Camp right now

Right this very second as I type these letters I sit @ Camp Manatawny....it is 10:22 PM on Sat 9/29 and the moon which was full this past Wed is waning.

There is a church here ----having a retreat...I really don't know anyone from this church (I know it's kinda odd that I don't know anyone).

My lovely wife, Margaret the beautiful one had voluntered to cook for camp a few times this fall and she asked me to be her helper, to which I forwent the Harding Leadership conference to serve here @ camp....

Hmmmmmm......Leadership Conference or serving others?

Anyway....We got here about 9:30 PM Fri nite and woke-up @ 5:30 AM to get in the kitchen and start cooking for the groups.

Folks, let me tell you.....cooking at camp is no joke.....serious labor....we started in the kitchen about 5:50 AM and got done @ 8:00 PM.
Thank goodness for Alex and Caleb two youth volunteers to clean the trays!

Cooking for 90+ people @ camp has it's trials....pots and pans are serious work....as is prepping potatoe's for breakfast and lunch...potatoe, potatoe, potatoe.....too many potatoes!


BUT HERE'S MY POINT---AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
I am at Camp Manatawny and it is NOT camp....it's not the same! The land is NOT what makes Camp so very, very, very special!! It's YOU who makes camp special....it is down right boring here without you!!

Yeah, yeah the weather is nice and the sky is as beautiful as any Manatawny sky I have seen before, but it is just not ever really camp unless the people are here.

I miss you okay...each and everyone of you.
I don't miss camp.....I miss what we share at camp.
What we share @ camp is a unique bond of love brought together by Jesus Christ.

HOW CAN WE SHARE THAT OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS CAMP?

one word----
do ya' know it?

Booster Dinner

on sat we will have the annual booster dinner.

a time to laugh---cry---and PRAISE GOD

join us, camp never ever disappoints......just like God!

WAKE-UP!!

The time to wake-up o'sleeper is now-----

What have you done for others today....or should we say what will you do for others today?

Today is the 1st day of September, 2007. It is the only 9/1/07 that was ever made and will ever be. It is an opportunity waiting for you to GRAB and take hold of. There are people out in the world awaiting your love....they are waiting to hear and see the truth from someone.....will it be you that gives the truth?

Make the choice, today to see others as He sees them.....look at all that way.

go out and serve

go out and love

go out and....

BE THE DIFFERENCE!

Full Moon

the moon is full....

the moon reflects the sun....

who do you reflect?

S Y G

Stand Your Ground
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October 20th @ Manatawny

Featuring...............
Better Way

speaker Adam Ellis

Without Excuse

musical guests

www.syg07.com

Register Now

bring friends

what i miss...

what i miss are the people at camp....the "life" of camp and how camp just seems to be right. scurrying back to the cabin at nite and the laughter and joy of camp. hearing everyone talking and loving each other. face it....if you are reading this you would probably live at camp if given the opportunity.

flag raising

group prayers

baptisms

showers

swim time

slushies

nite time devotionals

garrett hall singing

going from here to there and back again

campfire

peace

serenity

love

Jesus

(add yours)

Hey Pickles!!!

I need an email addy for you!

Mine is tate1963@gmail.com

email me there

Camp Sessions 2007

It's official. Camp Manatawny's camping sessions are over for 2007.

Didja have a good time?

Was it everything you hoped for?

What are you waiting for???????????

Go ahead....DEFINE camp.

My definition is Christ.

Camp is Jesus Christ.

Jesus is love,

and that fellow camper is Camp Manatawny

I have asked you in the past to bring Manatawny into the world....yeah I know, the world doesn't cooperate...just so you know it never has and it never will at least not until Christ comes again and calls us home.

Be love, show love, give love go ahead get hurt if you do it...He did

Love is so important

what we need to do is love without wanting anything in return

get to know the unloved

seek them out

they are everywhere

go ahead and IMPACT the world

you are doing so in His name

the name above all names

Camp this year as always was everything and more then I could have dreamed of. It was hello and good-bye. It was people taking leaps of faith to Christ.

It was love and that's why I love camp

God is great!

I just put a post on the other blog spot http://ourcampweek.blogspot.com/ , this is where we have Intermediate II post LIVE during our camp week.
Feel free to check there it should be a BLAST!!

HEAT!

Garrett Hall

This is the hottest fire I have ever experienced.

when my youngest son was turning 13 two men from church who's boys were also turning 13 and my son and I all went to camp in the absolute dead of winter to tell our boys that they were men.

It was 12 degrees outside that Friday nite @ camp.

We slept by this fire in Garrett Hall...the six of us.

It kept us warm.

When we woke up Sat to a fresh coating of snow we departed the warmth of Garrett Hall to Hawk Mountain to hike up the icey rocks.

Everytime the boys were given a choice of the easier road or the narrow more difficult road they took the narrow road.

We had to crawl over the ice strewn boulders and face the wind of the wind of the mountain.

Later that nite, at Garrett Hall we cooked steak and potatoes and watched Dances with Wolves

an experience we will all never forget

Camp is an experience

Camp is special...but why?

1. People pray about camp all the time!

2. Whenever people are at camp they are very Christ-like

Do those two things about work and school

(pray and be Christ-like)

think about this....why do you want other people to know God

when you figure that out----go tell them about Him

MORE CAMP

I can't wait for Int.2. it should be a blast. can't wait to see everyone who works or goes there at camp. Keep God First. in HIM, Brett Hower

Registration @ camp
Took this a couple of weeks ago....coupla guys finishing their week on a Sat. You know they had a good time. Camp is a good time, what makes it that way is God.

OPPORTUNITY

Opportunity----When it present's itself....TAKE IT!

Urgency-----Today is today and tomorrow may not come.....regrets?

Jesus-----the way, the truth, the light

LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE

QOTM (question of the moment)

So here we are....smack dab in the middle of July! Hot, hot, hot!!!! Today's question...hmmmm, let me think.....Alrighty we are not going to make this an ez one.....this is not for just anyone to answer, but for the thinkers to figure out.
We are not going to ask what your favorite cabin was or your favorite meal is.

We are going to ask-----
----drum roll please----

If you could change ONE thing about camp....what would it be?

SYG Goooooo!!!!!!!!!1

for some reason there are no directions up on the manatawny website for SYS so here are some directions and information:2007 Summer Youth Series will be hosted by the West Chester Church of Christ. Speaker: Shaun Dutile from the Brunswick Church of Christ. More details are to come and they will be added here and on www.manatawny.org and www.youthadvance.com. Please plan to come it will be a great night of hanging out, games, food, and worship. This is a free event. Spread the word!!!!!!!!!Directions to Oakbourne Park:From South: Take 202 North until you get to Pleasant Grove Rd. (by theWesttown Police Building and St. Maxmillian Church). Take a right ontoPleasant Grove Rd. Go about 2 miles to stop sign at Concord Rd. and turnleft. Go past entrance to Gaudienza House and take the next left into thepark.From North: Take 202 South to left turn at S. Matlack St. stoplight (byKellys Sport's & Fed Ex buildings.) Follow to Concord Rd. and bear right.Park entrance is on right.The actual address is: 1014 S. Concord RoadWest Chester, PA 19382

How Great is our God?

I will not give in to the masses. I will travel the narrow road where Jesus Christ is. Will you travel with me? Camp is awesome because EVERYBODY is FOCUSED on Him. God is good....all the time....

Are you ready for the joy of the Lord? What does the world have to offer you? Jesus offers you LIFE. A life worth living to it's fullest. Look at people, see them, listen to them, hear them.....let the love of the Lord shine out from you like a BEACON of light that is blinding.
The world offers me nothing compared to what Christ offers me. He gives me eternal life and joy that is incomparable to anything here. Will you join me?
Will you travel the narrow road? Will you admit that Jesus is the son of God and was buried and rose from the DEAD?

It isn't easy to agree to....or is it?

What are you going to do with your life.....what will/can you possibly do with your life...think with me....you can make a difference, Jesus loved all, loved the sinner, loved the poor and the hurting...think...can you love them? Will you SHOW them love? Seek Him out...look for God.....LOOK for Him and YOU will find Him...He is right there. Humble yourself....

and then you will see

Camp Sounds

the sounds at Camp are amazing. They are different. The singing, the water as someone goes under and starts a new life, and the sniffles you hear on saturday at the closing ceremony. Camp is a special place. All the sounds you hear mean something. Sometimes you just have to listen.

people

I am constantly determining my purpose and I keep coming back to one thing.
PEOPLE. Nothing is more important then loving one another. How will people know who you are unless you show love?

Everyone and I do mean everyone has extreme value....

What can be more valuable then each other and showing each other that love?

Do that and you are putting action to your faith.
Love like Christ....
People---ALL people.....every single person be they homeless, rich, poor or sick....every single solitary one of them has extreme value....Jesus died for all.

people

people

people

see them like He sees them

Jr.High 2

Hi everyone! I just got back from a week of Camp and I Am PUMPED! It was one of the best if not the best I've been to. Our signing was incredible. Matt Wilson was an amazing song leader and campfire leader. We had 7 baptisms. I'm ready for more. Andrew Cooper said Camp was a great mountain top experience. I agree.

With love, Brett Hower