Finding Shelter Togeter

I don’t know about you and your church, but for mine our yearly church camp is one of the highlights of our year. It doesn’t really matter where we go or what we do, the point is that we’re all together.

Church camps are such a natural and more relaxed way for all the generations to connect and grow together. On camp, the limitations of our normal church programmes and services are removed and there is the opportunity for all to experiment with worshipping and learning together in new ways.

Some churches deliberately choose to not have a separate children’s programme at their camps. This forces them to rethink how their teaching, worship and other activities are organised in a more intergenerational manner. The outcome is new and deeper connections with others with whom they may not usually interact.

As church members are exposed to different ways of doing things in the relaxed environment of camp, they become more welcoming and engaged in some of these intergenerational activities when they return to their weekly services and other programmes.

This edition of the WAY2GO magazine will look at two ideas you could use when it comes to gathering all together at church camp.

Liz Eichler Children and Families Team Leader, SUNZ