This week has been the week of TN Church of God Teen Camp. Dustin was asked to be the evening speaker for the four evenings of worship services at the camp geared for 14-17 year olds. Dustin was truly honored & excited at such an amazing opportunity to help teens discover or rediscover Christ & walk forward in their relationship with Him.
Dustin, Caleb & Tyler are left early Monday morning to head to camp for the week. As you can tell, they were a little excited & appear to be mostly delirious. Ha!
Each morning at camp there were small groups that introduced a "theme" for the day. Monday's theme was "Surrender." Tuesday's theme was "Stop." Wednesday's theme was "Start" & Thursday's theme was "Serve." Dustin was asked to develop the curriculum for the entire week's themes & discussions for all 4 different camps this summer. Each evening, Dustin then spoke with a very specific message about each theme.
Dustin called me each night & was blown away at what God was doing. He said the leaders were doing an amazing job & the teens were very open to what God had for them.
He was also amazed at how God was speaking through him in a new & fresh way. He said there wasn't any "Church Hype" given to these students & yet there was an authentic move of God each night. These students seemed to have had "real change."
I thank God for using Dustin to deliver His message to these teens. I thank God that this wasn't "just another camp" for them. I thank God for the changed lives that will be displayed in the way they "serve their world." I thank God for the other men in the photo above who worked hard to make this camp an amazing environment for God to reach these teenagers.
If you are interested in hearing any of Dustin's messages from teen camp, you can click on the following link. For some reason only two of the four nights appear on this link.
If you are interested in being inspired by teens in our area who are "serving your world" or want to join in on the challenge, find #SERVEyourworld on Twitter.
If you are interested in hearing testimonies or quotes of messages from any of the TN camps this summer, find #pursuit2013 on Twitter.
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