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Monday 2011 Prisoner’s Base & More

Today was our first full day of camp. The weather has cooled down about 10 degrees and campers’ spirits are high. This morning the first teaching was given by Fr. James Ellison on “What is Good?”, and the second teaching block was reserved for “bishop in the hotseat” featuring Bishop Nathaniel. Both teachings were very informative and the campers were engaged and attentive. Counseling groups got officially underway, during which campers were able to discuss the teachings and anything else on their minds in a smaller group setting.

Monday 2011 Prisoner's Base & More

Today was our first full day of camp. The weather has cooled down about 10 degrees and campers’ spirits are high. This morning the first teaching was given by Fr. James Ellison on “What is Good?”, and the second teaching block was reserved for “bishop in the hotseat” featuring Bishop Nathaniel. Both teachings were very informative and the campers were engaged and attentive. Counseling groups got officially underway, during which campers were able to discuss the teachings and anything else on their minds in a smaller group setting.

Archbishop Job + Water Balloons, and Hawaiian Luau

Tuesday was packed full of fun. We headed down to the old bridge to drop water balloons on unsuspecting canoers. With us was Archbishop Job, who was right on target with his water balloon bombs (I believe he had a direct hit to someone’s shoulder). Camp Rivervale kitchen staff donned Hawaiian apparel in the spirit of the Luau scheduled for later that night. After dinner, campers participated in the all camp olympic games, which included 5 groups rotating between 5 different olympic game stations. The stations consisted of 1) balancing an egg on a spoon and running an obstacle course, … Continue reading

Archbishop Job Arrives And Prisoners Are Captured!

Monday was a day of beautiful weather, great teachings, canoe trip water balloon bombings, and a whole lotta Prisoner’s Base. Seriously, there really was a lot of Prisoner’s Base. We skipped the campfire in favor of playing more. Daylight Savings Time will do that to you. We told everyone not to worry because we will have a campfire after our prayer walk on Thursday.

Our praise band is growing by the day. We have 3 bass players, including a classical stand-up bass. We also have a cello and a violin, along with the usual djembe drum, guitars, shakers, and tambourines. It is quite a beautiful sight (and sound!) and we will post some pictures from it possibly tomorrow. It should also be on this years’ camp video.

We had no problems with any campers on Monday and everyone is beginning to open up and get along very nicely. Archbishop Job and Rdr. Joshua Coolman showed up around dinner time and are staying with us until Tuesday evening. It is an honor to have had 5 priests/archbishops with us so far and it’s only the first full-length day!

Click a picture to expand it and start the photo viewer. Check out the captions underneath each picture for more info, when available. Looking forward to Tuesday!

Camp Kick-off Night

We kicked-off summer camp 2009 with a bang. Actually about 50 bangs. One of our ice-breaker games was the “balloon game” where campers tied balloons to their ankles and tried to stomp on others’ balloons and pop them. Campers also participated in “hip to hip”, and the tape-pulling-piggy-back game, which we still have not come up with a name for. Caleb Wilson took the reigns of the bull horn during the games and did a smashing job. Then we all went down to the cafeteria for Edna’s pizza (we must keep her in business) and brownies, and mingled a bit … Continue reading