opportunity to experience Worldview Academy.
We are here for you and your student(s) and we look forward to having the opportunity to partner with you to equip you and your family to reach your full potential in Christ.
For additional information please email youth@edgewoodbaptist.net or whitepiano95@yahoo.com ASAP.
-Pastor Jeff