Camp Counselor
6. Study the Word Start early to plan your Bible studies, your cabin devotions, your campfire messages or other tasks related to spiritual emphasis or Bible teaching. One caution in your preparation to teach the Word: Don’t divorce your preparation in studying the Word from your preparation in studying campers. If you will be teaching 11-year-olds, seek to see how the Bible may meet their particular needs as you study your lessons. If you are not teaching the Bible to your campers, be sure you know what is being taught so that you can tie it in with nightly devotions and other casual contacts with the campers. This is essential so that the Bible study periods are not separated from the rest of camp life in the minds of the campers. You are really teaching anyway, you know, even if you are not assigned to a specific Bible study group. You teach what you are. That is why it is important that you be what you teach. If you feel a lack of experience in knowing how to study the Bible, it might help you to go through a course of study for yourself first. Thè following publication is just one example, but an excellent one: Jane Hollingsworth: Discovering the Gospel of Mark. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, 1519 N. Astor, Chi cago, 111. 50c. As you study the Word, let the Lord continually be your counselor, and teach you what it is saying in refer ence to your life. This is excellent preparation for leading your campers to do this same thing; it also is the best possible spiritual preparation for you personally.
When available, crafts add greatly to the effectiveness of the Summer Camp Program. Children enjoy working with their hands.
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