Student Life - July 2024
On the heels of camp this year for our student ministry, I wanted to take some time and share what happened in the lives of our students! First and foremost, praise God for the awesome week we had. I believe we hit a new record for the number of students that went to camp this year, which was 52. This means that 52 students were able to hear the Gospel poured out to them constantly over the span of five days by the incredible ministry of Crossings. I’ve already heard of a few stories of how camp this year had changed a few of the student’s lives or perspectives in their life. I truly believe that the Lord worked in the students' lives last week, and will continue to do so as time goes on. We also had seven faithful leaders serve our students during the week and give their precious time to Kingdom work. And for that, I’m incredibly grateful! I’m thankful we have many leaders that pour their hearts and souls into our students, sometimes weekly, and are still willing to go to camp and get less than desired amounts of sleep for the Gospel.
While at camp, you quickly realize that it is an awesome and magical place. Not magical in a sense that camp is trying to trick or scam people into believing something. But Crossings camp is an amazing place that is solely centered around the Gospel for the Glory of God alone. Everything they do is connected to the Gospel and is designed in a way to point back to Jesus. When you have that level of commitment to the Kingdom of God, “magical” things can happen and the Lord can do tremendous works in the lives of people there. When you are at camp for the five days, you are disconnected from the outside world and you just get to focus on your relationship with the Lord; whether that be growing in your relationship or building one for the first time. Through some amazing worship by the Heartsong band to the faithful and piercing preaching of our camp pastor, I truly can report to you all that our camp experience this year was nothing short of amazing. However, the work does not stop there. It is our duty now to continue the Gospel and Kingdom work in these student’s lives. I really emphasize to everyone that once camp is over, do not continue on with normal life. If the Lord worked in your heart during camp, do something about it! Likewise, we as servants of the Lord shepherding these student’s lives, we need to continue shepherding them and growing them in the ways of the Lord and what He would have us do.
So, with that being said, I’m happy to report to you that camp was awesome this year. We returned back safe and sound, with a bunch of memories and stories to tell parents and friends. Now we have VBS coming up and Middle School Mission Week on the horizon. We sure are busy, so keep an eye out for emails and info coming out about our future events!
His Glory Alone
Alex Kilgore