1 / 46

St. James’ Youth Group’s Workcamp Trip 2008

St. James’ Youth Group’s Workcamp Trip 2008. Silver Lake Dunes Workcamp Shelby, Michigan (Oceana County, Western Michigan). June 21 – 30, 2008. The St. James’ Workcampers.

quanda
Download Presentation

St. James’ Youth Group’s Workcamp Trip 2008

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. St. James’ Youth Group’s Workcamp Trip 2008 Silver Lake Dunes Workcamp Shelby, Michigan (Oceana County, Western Michigan) June 21 – 30, 2008

  2. The St. James’ Workcampers

  3. The daily devotions and evening programs built on the overall theme "Love Out Loud", based on the scripture in 1 John 3:18: "Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions." Theme: Love Out Loud

  4. Making a cross to take to the camp

  5. Reflecting the workcamp theme “Love Out Loud”, our cross was covered with sheet music of Christian praise songs used in workcamp. Over that we pasted hearts with our names in them. Two wooden hearts had miniature speakers with recorded greetings and songs; we cut them out of store-bought greeting cards. The finished cross

  6. Land area 540 sq mi, population 26,873 (49.7 per sq mi) Grew during the lumber era, which came to a halt Oceana County • Now agricultural: • second largest fruit tree acreage in the state (cherries, peaches, apples); rich fruit belt especially known for apples • Asparagus (“Asparagus Capital of the World”) competing with South America* • Strawberries • Migrant workers settling there; Latinos growing in numbers, 14.4% in 2006** • median household income $35,307 Harvesting asparagus • * Link to video about the county’s asparagus woes in 2006: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5524001554892548822&q=asparagus • ** US Census Bureau QuickFacts, (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26/26127.html)

  7. The finished cross The school we stayed in

  8. Our sleeping arrangements, on the floor of a classroom

  9. First meeting in the school gym

  10. Presenting our cross at the beginning of the week

  11. Some Sites St. James’ People worked on . . .

  12. number of youth participants: 280 number of adult participants: 61 number of youth groups attending: 17 from 11 states (Ind., Ill., Ky., Md., Mich., Minn., Neb., N.C., O., Pa., Wisc.) number of worksites : 33 homes volunteer hours of service (30 hrs x 341 participants) = 10,230 combined hours! Shelby Workcamp Stats

  13. Lunch and worksite devotions

  14. One Site in Depth . . .

  15. We built a small deck with stairs here, and a large deck with stairs here . . .

  16. . . . painted all ceilings inside, . . . painted the chicken-coop, . . . and re-painted this deck.

  17. Painting ceilings

  18. Painting the existing deck

  19. Now, that stands out!

  20. Preparing post-holes for the new large (10’ x 10’) deck

  21. Large deck half done

  22. Large deck completed – great for a table!

  23. Smaller deck (5’ x 5’) completed

  24. What they had at each door before we built the two decks

  25. Chickens livin’ in style!

  26. Lunch for the double-crew

  27. Noon-day Bible study

  28. Things We Remember from our Trip“Footprints in our Minds” (These memories were written by our workcampers at the end of the trip) - our residents- becoming closer to our youth group- the sand dunes - Thursday night program - eaten alive by mosquitos - the long drive - excitement on the residents' faces when they saw the finished work

  29. More Memories . . . • midnight run to the woods - creamers in the cafeteria (main food source?)- time with our crews - hurrying to eat in the restaurant by the dunes - a calf chewing on my pants - GET DOWN -- the energetic intro to the evening programs- connecting with God- the swings at Cedar Point on the way back to Maryland

  30. More Memories . . . - trying to slide down the dune on cardboard and wiping out - sign seen in Shelby: "There are only two things we can offer our children: roots and wings" - "wanna buy a duck?" game- foot washing in an evening program- people we met (inviting and generous)

  31. More Memories . . . - ultimate frisbee- playing in the championship game - so many animals on the work site - playing with the heifers - building a cool cross together as a youth group to take to camp - seeing the Harbor Springs group again

  32. More Memories . . . - building a great deck - the roller coasters at Cedar Point - our resident's children - baby cows - songs - the classroom we slept in - Frisbee skills? - the lesson on forgiveness - swimming at the dunes

  33. More Memories . . . - beating the boys in football - ultimate frisbee team - "It's a Cinnapretzel!" - chicken noises in the night - "Really? Really?" - Country Farm Dairy (tour and ice cream) - clothes/trash pile in the guys' room - The Quest (sand dunes)- good love

  34. More Memories . . . - chilling with the bros - triple crew - whipped - meeting my crew- hearing real-life experiences of God in our lives - the group devotions

  35. More Pics Additional Information: are on the St. James’ Youth Group website http://www.stjamespotomac.org/youth (click on “Workcamps 2000-”) Group Workcamps, Inc. http://www.groupworkcamps.com/

More Related