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I look at God's work and see beauty....incredible, delicious beauty.

I look at you and I see something more beautiful then anything I have ever seen. I see a person made in God's very, own image! Let's look at each other and see Him.

last nite

Conestoga, Collingswood & some unknown fellow believers

We are one, tonight!And we're singing it out!We are one, tonight!And we're dreaming out loud!

music

This week is another concert, a rock concert.....I love music.....most of us do.

This year I have seen a lot of live music...I make it a point too. Music inspires.....creates....and allows our emotions to become apparent. Music is a form of communication and expression.

Friday nite is a concert.....Switchfoot and Reliant K.....I love Switchfoot....they rock and their lyrics are cool. They also crossover to mainstream.......yup, both bands are deemed Christian.
I am not one for LABELS, but there is no denying.....these folks believe in Jesus Christ.

anyway...I am about 10 minutes outside of center city Philly and my exquisite wife will be there to pick me up off the Amtrak train and it is just about 9:00 PM on Monday nite......

I am rockin' outta here!

peace.

tater

last weekend

NOTHING

Camp.
What I miss is the "nothing" of camp.

Camp Manatawny----doing nothing, but having a GREAT time!

Plotting "pranks" that are not pranks,but are!
Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner
Flag raising
LIFE 101------Camp is as close to the Garden of Eden as I may ever get.

No AGENDA
just Christ= LOVE
isn't that camp?
miss it?
I do!!!
walking back from campfire-----just strolling along----time has no meaning.
I MISS CAMP!
I MISS CAMP!!
I MISS CAMP!!!

life here in the "world".....it's not what He wanted.
life here in school-work-leisure
it's not life........................it's the world....the world is not our home.
HEAVEN is HOME.
live it.

connect---disconnect

connection.......coming together
disconnect......coming apart
today I am bothered by some information passed my way.
turns out that some people did not agree with some other people and they chose to forgo an event when they really didn't know what the event was about.

I heard this quote on tv last nite and it wasn't on a sitcom:

"You can't lead people if you don't love people,

you can't save people if you don't serve people."

so my dilemma is: how do I approach these people? how do I get them on my page....that's what I've been thinking, BUT the question s/b how do I get on their page???? How do I see what they see. Nope this post has no inherent bearing on camp.....it has to do with my church.

so I need to step down and think/pray about how to approach this group of people and how to best serve them.

Credit where credit is due- The quote above is from an interesting cat---Cornel West who is some type of professor @ Princeton.

y'all should know my quote by now----love to love & give to give

peace

camp changes people

Tattoos

If I ever got a tattoo it would probably be this:

My dear brothers, take note of this:

Everyone should be quick to listen,

slow to speak and slow to become angry,

From the book of James.

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

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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