D-Now 2010

This past weekend was a real blessing to me. We took our high school and middle school students to Camp Greenville which is on the North Carolina-South Carolina border. It was a truly amazing experience. First and foremost I was surprised by the unbelievable respect that our students showed. There were no bad attitudes, there were no disrespectful attitudes, and best of all there was no drama! The lessons on the trip were centered around worship and focused on different forms of worship that go beyond just sing praises and hymns to God. We explained things such as honoring God with your time and talents as well as checking your attitude daily. The worship service we had was absolutely amazing. We had a time of absolute since and set up stations for the students to visit freely while reflecting in silence. It was wonderful to see the students taking everything seriously and really opening up in worship. Our worship leader and his band did an outstanding job with the music. That night was an amazing experience.

For the duration on the trip we enforced that there were to be no cell phones or electronic devices of any kind. I am proud o say that none, and I mean none of our students brought either with them. We came with a respect for what God could do in our lives and we were rewarded greatly for that. We had an amazing experience with God and a wonderful time enjoying the beauty of his creation. The First day was sunny and beautiful and the morning after we were literally inside of a cloud. It was truly the best D-Now we have had since I joined the Youth Group.

Our memory verse for the weekend was Psalms 47: 5-7.

God has ascended with a mighty shout.
The Lord has ascended with trumpets blaring.
Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises!
For God is the King over all the earth.
Praise him with a psalm!